Pulmonary edema

Canadian Involvement: The Canadian Parliament didn't choose to go to war in 1914. The country's foreign affairs were guided in London. So when Britain's ultimatum to Germany to withdraw its army from Belgium expired on 4 August 1914, the British Empire, including Canada, was at war, allied with Serbia, Russia, and France against the German and Austro-Hungarian empires. The first major battle fought by Canadian troops in the First World War took place from 22 April to 25 May 1915, outside the…

Introduction Naloxone (also known as Narcan or Evzio) is an opioid antagonist that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for opioid overdoses since 1971; why are we hearing so much about it right now? Opioid overdoses and deaths continue to increase. In order to reduce these deaths, legislation is regularly being passed at the state level to get naloxone in the hands of the family and friends of those at risk for overdose. Currently, there are thirty-seven states with laws…

caused by atelectasis, or fluid in the small air sacs, audible on inspiration or expiration resembling the sound made by rubbing strands of hair together by the ear. Crackles if widespread may be related to a serious problem may be indicative of pulmonary edema or acute respiratory distress. Wheezes are continuous sounds caused by movement of air through narrow airways due to constriction of muscles such as in asthma, swelling in bronchitis, an obstruction, or spasm. Wheezing leading to hypoxia…

CC: “I feel awful and ache all over” HPI: M.M. is a 19 year old female presenting to the clinic today with complaints of malaise, increased somnolence/fatigue, non-productive cough, fever/chills, headache, and generalized myalgia (7/10). Symptoms began yesterday morning, prior to school, and continued to get worse. Patient drank an energy drink around 7pm yesterday and again this morning to increase her energy but was unsuccessful. She took OTC Tylenol last night for other symptoms with no…

must be very observant of the surrounding circumstances of any respiratory distress. Questioning the onset of sudden dyspnea or apnea may reveal the true cause. What appears to be an intrinsic physiological disturbance such as from asthma or pulmonary edema may have external cause. A young child may have been playing with small toys or feeding himself unsupervised for even just a minute when his parent finds him struggling to breath. EMS need to be vigilant to obtain the history of the scene…

Heart Disease in Women and their Unique Symptoms of a Heart Attack Introduction: Heart attacks are a very serious condition of the human body that require immediate attention. Heart attacks are known in the medical community as myocardial infarctions: myo- means muscle, cardio- means heart, -al means pertaining to; infarct means death of tissue (med term book). The parts come together as: tissue death pertaining to heart muscle (med term book). Each year, around one and half million cases of…

Trauma encompasses a wide variety of insults to the body ranging from motor vehicle accidents, interpersonal violence, falls from great heights, contact sports, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and industrial accidents. Trauma accounts for 10% of deaths among men and women, and is the leading cause of death for those younger than the age of 40 years. Thoracic trauma comprises 10%-15% of all traumas.1 It directly accounts for approximately 25% of trauma-related mortality and is a contributing…

Bree Edwards October 12, 2015 Respiratory Therapy 210 What Does a Respiratory Therapist Do? Respiratory therapists are important health care professionals who provide care for patients with acute and chronic abnormal cardiopulmonary systems. They are educated and trained professionals who focus on providing quality respiratory care to patients. Almost seventy five percent of respiratory therapists work in a hospital setting while the other twenty five percent work in clinics, sleep study…

concentration-camp at Fort Ney close to Strasbourg, France to the phosgene gas. Phosgene would cause very intense irritation to the lungs. And with having prisoners who were already malnourished and weak this would kill them. It didn’t help that they got pulmonary edema after exposure to the gas because it would cause their lungs to swell and fill up with water in them making it very hard to breath. These are only a few of the experiments that they did. There are some more experiments that the…

Catheter placement is extremely vital for any animal when they are about to go under anaesthetic, this allows the immediate effect of Intravenous drugs and fluids to be administered at the specific times needed and reduces stress in the animal. In Jess’s case placing a catheter was very important, due to her age it allowed instant venous access; should there have been any complications during surgery. Generally catheters are placed in the medial saphenous veins in both cats and dogs to allow…