Stethoscope

letter’s FFA, an organization I have been a part of for four years. A pirate which symbolizes Armstrong. Armstrong is the college I have chosen to gain my certification as an Anesthesiologist Assistant. Palm trees representing my personality. A stethoscope also is a part of my coat of arms to show the career I am aspiring as an AA. My two supporters being two needles both representing the job of an AA. For my crown I chose a snake vector to stand in for the medical field. My quote being “Dreams…

Pregnancy week 28: All set? Are you ready for the D-day to arrive? I am sure that you must be very happy and excited as you have came a long way now only a few days are left for your baby to arrive and be ready to face sleepless yet pleasant nights ahead. Your entire family is busy making preparations to welcome the little one with a huge celebration. Now you are going through the ending stage of your pregnancy and so a lot of last minute tests are going on, and so you have keep in touch with…

INTRODUCTION: The anesthesia-operator model for delivering sedation and general anesthesia in the office-based ambulatory outpatient setting is a hallmark of oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS). Office–based anesthesia is safe and has a high level of patient satisfaction.[1] Closed-claims data from Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons National Insurance Company (OMSNIC), however, indicate that the most frequent reason for transfer of a sedated patient to an emergency room was respiratory distress.[2]…

The types of murmurs fall under two general categories such as systolic and diastolic. Identifying when the murmur is heard is crucial in determining if it is diagnostic or systolic. Different types of murmurs may indicate different conditions or can be a common difference between adults and children. For example, the venous hum murmur is essentially “blood flow returning from the head and arms through the large veins in the upper chest can be heard. This murmur will commonly disappear if the…

In this paper, the importance of a physical assessment will be discussed as well as what it is. A physical assessment is a systematic collection of objective information. It's, usually, conducted in a head-to-toe sequence or a system sequence but can be adapted to meet the needs of the patient. It is often necessary to modify the order, positions, and specific assessments based on the patient's age, energy level, cognitive and physical state, as well as time constraints. Even when modified, the…

class was asked to fill out a simple questionnaire. Being an eager student, I started writing down my favorite color, favorite food, and the names of my best friends. The last question asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. Thinking back to the stethoscope and stuffed animals I carried around on career day, I shot my hand up into the air to ask for the proper spelling of the word ‘veterinarian’. Because my aim in life has never wavered, I have taken the necessary steps toward achieving my…

1a. There many different types of clients receiving services at my fieldwork site, New England Rehabilitation Hospital. The patients I met on Wednesday ranged in age from 46 to 89 years. A 75 year old male recovering from knee replacement surgery was getting ready to go home over the weekend. The next patient of the day was a 46-year-old female breast cancer patient. Her breast cancer metastasized to her lungs and then her brain. Brain tumors caused paralysis and she presented as a stroke. She…

In today’s society, we are exceptionally technologically advanced. With things such as internet, computers, cell phones, ATM’s, Genome mapping, DVD’s, and one hundred and fifty channels on television to keep up to date and in the know; we are advanced in many areas such as education, medicine, and communication. However many believe that our desire to live a lifestyle complete with the latest technology symbolizes a wave of materialism through our nation. A noted transcendalist, Henry David…

After Bill Conner suddenly lost his 20-year-old daughter, Abbey, five months ago, the grieving father felt the urge to honour the late apple of his eye. On May 22, a day following the graduation of his son, Austin, Conner took his bike and began to ride it and travel across the country. "This is what she would want me to do," Conner told CBS News. The grieving father travelled 2,600 miles, from his hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to pay a visit to Broward Health…

The medical assistant performs a variety of duties, demonstrating numerous skills including communication. While the approach to screening patients appears straightforward, occasionally complications occur. The medical assistant should pose the ability to recognize abnormalities and notify the physician promptly when such incident occurs. Having the competence to execute multiple tasks simultaneously, essentially define a worthy medical assistant. The medical assistant duties consist of…