Cheyne-Stokes respiration

such as Cheyne-Stokes respiration, Kussmaul breathing, Biot’s respiration, apnea, paradoxical breathing and apneustic breathing. There are different explanations that go along with each type of abnormal breathing pattern. Many people suffer from these daily and there are certain ways that these can be treated. Abnormal breathing patterns can change with a certain injury, disease, or illness and…

Yoga Breath Effects on Power Output Introduction The yoga breath study conducted over the past semester served to help us better understand if certain breathing patterns can alter our power output. The breathing patterns specifically used are 4 yoga breathing techniques which are meant to manipulate different organ systems in the body. The breaths used are the Ujjayi (Victorious Breath/ A), Bhastrika (Warrior Breath/B), Kapalabhati (Fierce Breath/ C), and normal breathing patterns (Breath D)…

For my third portfolio, I decided to brainstorm some ideas of what a person can do to restore themselves in under five minutes. The first idea I came up with was to eat a snack. Eating a snack allows for a person to take a break from doing work, and to enjoy the salty or sweet flavor of their favorite treat. While presenting my portfolio, I had snack bags that contained Hershey Kisses, lollypops, and …… available for observers to take home and enjoy, when they need a few minutes to restore…

1) Informing clients about their current illness or health status will encourage them to follow medical treatment regimes while also allowing them to figure out personalized coping strategies (Bastable & Alt, 2014). Having this information will result in the chances of complications to decrease (Bastable & Alt, 2014). Evaluating the clients knowledge gaps and filling them in will not only help us care providers but will lead to better client outcomes. It is also a process that includes the…

Some days it seems impossible to let go of all of the emotional and physical gunk that we collect throughout the day. Energy levels are low, thoughts are negative and shoulders are raised so high that it becomes difficult to locate one's neck. Just breathe. We have all heard it and most of us have advised it but are we really doing it? Our breath is our life source; we can survive for weeks without food, days without water but only moments without oxygen. It takes no conscious effort on our part…

The respiratory system is a system that deals with how animals receive their oxygen, and not so surprisingly there are many ways different ways animals do this. Humans have an organ called the lungs which helps us inhale oxygen, but fish do not. Fish usually use gills to breathe but there are some exceptions such as the lungfish. The lungfish is one of the only types of fish that have lungs. This is why today we will compare the differences between the lungfish and human respiratory systems. We…

Schaie’s (Schaie & Willis, 2000) cognitive developmental theory emphasized the importance of new roles, needs, and responsibilities. Schaie and Willis (2000) describes that young adults are in the achieving stage of cognitive development. This is when an individual achieves their long term goals, by utilizing his/her intellectual skills, and carefully attending to the consequences of the problem-solving process (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). The skills that young adults developed during their…

Bree Edwards October 12, 2015 Respiratory Therapy 210 What Does a Respiratory Therapist Do? Respiratory therapists are important health care professionals who provide care for patients with acute and chronic abnormal cardiopulmonary systems. They are educated and trained professionals who focus on providing quality respiratory care to patients. Almost seventy five percent of respiratory therapists work in a hospital setting while the other twenty five percent work in clinics, sleep study…

as air is breathed in and passes through the nasal cavity it is filtered, warmed, and moistened. This air passes through the nasopharynx, the oropharynx, and into the larynx through the epiglottis. The larynx, commonly called the voice box, is the passageway for air between the pharynx above and the trachea below. This starts the lower respiratory tract where the actual exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide is made. The trachea, commonly called the windpipe, branches into the right and left…

Breathe in People breathe deeply to live others hold in to live longer. Breathe in, and out, feels normal right? Well, what’s not normal is what you may have taken in. It is well known that we all need air to keep the machine that we call our body alive. Cleaner air is essential to maintaining a healthy life, and you may not know that until you take in the problem through nose and mouth. This problem has begun to take its toll on many of our elderly, people with asthma and children; often…