Deaths from myocardial infarction

then searched for the clinical instructor for their judgement in plan of action. Just as similarly, I was flustered at the deteriorating health status of my assigned client as I use best judgement that my abilities at the time allows me to intervene; from promoting health to providing distraction for pain a la warm tea and talk. Taking this deeper into analysis, in both cases an adverse reaction occurred in my assigned clients and this change in status under my care took me by surprise. I was…

Blood transfusion is a process in which blood is injected from one healthy human being to a patient; whom might be losing too much blood or suffering from an illness that requires more blood. This medical procedure is crucial in saving numerous lives. The first successful human-to-human blood transfusion was performed by James Blundell in 1818, yet a large number of patients had died because of wrong blood transfusion operations. The great discovery of Karl Landsteiner’s classification of ABO…

There is some information on the hemodynamic effects of ventilation depending upon a patient’s cardiopulmonary status. According to Duke (1999) there can be effects from mechanical ventilation even on patients considered “healthy subjects”. Mechanical ventilation can cause a fall in the aortic flow and systolic blood pressure. Reasons for the fall in the blood pressure include: a decrease in left ventricular preload…

adults were cigarette smokers in 2012. This is eighteen percent of all adults. This is about one in every five people. Nationwide, fourteen percent of high school students were smoking cigarettes in 2012. Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Each year about 480,000 people will die due to tobacco related illnesses. Smoking cigarettes kills more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide, and illegal drugs combined. Smokers not only risk their…

symptoms are noticed, there are immediate actions that need to be taken in a certain time window. If the time window is abided by then there could be certain treatments for any damage done; however this is not always the case. Further more, no one is safe from a stroke so all the more reason to understand the basics. When one thinks of a stroke, one probably relates the obvious factors that are made known to the public. Some of these may be facial drooping, numbness to one side of the body,…

insert a balloon to open up the space and then insert a stent to ensure the artery stays open.12:All 3. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting- This treatment is suggested is for patients as a last resort. This procedure consists of taking blood vessels from other parts of the body and using these to bypass a narrowed artery. In the past, the bypass surgery would require open heart surgery but due to current technologies, this can be completed using robotic machinery known as da Vinci.12:All B.…

Chilaiditi’s sign-which is an extremely rare radiographic sign is an incidental radiographic finding of interposition of a colon segment between the liver and the diaphragm. Chilaiditi sign can be initially misdiagnosed as a diaphragmatic hernia or pneumoperitoneum that can need unnecessary surgeries.We report a patient with type-2 diabetes mellitus, who was incidentally diagnosed with Chilaiditi’s sign in order to attract attention to this extremely rare occasion and avoid unnecessary surgery.…

- The purpose of the Electrocardiogram test is to monitor and measure the quantity and quality of the electrical rhythm of the heart. Understanding the electrical rhythms of the heart is important because your heart's electrical system controls the timing of your heartbeat and you would have to understand how the electrical rhythm of the heart should be to know what problems may be occurring. There are three common variables that are encountered in an electrocardiogram which are the direction…

Prilosec (omeprazole), a proton pump inhibitor that reduces the amount of acid produced in the stomach in conditions caused by excess stomach acid. Prilosec suppresses gastric acid secretion by target inhibition of the H+/K+ ATPase enzyme system at the secretory surface of the gastric parietal cell. This enzyme system is considered as the acid (proton) pump within the gastric mucosa, Prilosec has been characterized as a gastric acid-pump inhibitor, because it blocks the final step of acid…

The definition of the term is as follows. General adaptation syndrome (GAS) is the predictable way the body responses to stress as described by Hans Selye (1907-1982). The three phases are Alarm Reaction, Resistance and Exhaustion. 1. Alarm Reaction The first stage of the general adaptation stage, the alarm reaction, is the immediate reaction to a stressor. What is stressor? Any urge, force, or pressure (that is, deleterious force) brought to bear on a person, bodily system, or governmental…