Tracheotomy

love helping people and I would love to experience the feeling of maybe even saving a life one day in my future. Job requirements for pursuing becoming a ER Nurse are, the worker has to be able to perform various procedures such as; intubation, tracheotomies, suturing, setting broken bones, first aid, transfusing blood, starting IV lines, administering medication, etc. Educational requirements include taking the necessary steps to become a registered nurse, meaning earning a nursing degree and…

approached and demanded money. She repeatedly told that she did not have any after which he shot her several times in the stomach. The young woman spent 4 months in hospital, had to undergo numerous medical procedures and now continues to live with tracheotomy. Police officers that were visited the accused home on February 15 2015 found a 9-mm semi-automatic firearm which had the defendants DNA and the evidence also revealed that it was the same gun that was used in the two robberies that have…

FDA had released. These images depicted the negative effects tobacco has on a person’s health and well-being. According to the article, among the images that appeared on cigarette packs are rotting and diseased teeth and gums, and a man with a tracheotomy smoking. Also included among the labels were as follows: the corpse of a smoker, diseased lungs, and a mother holding her baby with smoke swirling around them. Every graphic image also included phrases like "Smoking can kill you" and…

incompetent lacking necessary training and skill for this patient. Although, I'm not certain what she learn while on her clinical rotation yet I believe this to be a special case. Not a special case because the patient had a trach patients with a tracheotomy are seen often in a hospital setting but because when you are taught CPR it is not said how to perform CPR in special situations. I know! I have set through numerous amount of CPR training classes as I been CPR certified for 18 yrs. It…

keep the lungs working. Then there are medicines like muscle relaxants and glutamate blockers that prevent the destruction of nerve cells. There is gastronomy which is the insertion of a feeding tube once the body gets to that point. As well as a tracheotomy which opens the windpipe so that the patient would be able to breathe. There is also the possibility of seeing a neurologist which works with the nervous system diseases, a Pulmonologist which specializes in pulmonary diseases, and a…

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Lori Interrante, R.N. 710 9th Ave, Apt. 5C • New York, NY, 10019 • (646) 749-0722• Lori7720@gmail.com Career Objective My goal is to obtain a position as a registered nurse, that will allow me to further develop excellent patient care skills and my clinical knowledge. Professional Experience REGISTERED NURSE, June of 2014 – Present BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY ROOM. – New York, NY Selected Contributions: • Responsible for implementing the policies and procedures in the emergency unit. •…

There are 8 types of respiratory cancers: Lung cancer, Oral cancer, Mouth cancer, Tongue cancer, Pharynx cancer, Larynx cancer, Throat cancer, and Bronchial cancer. Lung cancer, also known as carcinoma of the lung or pulmonary carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung by process of metastasis into nearby tissue or other parts of the body. (Wikipedia, 26 September 2015) Common…

"Whereupon a strange euphoria came over me. Not only was I exiled, paralyzed, mute, half deaf, deprived of all pleasures, and reduced to the existence of a jellyfish, but I was also horrible to behold" (Bauby 27). This is a quote from Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir entitled The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, in which the editor-in-chief of the French version of Elle magazine describes his very rare neurological disorder called Locked-in Syndrome. Locked-in syndrome, or Cerbromedullospinal…

I remember that night like a vivid dream. I stayed up that night to read due to school let out the previous day. I can remember the suddenness of a phone ringing at three in the morning. It was the June 17th, 2014 when my mom walked into my room and told me the news. I can still imagine the creak my old wooden door made as she peaked into the room with teary eyes. “Megan…he’s dead.” After that moment things get fuzzy. I’m not sure if I had started crying right away or if I just sat there for a…