First Blood

severe pain in the hands, feet, and calves, severe pain in the bones, and a brain frog. The patient also had a purplish discoloration of her toes. She was unable to wear compression stockings ( for her POTs) secondary to the pain in her feet. Her blood pressure was 117/88 mmHg. Her physical examination revealed a ruptured right tonsillar pustule. On 02/16/2017, her ANA test revealed a result of 1:160. On 05/10/2017, it was noted that the patient had a gadolinium count of 16 mg/g (high). A skin…

The inflammation and Cholesterol containing deposits (plaque) in your arteries are usually to blame for coronary artery disease. These building up of plaques, start narrowing coronary arteries and decreasing blood flow to the heart. Eventually, this decreased blood flow may cause chest pain (angina), shortness of breath, or other diseases associated with coronary artery. A complete blockage can cause a heart attack. ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME (ACS): Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) can…

characterized by a rise in heart rate exceeding thirty beats per minute when transferring from a sitting to standing position. The body’s difficulties in regulating the Autonomic Nervous System leads to patients like me suffering from fatigue, low blood pressure, nausea, exercise intolerance, syncope, difficulty concentrating, and chest pains. The frustration I felt with the majority of the…

day surgery, I shadowed Nurse Laura, BSN, RN. We prepared four patients for their procedures. The first patient was an 81 year old, white male. He was a patient of Dr. Workman in for a medi-port placement. A medi-port is one type of a central venous access device. This port can remain in place for years and is often inserted for patients who receive long term IV medications and who require frequent blood draws causing less discomfort for the patient. The port is surgically inserted under the…

case was a criminal act because the crime case harm and is punishable by law. Criminal laws help to maintain order within the society. The defendant in this case committed a felony that is punishable by imprisonment. This was a murder case in the first degree because it was pre mediated as shown in the court proceedings. Lidocaine is used for an anesthetic to cause the loss of feeling during procedures. Vitamins, herbal products, over-the counter medicines may cause an interaction with the…

The primary survey carried out in ED for Mrs. Kelly included assessment of the airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure, fluids, and glucose levels (utilization of A-G assessment format). The assessment of the airway showed no signs of obstruction or noisy breathing and the patient was breathing spontaneously, able to talk in full sentences. The airway assessment is done to ensure that airway is patent (Jarvis, 2012). Mrs. Kelly’s airway was open and this assessment is usually…

Beowulf off me so I can leave, but he found a way to keep me here. I pulled so hard one way and him the other way that it ripped my arm from the shoulder off. Still in panic I ran like a dog with its tail between his legs. Running back to the cave my blood ozzing out from my wound I finally made it and collapse on the ground, my mother came to my side quickly. “Grendel, what happened? Who did this to you? She said in bitterness and worry in her tone of…

and is characterized by redness of the facial area, often accompanied by pimples. There are four subtypes of Rosacea. Each subtype has its own set of symptoms. The first type of Rosacea is facial redness, the most common and most mild of the four types. Some symptoms of this type include persistent redness, flushing, and visible blood vessels. Bumps and pimples, the second subtype of Rosacea, is also extremely common. It is characterized by persistent redness along with bumps, often filled…

functions, to be exact - the balance of excitation and inhibition processes. In the conditions of modern life with high level of emotional stress, excitation is usually prevalent in CNS, which leads to heightened ejection of many stimulating hormones into blood flow. They have harmful influence on the organism and can cause different cardiovascular diseases - from hypertensive crisis to heart attacks and strokes. These diseases always come with neurasthenia, high irritability, anxiety,…

experiencing. While in the emergency department, a CT of the chest reveals multiple abnormalities within the left and right lung fields. Lab reveals elevated white blood cell count and abnormal liver function and coagulation profile. The patient was admitted to the intensive care unit and started on oxygen therapy and antibiotic therapy. Blood cultures were obtained and the patient’s antibiotic therapy was adjusted with the identification of the organism that resulted in the…