Diaphragmatic breathing

Often seen in medical shows, like Grey’s Anatomy, CPR is a real lifesaving technique that saves many lives daily. Medical shows tend to be more glamorous and not as grounded as the realistic profession is. A common misconception with CPR and television is that a few minutes with CPR a patient is well. Anyone can learn this skill but television does not give the full functioning picture. This incredible skill is taught to many from lifeguards to a stay at home parent. The ability to learn CPR is…

documented and breath and breathing have been essential elements of Asian philosophies since ancient times. According to Tadashi Ogawa, a Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Kyoto University, “Ethics is essentially a way of life through breathing”. (Hackenberg, Skof, p 201). According to the Soto Zen monk and teacher Shunryu Suzuki, “What we call ’I’ is just a swinging door, which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. When we practice zazen our mind always follows our breathing. When we…

when you notice your COPD patient isn’t breathing well. As you wake your patient she seems lethargic and disoriented, you do a quick auscultation of her lungs, check your O2 settings and obtain a set of vital signs, seeing that her O2 sat is in the mid 80’s with audible wheezing and knowing that it is time for an updraft, a respiratory therapist (RT) is called to assist. While waiting for the RT, your patient suddenly becomes unresponsive and stops breathing, instinctively you call a code blue…

Me: Okay, But hurrying up. ( voice still shaking) The Lady: Is he breathing? Me: No He is unconscious. The Lady: How long have he been unconscious? Me: I do not know I was walking to the park and I saw him there. The Lady: In case the phone die or cut out, Can we call you with this number? Me: Yes. I called 9-1-1 when I first saw the young man laying down. After Monitoring breathing and beginning CPR, putted him a recovery position and warm him off with the blancket, I call…

Stressed? Mindful breathing helps calm nerves and reduces stress just from breathing. We get so busy with our everyday lives that we forget to take care of ourselves. If we take the time, we can naturally fix our problem without the help of pills or…

Throughout his text On The Use of Breathing Galen identifies the purposes of respiration by examining his predecessors’ various theories on the matter and proving which of these theories must hold true. He spends a lot of time disproving Erasistratus’s theories of respiration as a means to replenish arteries and appears to believe that Hippocrates’ ideas on respiration respiration for the purposes of both cooling and nourishment. Though not mentioned by name, Galen’s views on respiration appear…

“Life is available only in the present moment.” -Thich Nhat Hanh (qtd. In Mumford 21) Nothing exists besides this actual second. (Firestone prgph. 3) Everything is in our thoughts but imagine if we could train our thoughts to observe only the time we have. This practice is called mindfulness. When people hear the word mindfulness, they will probably think of a Buddhist monk sitting with his legs crossed and his arms at his knees. Mindfulness isn’t for select people, anyone can be presently…

So how you feeling about last night,” I asked as we sat at a table. “It was cool,” she said as she bit into her sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit. “That’s it,” I said in an unsatisfying tone. “What else do you want me to say?” “Tell me your thoughts, anything.” “I mean it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was gonna be. I can see myself doing it for a while.” After she said that I laughed a little. “What’s so funny,” she asked. “You ain’t been exposed yet. The only reason it went…

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 to succeed in breathing and it is the first thing we do when we enter this world and the last thing we do prior to our departure. Our breath seems like such a simple thing but as we grow into adults most of us lose our ability to breathe as our bodies would have us do.…

My goal for the semester project is to take at least 10,000 steps per day to help boost my exercising and also to record everything I eat and drink after each meal. I chose 10,000 steps because that is about five miles, which is equivalent to 30 minutes of exercise. So, if I was to achieve this goal then I would be doing the recommended moderate exercising of 150 minutes per week. Which, I thought was an ideal goal for me to start with to help motivate me to incorporate some exercise on a daily…