Stethoscope

Personal statement- medicine Compassion lies at the heart of medicine. In the midst of the A&E ward, my time in hospital revealed the healthcare team’s professionalism as they worked together efficiently during ward rounds. It left me inspired. Following this, medicine has appealed to me becoming a route to better the health of others. The opportunity to provide care and to use medical knowledge for patient benefit compels me to become a doctor. Experiencing how patients were treated showed me…

those in attendance with pizza and enthusiasm. She informed us of the purpose of the club and increased my excitement for Purdue’s nursing programs and the opportunities available. PSNA does various fundraising activities including the scrub and stethoscope sale. This is a unique fundraising opportunity that I can support when I purchase my scrubs for clinicals I will begin my sophomore year. PSNA also stresses the importance of volunteering and offers unique opportunities to do so.…

SpongeBob: (in his dream, krabby patties are falling from the sky) It’s raining krabby patties! Yeah! (runs around eating patties. Dream ends with SpongeBob chewing on his pillow then spitting it out. Stomach growls) A quick midnight snack and then it’s back to bed. (kicks the pillow on the ground and jumps on it. Sees Gary meowing in his sleep) Aww, sleep tight, my little angel. (tip-toes past Gary and down the stairs to the fridge) Ah, here it is. (grabs 'sea-nut butter' out of the fridge and…

Baseline vitals are the key in helping to quickly assess if the patient is on a downward spiral or after measures are taken, the vitals become stable. It is important to have baseline vitals to use for comparison. Baseline vitals that need to be recorded are heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, blood pressure and pulses (radial and pedal). If there are changes in the baseline vitals, the nurse can then take measures to provide the appropriate care. Prioritizing is the nurses main…

4-Occupational Exposure management including Sharps: - Occupational exposure management, including needle stick (or “sharps”) injury, is one of the elements of Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs), which should be applied in all healthcare settings. - Needle stick (or sharp) includes items such as needles, sharp-edged instruments, any other item that may be contaminated with blood or body fluids and may cause laceration or puncture wounds, such as razors and spicules of bone and teeth.…

firefighter, teacher, or even Spider Man. Growing up I always wanted to be a veterinarian, just like my dad. I used to go to work with him to get the feeling of being one. I even went to extremes such as dressing up for Halloween as a vet, with a real stethoscope and all. Up until the age of about 12, I realized, maybe I don’t want to be a veterinarian. I told this to my parents, feeling almost ashamed of what I had to tell them, but in fact, they were already talking about me not being a vet,…

Vital signs are objective measures of physiological function that are used to monitor acute and chronic disease and thus serve as a basic communication tool about patient status.1 Vital signs consist of the measurements of heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. Vital signs are used to monitor patient’s health status and also to monitor their recovery from certain diseases. Numerous physiological and pathological changes may occur with age and alter vital signs.1…

During the Civil War technology and medicine was not very advanced . Most medical schools did not own a stethoscope . Which meant many of the future doctors were not prepared. During the war most doctors and surgeons were not fully trained . Usually most of them only got 2 or less years of training and many of them had never treated a gunshot wound . But most of them had no idea how disease was spread . Many of the doctors had no idea how disease was spread . There were so many hurt…

Imagine being sick to your stomach every second of every hour of every day. Imagine feeling dehydrated and going to get a drink, just to puke it up a few minutes later. That’s what cholera feels like, except much, much worse. Africa is suffering from this disease, and they can’t do anything about it. We need to help them. People in Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and many other countries in Africa are suffering from this disease, and they have nothing they can do because they don’t have the technology…

The force of blood as it circulates against the blood vessel's inner walls is called blood pressure. There are many things affect blood pressure, causing it to rise. * The amount of force with which the blood pumps * The amount of blood in the body * The blood vessel's diameter So that generally, blood pressure rises when the heart pumps harder, there is an increase in the amount of blood in the body, or there is a decrease in the diameter of the blood vessels that carries the blood.…