Sedation

• Analgesics – i.e. Co-codamol, Codeine, or Paracetamol to treat and prevent pain. Codeine, used for pain relief, (i.e., head-aches) common side effects can be; light-headedness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, and sedation. Codeine can also cause allergic reactions, symptoms of which include constipation, abdominal pain, rash and itching. Addiction to these, Irritation of the stomach, liver damage and sleep disturbances as some analgesics contain caffeine, if taken over a…

increased impulsiveness, interfering with medical devices, restlessness, shortened attention spans and uncooperative behavior. Many of these behaviors required additional management, ranging from increased supervision, up to use of restraints and sedation. Those with more severe behaviors were often discharged to the rehabilitation facility for additional care, while those that did not were simply discharged home. These results also indicated that agitation behaviors were having a direct…

“Good tests can help teachers determine how their students are performing and identify the areas in which their students need assistance. Like an X-ray, however, tests can diagnose, but they cannot cure.” - Randi Weingarten. With these types of scans doctors can tell their patients what problems they have and can tell them how they are going to fix the problem. In the quote it talks about how good test takers determine how well students perform. The scans show what type of shape the person is in…

The great ethical debate of the legalization of marijuana has been a popular topic since the 1960’s at both the state and national level. Marijuana is a mixture of dried shredded flowers and leaves that come from the hemp plant. Farmers would grow hemp and exchange it in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. It’s popularity in the 19th century was in the form of medicinal products and was openly sold in public pharmacies. The recreational use of marijuana began after the Mexican Revolution in…

So currently Marijuana is an illegal drug in the many countries. In the past and still in the future some countries, people consumed Marijuana as spiritual drug, they believe Marijuana is "food of the God" and in the past people were using Marijuana for deep meditation and Samadhi. History of Marijuana except from medical use of Marijuana was little bit controversial but, the history reflected that the use of medical Marijuana in the ancient time was very popular in different countries to…

Antipsychotics are a rather complex method of treatment in treating schizophrenia. They come with many pros but also many cons You have to consider the emotional and physical effect the antipsychotics may have on an individual’s life. You also have to consider the drug and what it is supposed to treat. In this case it ultimately aids in the treatment of schizophrenia, but not everyone sees it as so. Some drugs can render more of the cons than the pros. Ultimately, with schizophrenia and…

Social theory involves ideas about the changes and developments within society. These ideas can be multidisciplinary ranging from anthropology to law. The Social theories involved are analytic structures or models used to examine social occurrences. It is during the 19th century that the three great classical theories of social and historical change became evident. The social cycle theory, the social evolutionism theory and the Marxist historical materialism theory. The majority of social…

person programmed music for them to play at their child’s bedside to help him relax. The result of that music was increased agitation, increased heart rate (to dangerous levels), and decreased oxygen saturation rates. This necessitated increased sedation medication which can have negative side effects” (Lillieth). Due to an unqualified individual administering music therapy for a patient, the patient was then put at an unnecessary risk which caused complications with the healing process. Music…

Physician-Assisted Suicide Is physician-assisted suicide, with regards to the elderly or the terminally ill just? Should we allow the assisted death of individuals based on these variables? In this paper, we will seek to expound this question as well as apply it to the ethical theory of utilitarianism. There are two doctrines that can be used to evaluate this issue on whether it is entirely ethical or unethical. On one side of the argument, physician-assisted suicide is deemed as a way of…

The term “leukemia” and “brain tumors” refers to a collection of neoplasms, each with its own biology, prognosis, and treatment. Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects blood cells. The cancer originates in the bone marrow where blood cells are formed (Hunger, 2015). For unknown reasons, these cells fail to develop properly into mature blood cells, and multiply at rapid rates crowding out other normal blood cells (Hunger, 2015). In the United States, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the…