Kettering Medical Center

creative best to effect a change in this new terrain. As the only physician within a 40-mile radius, I reorganized and resuscitated the operations of two community health centers and mobilized the residents to utilize the facilities. In less than two months, I was already busy seeing patients, writing treatment protocols for common medical conditions, counseling and teaching classes. Still, I found myself thriving in the midst of this chaos because it elicited imagination, insight into people’s…

An advance directive is a set of instructions, either verbal or written, that people create to describe how they want their medical care to be carried out in the event they become incompetent or incapacitated. Living wills and durable power of attorney are two examples of an advance directive. A living will is a legal document that a person creates to designate how they will be taken care in the event of a terminal illness, especially during the final stages of that terminal illness. The…

say that without them, I would not have gone so far . During my High School years, I contemplated the idea of becoming a medical doctor. The desire to heal, serve and help others was driving force behind my goal of becoming a doctor. When my four mothers learned that I had wanted to go to medical school, they were filled with excitement, joy and pride. However, going to medical school was not an easy endeavor. I chose to go to a private university. In a country like mine, the graduation rate in…

hospital watching his every move. Since those times, medicine has grown from an interest into a passion. That drive grew exponentially through working in the hospitals during and after medical school. My intern-ship was during the time of crises in my country, that forced me to deal with a wide range of medical conditions under highly stressful situations, that made me acquire extensive clinical and social skills…

Animal Experimentation Aside from agony and a shortened life, do animals get any benefit from being used for biomedical research? The use of animals for research goes back to Greek and Roman times. Biomedical animal experimentation has led to many cures for diabetes, antibiotics, polio, tranquilizers, etc. In 1966, the U.S. Congress passed the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to exclude birds and certain types of rats and mice used in research. Many believe we need the use of biomedical research to…

and report data. Each of these steps requires high standards of quality, accuracy and timeliness. Laboratory personnel are categorized into two major groups based on education, training, and the laboratory tests they can perform: medical technologists (MTs), and medical laboratory technicians (MLTs). The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) sets the education and training…

and equipment to advance within their field. Healthcare systems have not been receptive to new technology and therefore have received products and services that were pushed onto them by the industry but new medical devices takes an average of 17 years for only 14% of the discoveries in medical technology…

picture of the patient’s symptoms and communicate this information with other health care team members involved. I need to ask questions to get a background of why the patient is being admitted. It is also important for me to get the patient’s medical history. I need to perform an assessment on the patient, including vital signs. I also look at labs and testing that was completed. I need to contact the physician with any abnormal vitals, labs, or testing. Recommendations are based on my…

Physician—assisted suicide is when a physician provides a prescription for a lethal dose of medicine to a terminally ill patient upon their request. (http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/pad.html). It all started in 1906, when Ohio drafted a euthanasia bill, but failed. Since then Oregon, Vermont, New Mexico, and Washington have made it legal, and set protocol that allows terminally ill patients to choose when they die. Oregon’s law requires the patient to be at least 18 years old, a…

George Shell experienced permanent brain damage at the age of twenty-six, because of an absence of oxygen. This awful and genuine disaster was created by Shell 's own egotistical individual choices (Door). A mishap created by her bulimia, which left her in a vegetative state from 1990 to 2005. Specialists gave no good faith for her situation, as an encouraging tube was the main want to keep her only presence. As per her spouse Michael, she had already communicated that she didn 't wish to be…