...The American Heart Association is a resource tool that I could use to track and preserve a record of my wellness. It is easy to set up a profile, sign in and provide a little information about yourself to help document and to monitor one’s health Using this website could help me better understand my health and to make smarter healthcare decisions. Keeping track of risk factors is important because it can save my life and share with others that might experience the same problems. A lot of times we as humans ignore symptoms such as pain that lingers in our body thinking it will go away, using different technology systems could prevent more health problems and prevent sudden death. According to the American Heart Association, every forty-three...
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...Heartsaver® CPR AED Skills Sheet American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR AED Adult and Child CPR AED Side 1 of 2 Step Student Name: _________________________________________ Test Date: ______________________________________________ Critical Performance Steps 1 Yells for help 4 Tells someone to phone the emergency response number (or 911) and get an AED (for adult only) 5 correctly Checks for response—tap and shout 3 Child CPR AED ✓ if done correctly Verbalizes that the scene is safe 2 Adult CPR AED ✓ if done correctly Checks for no breathing or only gasping Minimum 5 seconds; maximum 10 seconds 6 Locates hand placement for compressions Moves clothes out of the way of the chest Lower half of the breastbone; 1 or 2 hands for child 7 Delivers first set of compressions Gives 30 compressions in 18 seconds or less 8 ADULT: Gives 2 breaths with a mask CHILD: Gives 2 breaths without a mask At least 1 breath results in visible chest rise Breaths given and compressions started within 10 seconds 9 Delivers second set of compressions Gives at least 23 of 30 compressions in the correct chest location 10 ADULT: Gives 2 breaths with a mask CHILD: Gives 2 breaths without a mask At least 1 breath results in visible chest rise Breaths given and compressions started within 10 seconds 11 Instructor says, “You have just completed 5 sets of compressions and breaths.” Leaves to phone 911 and...
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...Cheerios a cereal which is produced by the General Mills company has a special relationship with the American Heart Association. Yes, in the past they have raised money for the American Heart Association, but really the American Heart Association helps General Mills sell boxes of Cheerios. The association has given its stamp of approval to Cheerios saying that they meet the food criteria for saturated fat and cholesterol for healthy people. This stamp of approval is located on the Cheerios box. This is a relationship that has been beneficial for both the company and the association. Cheerios has been able to come up with commercials surrounding the idea of a healthy heart for many years. A current commercial shows various children dancing...
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...Patient Data | Patient Name | Age | Gender | DOB | Medical Record # | Lenny Xigris | 49 | M | 8/13/1964 | 1819 | Chief Complaint | History of Present Illness | slipped in BR and shattered R patella and associated ligament tear | S/P (Status/Post) Right total knee replacement | Past Medical History | appendectomy at age 13, HTN | Current Medications | 1. lisinopril 10mg QD 2. HCTZ 12.5mg QD | Allergies | Height | Weight | Levels of End of Life Care | NKDA | 5”3” | 64kg (141 lbs) | Full Code | Admission Date | Admission Diagnosis | Admitting Physicians | Today | S/P (Status/Post) R total knee replacement | McNasty Ortho surgeon | Scenario Data | Learning Objectives | Note: This simulation is part of a Microbiology course (MICRO 290). The main learning objective is to use a simulation of sepsis to facilitate student visualization and understanding of the mechanisms of key chemical and biochemical events in the human body during a human pathological scenarioBy the end of this scenario, the participant will be able to: 1. Observes and discusses the use of patient history and assessment data in the early identification and management of patients at risk for or with sepsis, septic shock and multi-system organ dysfunction (ANALYSIS). 2. Observes and discusses the possible diagnostic orders and therapies including medications for the management of patients with sepsis, septic shock and multi-system organ dysfunction. Uses factor analysis to calculate...
