Pulse pressure

Errors That Killed Lewis Blackman Lewis Blackman was a fifteen-year-old boy in seventh grade. He was thought of by his peers as gifted, enthusiastic, brilliant, talented across the board, achieved many academic accomplishments at such a young age, had a great memory and was loved by all. Lewis was born with the condition of pectus excavatum, which causes a crease in the chest cavity. He has lived many years with this condition but decided to have elective surgery at the University of South…

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is an emergency procedure taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing for someone who is in cardiac arrest (“Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation”). Cardiac arrest is the sudden loss of blood flow from the heart’s spontaneous shut down (“Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation”). Some people think of the fake dummies used in CPR classes or learning about it at swim lessons. Some people think of Bee Gee’s song “Stayin’ Alive”, but there’s a lot more to…

nutrition (PEN) Hemodynamic monitoring – e.g. central venous pressure (CVP) In case of difficult or poor peripheral venous access CONTRAINDICATION: some of the relative contraindications are Anatomic distortion at insertion site Coagulopathy Already existing intravascular devices SITES Internal juglar vein (IJV) Suvclavian vein ( SCV) Femoral vein MONITORING: – Essential monitoring required – electrocardiography (ECG) and Pulse Oximeter (SpO2). POSITIONING Aim of positioning…

Introduction L.S. is a 67 year-old female born on March 24, 1947. The student nurse assessed L.S.’s vital signs prior her interview the results were as follows: Blood Pressure: 124/72, temperature: 97.8 degrees Fahrenheit, pulse: 75 beats per minute, and respirations: 22 breaths per minute. L.S. is a young- old retired home health aide whose previous employment has negatively affected the way that she is able to enjoy her retired older years. Comorbidities, economic circumstances, and…

Until I met Brandy, all I wanted was for somebody to ask me what happened to my face. “Birds ate it,” I wanted to tell them. Birds ate my face. But nobody wanted to know. Then nobody doesn’t include Brandy Alexander. Just don’t think this was a big coincidence. We had to meet, Brandy and me. We had so many things in common. We had close to everything in common. Besides, it happens fast for some people and slow for some, accidents or gravity, but we all end up mutilated. Most women know this…

blood pressure, the volume of blood, and the fluid and electrolyte balance in the body. Angiotensin II controls vasoconstriction in the circulatory system, which increases blood pressure and can cause hypertension (Burchum and Rosenthal, 2016,p.471-473). Aldosterone is what controls the fluid and electrolyte balance in the body. It also is released from the adrenal cortex and activates retention of sodium, which increases the fluid volume, which consequently increases the blood pressure…

Rising sea levels are increasing the number of floods around the world. Moreover, the occurrence of droughts and desertification in large areas on Earth are having devastating consequences for human kind. All of these issues will become more difficult to manage if we do not act soon. This phenomena is known as global warming and climate change. Global warming is the increase in temperature throughout the world. It is caused by the increasing amount of carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases in…

Hypertension is an asymptomatic vascular disorder that displays an increased systolic (>120mm/Hg) or diastolic (>80mm/Hg) pressure. The etiology of the disorder is unknown, and is therefore known as an idiopathic disorder but a variety of factors do play a role in the pathogenesis of the disorder such as coarctation of the aorta, salt sensitivity, renal abnormalities, hormonal disorders and neurological malfunctions. Therefore, the manifestation of the disorder is a complex interaction…

Hypertension, sometimes known as “Silent Killer” is America’s freighting combative illness we struggle to regulate. Due too many health risk factors, many people are sometimes unaware of hypertension until suffering from severe damaging effects. High blood pressure is a growing problem in today’s life controlling it is the key priority. According to statistics approximately 50 million lives in the United States are affected by hypertension and approximately 1 billion worldwide. In this paper,…

Hypertension- high blood pressure means that the systolic blood pressure is consistently over 140 (represent the pressure generate when the heat beat) and the diastolic blood pressure is consistently over 90 (represent the pressure in the vessels when the heart is at rest). Pre-hypertension will eventually lead to hypertension, those with a systolic pressure between 120 and 139, and a diastolic between 80 and 89 on multiple readings (“Hypertension,” n.d. ). This is a condition in which the force…