Cardiac arrest

My patient was a 54 year old, physically active, self employed tree trimmer, who had a massive heart attack. After a stay in ICU he is stabilized and is going home for 1 week with a “lifevest” defibrillator, while he awaits his surgery for stent placement and permanent defibrillator surgery. He has a very complex situation. He is young and just had a massive heart attack. He is a smoker and now has to quit. He was physically active and has a loss of ability to perform normal activities due to…

past 42 months. These individuals suffered from symptoms that included, but were not limited to, dilated cardiomyopathy, neutropenia, and skeletal myopathy. Many patients experienced moderate to severe muscle weakness and eventually succumbed to cardiac failure or died after experiencing what autopsy reports refer to as a “convulsive state.” Using the most common symptom, dilated cardiomyopathy, a phenomenon outstanding in all autopsy reports, Barth was…

anion-gap and treatment resistant metabolic acidosis, babesiosis (nearly 100% infected cells on the peripheral blood smear) and acute kidney injury. Recommendations for exchange transfusion and hemodialysis were made. However, after two episodes of cardiac arrest and mild response to the provided treatment, family agreed to code C and comfort measures. Patient went into systole and…

One of the forms is electrocution, which takes about 2,000 milliamps to cause cardiac arrest. That capacity is a strong painful shock. Another type of execution is lethal injection. Lethal Injections can contain pentobarbital or midazolam hydrochloride. It could take up to 2 hours for death, even though it’s supposed to be a quick process…

Christopher Wallace known as “Notorious B.I.G or even Biggie Smalls” by his many adoring fan. Biggie Smalls passed away on March 9th, 1997 after being shot multiple times. His death is still unsolved, and numerous of people do not understand how. Before he was shot he was leaving a music party event. He was riding in the passenger seat of a Chevrolet Suburban when another car pulled next to them and they had opened fire on the car. According to the autopsy report Biggie was shot a multiple of…

The Terri Schiavo case gained national awareness on when and how the law defines death. Terri Shiavo had a fatal cardiac arrest that left her in a “vegetated state,” in other words the brain tissue had died due to lack of oxygen. Since the patient was married and in this state for 15 years, the patient’s husband had petitioned the courts to stop nutritional feedings and allow the patient to die. Firmly against this decision, the parents of the patient, fought the husband in court for the right…

Len Bias was born in 1963 and was only twenty-two when he died of a cocaine related overdose. Bias was and still is considered one of the most exceptional players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bias rose to stardom after being a star collegiate athlete at the University of Maryland, drafted into the NBA only two years on the collegiate level (Boren…). After being drafted into the NBA in 1986 and the buzz that surrounded him was loud. However, as Bias gained popularity even though…

types of heart diseases. These diseases range from coronary artery disease, which is the damage or disease of the heart's major blood vessels. High blood pressure, is a condition in which the force of blood against the artery wall is too high. Cardiac arrest, is when a patient has a sudden or unexpected loss of heart function, breathing, and consciousness. Congestive heart failure, is the chronic condition in which the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should. Arrhythmia, is the improper…

from a broken neck. The tragic part is that the police report came out as something different. Even though it was apparent from the video capture that Eric Garner died from the chokehold, police officers stated that he was faking it or it was a cardiac arrest. I have never viewed police officers as the villains especially those around my own community. It really shows the reality of this world and that police officers are human as well. We all contain our own kind of flaws where none of us are…

birth weight and may have a learning disorder as compared to ones born with healthy mothers (Simpson 126). Untreated hyperthyroidism leads to the following long term effects such as heart problems, which may involve rapid heart rate, cardiac dilation, and cardiac arrest as well as hypertension, atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure. It can also make bones to be brittle (Osteoporosis) if left untreated, as excess of thyroid hormone interferes with the body’s ability to incorporate…