Altered state of consciousness

Jones. Mr. Jones appeared to be in distressed. He is now using his accessory muscles to breathe, crackles are heard on auscultation and there is decreased air entry in the left and right bases. Chest X ray revealed consolidation on the left lower lobe and atelectasis in the right lower lobe. After a series of investigation in the emergency department, Mr. Jones was commenced on Normal Saline at 125 mls/hr and he was given oxygen via non rebreather mask at 10L/min. He was then transferred…

(For Modules 6-11, prepared by Mr. Mark Fielding) Please read the following case study carefully and answer the questions below. John, a 56-year-old male (174cm, 85.4 kg), presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a decreased level of consciousness, pale, sweating, and cool peripherally. He had decreased air entry in both bases of his lungs, widespread crackles, and pitting edema in both ankles. Upon investigation, John’s father Jim tells you John had an extensive myocardial…

democracies until the present has been a single and exclusive citizenship within the nation-state. However, while state-building and nation-building went hand in hand in the past, there are obvious problems and challenges in drawing too tight a connection between citizenship and the nation-state because it is estimated that there are between 5000 and 9000 ethnic-cultural groups in the world, and only around 200 states, over 90% of which contain more than one ethnic group. (Bellamy 2008:71).…

why something may not be funny to everyone. However, I have not spoken of the positives of finding something funny and laughter. “Your sense of humor is one of the most powerful tools you have to make certain that your daily mood and emotional state support good health” (McGhee). Laughter is fundamental (pun intended), not only does laughing set one’s mood, but also relieves stress from the body. I personally agree with what McGhee spoke of, having a good laugh has not only kept me…

overweight children. When a child becomes inactive, their food intake is not altered, and their bodies are unable to regulate normally. “Overall health-related quality of life, which includes aspects of psychosocial functioning, has been reported to be lower in severely obese children than in healthy-weight children” (“Severe Obesity in Children and Adolescents,” 1689). Children who are obese tend to be more prone to self-consciousness, and have lower self-esteem. School aged children are faced…

Introduction Approximately 1.7 million people acquire a traumatic brain injury in the United States every year, impacting millions of people’s daily lives (Powell, Rich, & Wise, 2016). A traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external or internal force impacts the brain, which causes physical and chemical alterations in the brain. In recent years, rates of TBI have increased dramatically; however, more people are receiving treatment after a TBI, so mortality rates are decreasing (“Rates of…

known that the use of Peyote cactus can be traced back several millennia according to Calabrese.22 Many are using Peyote cactus for healing addiction and depression because of its psychoactive effects, which corresponds to alteration of one’s consciousness or augmenting the mind. Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxy-phenethylamine) is an indole hallucinogen resembling the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine which remarkably effective in resolving alcohol and other drug abuse according to Dr.…

also cause a similar response causing these citizens to simply shrug the acts of violence off. However, major acts of violence have the power to cause people to realize that change needs to happen. This was the case in New York City which Gladwell states “averaged well over 2,000 murders and 600,000 serious felonies a year” (Gladwell 150). New York City was plagued with violence for several years. However, it took Bernhard Goetz, who shot four black young men in the subway who attempted to rob…

a mendicant, determined that the answer to stop human suffering was to engage in the life of a wandering ascetic. Buddhist edicts of wanderers include engaging in practices of austerities, cultivating meditative techniques to produce altered states of consciousness, and experiencing deeper knowledge of the natural world (Gethin 14-16). Although Buddhist doctrines involve the sacrifice of a family, wife, and children, the emphasis upon commemorating material goods to the gods or deities is to a…

action there must always be a reaction. This phenomenon manifests in all aspects of life. Everybody needs to sleep and the sleep must be sufficient. Insufficient sleep has a share of its effects. Basically, sleep is one of the many altered states of a human being’s consciousness. This implies that it directly has psychological implications and its insufficiency or excessiveness has direct impact on the well being of the affected person. This review focuses on the psychological effects of sleep.…