Stethoscope

love to role play and it is a big interest area in our service. Our children love to imitate what they see their parents do such as cooking, cleaning, changing nappies on babies, and even remember when they go to the doctor and using a pretend stethoscope. The indoor craft area is for all ages, infants just need to be more supervised than the older children as they are more prone to choking and hurting themselves. Obviously with this age group we will not use scissors, especially metal ones the…

I think what happened to jay horrible and I wish that he never had to go through that pain. We need to be more cautious about which hospital we go to and make sure they are up to date on precautions and health regulations and make sure the doctors are exceptional in their work. But, even though we try our best we might still come down with MRSA/VRE sometimes we just can’t help it. Things happen and we can’t always fix it but we can do our best to fight it and try to contain it. There are many…

Doctor dolls and silicone stethoscopes created my childhood dream of becoming a physician, but nothing fortified my goals more than the sensations that shot through my nerves as I held an infant for the first time. I see obstetricians as the physicians that bring life or death to the table, and I am willing to hold that pressure on my shoulders. When the present appears dark and the future is looking grey, I will be the doctor who will help women bring an indubitable bundle of joy into the world…

patient to feel for bumps, bruises, textures growths or abnormalities in organs or body parts and listening to unusual sounds inside and outside a patient’s body. These can be performed either with just the fingers or hands or with the aid of a stethoscope. Laboratory tests are for validating initial diagnosis and to gauge how severe a medical condition is, Dr. Ostrea explained. A differential diagnosis may be necessary in order to distinguish what condition a patient is suffering from if…

An anesthesiologist would be a perfect job for anyone who loves to work with people, medicine, and machines because of the tasks done, training, and work environment. An anesthesiologists goes to school for about eight years after high school. After they go to school, anesthesiologists have to do an internship and have to get their doctoral degree, but the average salary is $187,200 a year. The main priorities of an anesthesiologists are monitor patients before, during, and after anesthesia.…

I believe that the Civil War could be considered the “Middle Ages” of medicine. The lack of knowledge of germ spreading and cleanliness, the weapons used, and the training of the Physicians led me to think that is true. Compared to today's medicinal treatments, the treatments of the Civil War seem like a way of torture instead of a way to save lives. The lack of knowledge of germs and cleanliness are signs of a medical middle age. Today, it is standard for doctors and surgeons to have…

Doctors often listen to the lungs, gut, vessels in the neck, and most importantly the beating of the heart. The stethoscope is one of the most handiest tools used in the medical field to hear the noises our body makes. One exam that Sanders talks about is the heart exam, and how its a subtle exercise and requires well-developed skills to detect the difference from a…

Blood pressure is defined as a measurement of the force with which blood presses against the wall of a blood vessel. Blood pressure, as popularly used, is the pressure determined indirectly, existing in the large arteries at the height of the pulse wave. When a blood pressure reading is taken, the systolic over diastolic value is determined. Systolic pressure is defined as an aspect of a blood pressure reading which indicates the maximum arterial pressure occurring during contraction of the left…

Terri Guillemets say “A nurse will alway gives us hope, an angel with a stethoscope.”. Nursing is a respectable career in the medical field. This paper will explore the job description, work environment, pay, and overall job outlook. The world need more nurses because healthcare is continual. According to The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (Occupational Outlook Handbook) Nurses duties are to: record patients’ medical histories and symptoms, administer…

As soon as I put my stethoscope on her chest, I noted the complete absence of breath sounds. I got paralyzed for a few seconds, but I had to face it; that petrifying moment of being unsupervised, finally came. This patient had a pneumothorax; her O2 sat was 86 and RR 29. Undeniably…