Deaths from myocardial infarction

Question 1. A. AIRWAY– Maintaining a clear airway is always considered a high priority because the airway is essential for gas exchange. However, the patient has a patent airway (Ramkumar, 2011). The nursing strategy is to conduct an airway assessment “look, listen and feel” continuously to detect any changes. This is to provide immediate respiratory care if the patient’s airway is compromised (Higginson, Jones & Davies, 2011). This is a low priority. B. BREATHING – Respiration is altered due…

The nurse will want to listen to see how loud the heart murmur is. Once she listens she will need to rate the murmur on a scale of 1 to 6, with 6 being the loudest. When listening to the murmur the nurse needs to note on what position on the heart the murmur is located. For example, is it on the back of the heart? She should listen to the pitch of the murmur. It is high, medium or low-pitched. What things affects the sounds. Does moving the infant or laying the infant in a certain position.…

going to be talking about what body systems are affected by the symptoms provided in the case study and how the patient’s health can be improved. It will also be looking at the structure and function of one of the body systems affected. The patient from the case study has a BMI of 18.5, which means that she is underweight. According to NHS choices (2014), the immune system does not function properly when a person is underweight making them more susceptible to contracting the flu or other types…

major categories in the Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus complication; those are cardiovascular conditions, cerebrovascular conditions, nephropathy, ocular lesions, neuropathy, and diabetic foot problems. Hypertension, angina, chronic heart failure, myocardial infarction, other related heart diseases, and peripheral vascular disease are the major cases on cardiovascular conditions which follows the Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus. Next is the cerebrovascular condition such as stroke and Transient Ischemic…

standing her ground and not letting the patient get out of taking the medication, all while still making the patient feel like she had the control and it was her choice to take it. If I do work with a pediatric patient during my career, I will benefit from that experience because I’ll know how to involve the child in the decisions of their…

Cardiovascular diseases are conditions that pertain to the heart and blood vessels that interfere with the normal functions of the body. Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. The heart then acts as a pump and provides blood to all parts throughout the body. Occlusion due to plaque buildup interferes with blood flow. The arteries begin to narrow and blood flow is restricted to the brain. Brain cells are deprived of oxygen and begin to die resulting in a cerebrovascular…

gradient of 11mmHg. Lastly mild left atrial and right atrium enlargement. The patient also had a White Blood Cell Local Study NM which is an imaging test that uses a radioactive material. How it works is that blood is drawn from the vein and the white blood cells are separated from the rest of the blood sample and then mixed with a small amount of indium-111. The tagged white blood cells are injected back into the body through a vein and the cells will gather in areas of inflammation or…

Caring for a cerebrovascular accident in Augusta Georgia. Augusta is known for its many hospitals, so well-known that when I was younger there was talk of changing Augusta’s nickname from the garden city of the south to the hospital city of the south. This did not happen, however the area does have four major hospitals, and two major military facilities. The large number of medical facilities with varying means of funding allows people to receive care to find quality care regardless of their…

with at least 1 SEBP (Lawson,2011). Hypertension is known internationally to be the most common contributor to death when compared with other risk factors (Casey, 2011). The following are consequences that can result from having hypertension: arteriosclerosis, heart attack, left-heart failure, sudden…

So our topic is “The Most Dangerous Food in the World.” Now everyone loves food right? Isn’t it like the highlight of our day? Well little do you know, your favorite food can be the deadliest thing to you. Now I don’t mean to scare you, but today I will be informing you on how too much of these certain types of foods can cause heart disease. A heart disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke…