Cardiac dysrhythmia

Introduction On March 31, 2014, a news reporter, Anna Hodgekiss published a heartbreak story of Kyle Carter. Kyle, 17-year-old-boy, was a survivor of eating disorder (UK News, 2014). It started when Kyle was 11 when he was bullied and called “fatty” at the school’s playground. This incident occasionally happens which shattered Kyle’s confidence. After being tormented by the bullies, he began to refuse to eat and lost a significant amount of weights. In early 2010, Kyler Carter was diagnosed with…

Beta blockers are the first line drug choice when treating angina related to CAD. Beta blockers decrease cardiac oxygen demand, by blocking beta receptors in the heart, decreasing heart rate and contractibility, reducing peripheral resistance and after load. Slowing heart rate increases diastolic fill time, increasing the amount of time blood flows throughout myocardial vessels. When taken with nitroglycerin, extra benefits include blunting reflex tachycardia. Dosage starts out low and slowly…

Heart rate is defined as the number of heartbeats per unit of time. Heart rate us based on how many contractions of the ventricles, which are the lower chambers of the heart. At the 2013 American Heart Association meeting, which took place in New Orleans, studies show that drinking one to three energy drinks could increase a person's blood pressure and mess with the heart rhythm. The normal heart rate for adults is from 60 to 100 beats per minute. An unusually low or high heart rate can cause…

kill very quickly. A patient with prolonged hyperglycemia from untreated diabetes will eventually fall into DKA. DKA causes acidosis (an abnormally high acidity level in the body caused by ketones), cerebral edema, altered level of consciousness, dysrhythmia, and eventually death if not treated quickly. Even in cases that are not fatal, prolonger hyperglycemia can cause irreversible brain damage with a fatality rate of 9-14 percent. (Kishore, Diabetic Ketoacidosis). A patient who does not…

include tooth and gum decay, decreased energy over the course of the day, headaches, and even heart palpitations (Sullivan, n.d.). For individuals with eating disorders, the same health risks from energy drinks pose a threat along with severed cardiac dysrhythmias and abnormalities (Seifert et al., 2011). Ultimately, college…

Perfusion is a vital component to our everyday living. The definition of perfusion is the process of the body delivering blood to a capillary bed in its biological tissue (Merriam-Webster, 2015). This process helps our blood that caries oxygen get to our vital organs in the body, such as, the brain, lungs, and to our extremities. When our perfusion is compromised however, our blood cannot complete its task and get the oxygen to the parts of our body that need it. If the body does not have a key…

is used for injection (2012). Approximately half of the patients that develop a bradydysrhythmia experience shortness of breath, nausea and vomiting, restlessness, light-headedness, and a deterioration in mental status prior to the onset of a dysrhythmia. This side effect can even persist into the postoperative…

Introduction For the capstone experience, I was placed in the Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The nurse patient ratio for the floor was 2:1 and sometimes 1:1 depending upon patient condition. Patient conditions that often required 1:1 included those who had specialized equipment such as intraortic balloon pumps, impellas, and those who required echmo support. The unit was split into two sides, and has twenty beds. The floor has several specialized teams that…

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is any group debilitating, progressive, and potentially fatal lung diseases that have increased resistance to air movement, prolongation of the expiratory phase of respiration, and loss of the normal elasticity of the lung (Ignatavicius & Workman, 2012). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Emphysema is when the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged. Chronic bronchitis is inflammation of the mucous…

Color Blindness Most humans share the ability to sense and perceive the world in a similar way. However, a select number of people view the world differently than the average person. Some people can visualize the same depth and shape of an object, but they do not see the same color. Color Blindness is the abnormal inability to distinguish different colors, and it can be genetically inherited or caused by a disease or damage to the eye. The human eye is able to perceive differences among…