Influenza pandemic

Global Change A pandemic is an example of global change that can greatly impact a local healthcare organization in multiple ways. According to Flu.gov, a pandemic is a global outbreak of a disease, and is based on how the disease is spread, rather than how many people die from it (Flu.gov, 2014). This paper will outline one of the most recent pandemic outbreaks, some of the ways they can affect a hospital, and how the hospital leadership and management might react in this scenario. Over the…

Influenza, probably best known as "the flu”, is an infectious respiratory disease. Although the disease is often mild, it can also be life-threatening and causes serious infection and death each year, usually in the winter months. 250,000-500,000 deaths annually occur due to influenza viruses1–3. Particularly elderly people, people with a weakened immune system and people with pre-existing respiratory, cardiac and endocrine diseases are affected by complications3. Due to some pre-existing…

The Influenza Outbreak of 1918 The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 was the deadliest pandemic in recent history. It was caused by the H1N1 virus which originated from avian genes. While there is no universal consensus on where the virus originated, it spread globally from 1918 to 1919. The Spanish flu is considered the worst pandemic in the history of mankind. In less than a year there were 40 million people who died from this virus, which spread at an intense pace, while it seemed that nothing and…

The 1918 “Spanish flu” Pandemic was caused by an avian-like influenza virus that gained the ability for efficient and sustained human-to-human transmission and then spread globally, killing 20-50 millions. Fortunately, viruses with pandemic potential are rare occurrences and ongoing surveillance of human and avian viruses is being done globally in preparedness for an influenza pandemic. Vaccines and anti-viral drugs may be available, if needed and time permits. Both kinds of therapies have…

727 words Influenza nfluenza is also called the flu but it is not your common flu it is a highly contagious viral ere illness and can also cause infection the viral infection influenza can kill. The flu causes life threatening complications including pneumonia. The flu is spread by direct contact with a person with the infection and a person without. The estimated amount of deaths that influenza assist with is around three thousand in just Australia. Influenza was introduced in Influenza is now…

Elizabeth Reyes A&P January 11th, 2018 Influenza Influenza, also known as the flu, was discovered in 1918. A vet named J.S Koen was observing a disease in pigs which was believed to be the same as the flu today. In 1918, the flu pandemic broke out. It lasted for about a year, killing 20-50 million people. There are 3 types of influenza. There is type A, B and C. Type C mostly affects young people. Recently in Pennsylvania, a 21 year who was healthy as can be, died because of the flu. It is…

The 2009 H1NI influenza strain had a large impact on the health of American people as well as the citizens of 74 other countries around the world (flu.gov). The first case of H1N1 was diagnosed on April 15, 2009 and was a 10 year old boy who lived in California and was participating in a clinical study. The boy’s case could not be identified as the standard seasonal flu and his sample was sent to the CDC for further testing. The CDC determined that virus was new to humans and first began as a…

Haemophilus influenzae is a nasty bacteria that is responsible for many severe infections. It is the cause of invasive and non-invasive diseases, primarily within children five years of age or younger, that can lead to severe complications or death. However, its prevalence worldwide has diminished greatly due to the use of vaccines and antibiotics that are used to prevent and treat this disease. According to Devarajan, (2014, p. 1 of 3), "Haemophilus influenzae is a small, pleomorphic,…

In Station Eleven, the Traveling Symphony is a group focused performing classic Shakespearean literature, and classic music. The group consists of survivors of the pandemic, and are now using art to relate back to the world that was left behind by the flu. Mandel uses The Traveling Symphony‘s motto of “survival is insufficient” (Mandel 58) to emphasize the idea that at the end of days, survival is only one part of the…

AIDS and other Pandemics Pandemics have existed for centuries and their effects on society have changed the way people coexist, together as communities and with a disease. Every century is wracked with a new widespread pandemic that changes the structure of society and that allows people to gain and pass on knowledge for cases in the future. The major diseases that impacted the world centuries ago can shed light how society has progressed, not only in terms of technology and science but also…