Intensive care medicine

her as I squeezed my leg between her and our typhoid patient, who lay on a mat next to her, in the overcrowded ward. There were patients everywhere. But each one was getting the best possible care and that was my only concern. Just as I came back to measure the oxygen saturation of an asthmatic in the intensive unit, a group of 15-20 people rushed into the ward.…

A technologist allows the doctor to view an area of interest in a clear and concise way so the doctor can make an accurate diagnosis and devise an appropriate plan of care. If the technologist does not do their job correctly, it has a negative impact on the patient as well as all of the staff involved with that patient’s care. However, the duties of the technologist do not stop at taking quality x rays. The technologist can be involved with many more procedures such as inserting catheters and…

for pulmonary infection. Third, integumentary protection measures should be started using pressure relieving mattress to avert the incident of pressure ulcers and ensuring frequent turning program is optimize and finally, involvement of physical medicine and rehabilitation physician to sort out and assist potential obstacle in starting an early mobilization…

particularly the hospital setting, individual contributors are members of numerous groups. For example, there are profession-based groups (nurses, physicians, or pharmacists) and groups responsible for running different units (neonatal care unit, intensive care unit, or recovery room).” (Johnson,…

an actual form of therapy and should be taken more seriously as an activity for the elderly in nursing homes and hospice. More respect and appreciation should be given to those volunteers who take their own time to provide this service and genuinely care enough to devote their time to the large amounts of training. Animal therapy is a valid form of therapy for the elderly because it can significantly benefit mood, allows contact from the outside world, and it has shown positive outcomes in those…

established a weight management intervention for low income African-American women. They assessed whether a weight management program, addressing the needs of obese in low-income African-American women, would produce greater weight loss than standard medical care. They compared participants in a weight management program compared to those receiving treatment. Davis et al., (2006) found that after six months the women in the intervention group loss more weight compared to the women receiving…

This paper explains how to asses a new patient coming in for chest pain and how an Electrocardiogram (EKG) and other tests would be performed to diagnose the patient’s condition. Using two scholarly resources the paper will further explain the information that will be needed to know before performing the EKG on this new patient. A physician can request an EKG for different reasons in this scenario the patient has had a history with Myocardial Infarctions (MI’s) and when he comes in to the ER…

eventually the birth of his daughter and his death. Published posthumously in 2016 by Random House, this memoir honors the legacy of Kalanithi. Kalanithi has degrees in English literature, human biology, and history and philosophy of science and medicine from…

The Civil War, the bloodiest war in American history, took over half a million American lives in just four short years. With the advent of advanced weaponry and extensively developed war strategies, American blood was spilled everywhere and no family was left unstained. However, many people overlooked a much deadlier force that hid behind the blazing guns and the explosive artillery, which ultimately contributed to the South’s demise. Disease (dysentery, typhoid, malaria) ran rampant throughout…

affordable care act is allowing more low income families to obtain affordable health insurance. When children and their parents do not have health insurance it is common for the family to not go to the doctor due to lack of funds. With the affordable health care act more children are going to be able to afford to go to the doctor therefore, pediatric nurses are going to be more in demand. In an article by the American Academy of Pediatrics it is explained that the changes in pediatric care due…