Septic shock

First identified in the 1960’s, MRSA cases have continued to be on the rise.1 The problem with MRSA did not occur overnight and will not be solved overnight.2 Media attention and patient safety measures have led to great attempts at eliminating the presence of MRSA. 1(p77) MRSA is a worldwide issue and many different approaches have been tested to control its spread in the last several years.3 Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is a common bacteria.4 Staphylococcus is responsible for one-third of all…

Ethics Reflection Paper In Shock by Dr. Rana Awdish is an autobiography detailing the transition from physician to patient and the impact that it had on her worldview and practice. Phrases once deemed harmless bore the weight of the world once she was the person in the hospital bed. Her wishes were dismissed on multiple accounts. Medical errors are made time and time again. She deems the shift in perspective as the missing piece in her medical education. She began to see the person rather than…

Another major concern with pelvic fracture is sepsis. A patient could be able to survive the initial pelvic injury but then later go into septic shock. The most obvious complication with any bone fracture especially including pelvic fractures is pain. Ways to reduce pain can include decreasing movement, medication and other therapeutic interventions (Lewis et al., 2014, p.1524). Important Nursing…

Recommended Testing Lactate Level Blood Cultures X 2 (Different Sites) - Prior to initiating antibiotics Culture Surgical Site and Gram Stain Complete Blood Count with Differential (CBC) Complete Metabolic Profile (CMP) Blood Glucose Monitoring Prothrombin Time (PT) and International Nectrotizing Ratio (INR) Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) Urinalysis (UA) and Culture CT Abdomen/Pelvis Radiograph of Right Lower Extremity The given scenario leads this writer to pursue aggressive…

closed in August 2004), more commonly known as "Beth Israel North" or "the old Doctors' Hospital," where what had seemed a case of December flu sufficiently severe to take her to an emergency room on Christmas morning had exploded into pneumonia and septic shock. This is my attempt to make sense of the period that followed, weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I had ever had about death, about illness, about probability and luck, about good fortune and bad, about marriage and…

Indwelling Urinary Catheters Foley catheters are used for many patients who have been admitted to the hospital, as well as patients who undergo lengthy surgeries. Approximately 15-25% of hospitalized patients are ordered an indwelling catheter during their stay; most of these patients stay catheterized for 2-4 days (Aljohi et al., 2016). It is important to use proper technique to avoid catheter acquired UTI’s (CAUTI’s) because hospitals don’t get money when patients receive hospital acquired…

Y. pestis is a nonmotile, gram-negative, nonsporulating, rod-shaped coccobacillus and a facultative anaerobe. Infamous for being the causative agent in plague, has been implicated in at least three devastating pandemics in modern history. The second plague pandemic includes the Black Death epidemic which caused the deaths of a third of the estimated European population in the fourteenth century (Haensch et al, 2010). More than five hundred years after the Black Death, during the third plague…

The mens rea required to convict Hutt of first-degree murder is the mens rea of intent plus planned and deliberate. Mr. Hutt threw boiling water on his wife and decided to instead put her in the basement and not aid her with her injuries which resulted in her death. This demonstrates Mr. Hutt’s intention of exercise of free will, the use of particular means to produce a particular result. When an accused is certain or substantially certain that their actions would lead to particular…

literature review. Background of case A beauty care injury case which is about DR Group are reported in 2012. In this case, four women had cause injury after receiving DC-CIK therapy through the DR beauty center (Whiteman, 2012). One women died of septic shock and the other three had other…

So many times we forget to ask why – a simple, yet profound question. Anne Fadiman’s poignant book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, delves into the tragic consequences that arise due to the result of cultural discord and misunderstanding. The book illustrates the story of Lia Lee, a young Hmong child who has been diagnosed with severe epilepsy. The stark contrast in beliefs, values, and cultures between Lia’s parents and those of the physicians tending to Lia eventually snowballed into…