First Blood

fibrillation (VF), Catheter manipulation can cause VT, VF, and/or a systole resultant cardiac arrest. While the patient is being resuscitated with intubation, external cardiac massage, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), or pacemaker insertion, usually the blood pressure is sustained at threat level of 50–60 mmHg during cardiac pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a patient with a systole who shows no flow phenomena (Nguyen, et al., 2013). ● Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) after PCI is…

reasons for torment in the mid-section that the social insurance expert should consider. A few analyses are life-undermining while others are less perilous. Choosing the reason for Chest Pain is here and there exceptionally troublesome and might require blood tests, X-beams, CT checks and different tests to deal with the…

MITRAL STENOSIS Mitral stenosis is the narrowing of inlet valve into the left ventricle leading to an obstruction of inflow of blood from left atrium to the left ventricle during diastole. HEMODYNAMICS: Fibrosis of mitral ring, commissural adhesions and contracture of valve leaflets result in mitral stenosis. Due to the obstruction caused by the mitral stenosis left atrial pressure increases, which results in hypertrophy of left atrium. Increased left atrial pressurein turn increases pulmonary…

procedure Today I will be discussing how I would take the proper steps in a simple venipuncture. I will be discussing the supplies I will be using. And discuss proper introduction. First before anything I will go over the patients chart to check if there have ever been any issues with the patient during any blood draws and I will also make sure to take the patients age and if necessary if the patient has any barriers that I would have to be aware of. Such as Language or disabilities. After I…

This essay will focus on a patient that presented to the emergency department with an acute onset of severe pain in the flank region, and then later was admitted for a procedure called “Shockwave lithotripsy (SWL)” ("Surgery for Kidney Stones," para. 4). The aim of this essay is to demonstrate how this client’s diagnosis was determined. I will also include the pathophysiology, client presentation, medical history, clinical examinations and findings, diagnostic tests that were performed, other…

This essay will be divided into two parts: the first will examine the prehospital management of an unconscious patient presenting with advanced meningococcal septicaemia; the second will analyse the use of different pharmacological agents and intravenous fluids in a patient with this disease. Pathophysiology and management Meningococcal comes in two…

Described first by Hans Selye, General Adaptation Syndrome, or GAS, is used to describe the body’s short and long-term reactions to stress. Selye was said to be the “Father of Stress” and the first to give an explanation for biological stress. He first believed that stress was involved with the nervous system and the endocrine system, but later outlined a three stage reaction to stress. These three stages include: the alarm reaction, the resistance stage, and the stage of exhaustion. The first…

Case Study# 6 Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) Jan is a 72-year-old woman who recently suffered a Cerebral Vascular Accident. She suffered damage to the right side of her body and is having difficulty speaking. She is widowed and has no children. She lives by herself in a 2nd floor apartment. Jan is worried about how she will care for her 3 cats, Daisy, Tempo, and Ms. Kitty. What is a Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)? A cerebrovascular accident is also known as a stroke. It is a vascular disease…

Introduction: When you first take a look at the maned wolf you notice it's similar look of it's face to a red fox but it's long legs are what make you take a second look. It kinda reminded me of that scene in Harry Potter and the Prizoner of azkaban ,when professor Lupin turned into that hideous werewolf ,with those freakishly long legs.Even though this species has the word”wolf” in it's name, and has a face of a fox , and the long legs like the ghazelle.It is in fact none of them. Genus…

The other interventions/assessments I did include the following: auscultating the lungs, asking if he is in pain, looked for normal breathing, attached the oximeter (left on for continuous monitoring), checked the radial pulse, obtained the blood pressure, temperature, attached a 3-lead ECG monitor (continuous), palpated the carotid pulse, assessed the IV, and obtained an X-ray of the chest. Once Carl got back from the X-ray things started to go downhill, he developed new onset of chest pain…