Shock

Introduction Sepsis is a serious infection of the blood or tissues that affects the whole body. Septic shock is the final, most serious stage of this infection. It is a medical emergency and requires immediate treatment. What are the causes? Septic shock is caused by a drop in blood pressure. The drop keeps your organs from getting enough oxygen, causing them to fail. What increases the risk? You are more likely to develop this condition if: You are very young or elderly. You have AIDS or…

Hemorrhagic Shock Christina Furino LVN semester Abstract Did you know that there are over thirty different kinds of shock; but upon those there is one major shock, Hemorrhagic shock that I will be discussing today. Hemorrhagic shock also known as hypovolemic shock is one of the most common kinds of shock. Hemorrhagic occurs when the body has insufficient blood volume to maintain adequate cardiac output. This can happen from GI bleeds, childbirth massive blunt force…

I assisted one of the doctors with thoracentesis in the ICU on a twenty-eight-year-old drug user who went through septic shock. He was the same age as me. His whole body was swollen and he was unconscious, hooked up to machines. Knowing that about one third of people die from septic shock made me nervous. His pleural effusion was nearly black, I have never seen it that color before. During the procedure, I noticed pictures on the wall of him as a young boy at the lake on a summer day, excited…

Shock is a medical emergency in which the tissues and organs of one’s body are not receiving a sufficient flow of blood. With the circulatory system, it can no longer provide sufficient circulation which prevents every body part from performing its primary function. Oxygen is deprived to the major organs and tissue throughout the body. The body’s waste products buildup. Shock can cause serious damage to a person’s body, and in severe cases, death. There are several major causes of shock in…

Since it does not require any tools, it will be very easy to assemble in our homes. The Shock Absorbing Capabilities of The Century The aforementioned durable vinyl material on this bag gives it a sturdy exterior that makes it possible for kicks and punches to hit it on a regular basis without it being damaged. The interior high-density foam…

2.4 Relationship between Foreign Shocks and Export With the increased of globalization trend, each country depend heavily on another countries. The effects of foreign shocks from main trading partners are significant impacts on own country’s economy activities either in positive way or negative way. According to Ibrahim (2003) that this issue can be explored through two mechanisms such as business cycle transmission, and International trade and capital flows. Ibrahim had estimated industrial…

The death of Savita Halappanavar in University Hospital Galway in 2012 highlighted sepsis as a patient safety issue in urgent need of addressing. In 2014, Minister for health , Leo Varadkar published 3 sets of clinical guidelines dealing with patient safety issues, one being sepsis (Cullen, P.2014). The sepsis management clinical guidelines provide health care professionals with a diagnosis and treatment framework to be followed. It outlines the diagnostic criteria, a diagnostic tool (EWS),…

Shock Incarceration & Boot Camp Programs Shock incarceration in “boot camps” have been around quite some time as a substitute for sentencing young offenders instead of sending them to prison. These boot camps have some advantages to them but also have some disadvantages as well. Some positive aspects of boot camps are that the offenders are not being sent to overcrowded prisons, at this boot camps the offenders are mandated to participate in programs that will rehabilitate these youthful…

advertisements is the product that the company is trying to sell to the consumer. Advertising in the case of the Benetton Group change the way the world viewed advertising. The Benetton Group used shock advertising to promote their products. Benetton did not use their products in the advertisement,…

culture shock, and sociological imagination. The similarity that these three methods have, are that each involve opening our minds to new ways of viewing the world and the processes through which we conduct our daily lives. Beginner’s mind is a method of approaching the world through the absence of preconceptions. Bernard McGrane suggested that in order to learn new things, one’s mind must be cleared of any beliefs and/or expectations before allowing a paradigm shift to occur. Culture shock is…