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...During second semester last year in grade nine the class was taught a special skill. One of the special skill we learned was American Heart Association "Family and Friends" CPR. CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. CPR is used to save lives. If someone I loved needed CPR, I would want the heath care worker to know CPR. CPR is used when heart stops, or when the breathing stops. Your breathing and heartbeat can stop for many reasons. Your heart can stop working when you have a heart attack, when drowning, having blood infections, or maybe even accidents. Death does not have to happen. That's when CPR comes in handy. It is known to help increase your chances of survival. This is why people train to get CPR, so that people can save other people's life. The steps in doing CPR are very simple. These are the steps of how CPR works. First, you have to check to see if the person is on conscious. You can do that by tapping on their shoulder. If you get no response then you look for others around. Yell as loud as you can for someone to call the cops and get an AED. AED means, automated external defibrillation. If there's no one around you have to call the police yourself. Next you have to push on the person's chest thirty times and then take two breaths. When taking breaths, you're supposed to pinch the nose and tilt their head back just a little. When an AED arrives turn the AED on. Open the AED, and take the pads out and place it on the person's chest. Then try to shock...
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...the victim is unresponsive, if the person does not respond and is not breathing or breathing properly then you must quickly call 911 and get back to the unconscious/conscious person. If the victim is responsive let them know you are here to help and ask if they want help. If they refuse help, leave them alone but stay close until further authorities arrive. When this first step is all fully completed continue to the second step; chest compressions. Second step requires some muscle power. When the victim gives you the okay, you need to start chest compressions. Chest compressions will help the heart get a jump start. If the victim starts gasping this means you are doing a great job, keep going. Start the compressions in the center of the chest approximately two inches in depth about a hundred compressions per minute very quickly and swiftly. According to the American Heart Association you must complete five cycles of compressions and breaths. Last step, giving breaths; they are usually recommended but not required. If you choose to give breaths, you then must tilt the head back lift the chin, and then pinch the nose, cover their mouth with yours and blow until you see chest rise. You need to give at least two breaths and each breath should take about one second. If you do not see their chest rise...
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...Acceptance among and impact on dental practitioners and patients of American Heart Association recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis * Peter B. Lockhart, DDS1, , , * Nicholas B. Hanson, MPH2, * Helen Ristic, PhD3, * Adriana R. Menezes4, * Larry Baddour, MD5 Available online 19 December 2014 Show more Show less Choose an option to locate/access this article: * Check SFX * doi:10.14219/jada.archive.2013.0230 Get rights and content ABSTRACT Background The 2007 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for the prevention of infective endocarditis (IE) called for a major reduction in the number of patients recommended for antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) and redefined the dental procedures considered to put these patients at risk of acquiring the infection. The purpose of the authors' study was to determine the acceptance of these changes among and the impact of the changes on dentists and their patients. Methods The authors sent a survey to a random sample of 5,500 dentists in the United States. Results Ninety-five percent of the 878 respondents indicated that they saw patients who receive AP. More than 75 percent were either satisfied or very satisfied with the AHA guidelines, and the respondents indicated that they believed almost three-quarters of their patients also were pleased. Seventy percent of dentists, however, had patients who took antibiotics before a dental procedure even though the guidelines no longer recommend it. ...
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...1. Compare the incidences of diabetes within each region of the U.S. for the past year and identify which state has the highest burden of this disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2012), there are 25.8 million people, or 8.3% of the U.S. population, living with diabetes. 18.8 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes while 7.0 million remain undiagnosed. During a period of 1994 until 2011, (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011) the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes has increased across the states in the United States. In 1994, twenty-five states had prevalence less than 4.5%, twenty-four states had prevalence of 4.5%–6.0%, and only one state had prevalence greater than 6.0%. In 2010, all states had prevalence greater than 6.0%, fifteen of these exceeded 9.0%. The eastern United States had a much higher prevalence than the western states. The south continues to have many more occurrences than the rest of the county. The southeastern quadrant of the United Sates appears to lead the way with morbidity issues. For example, the southeastern portion of the US is known as the Bible belt because of its socially conservative evangelical Protestantism. Sadly, it is also known as the stoke belt and is considered a part of stroke ally by public health authorities for having an unusually high incidence of stroke and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Multiple studies have shown (Jorgensen, 1994) that people with diabetes are...
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...Codes (I-MAGIC) (I-MAGIC], 2015). SNOMED-CT is required in stage 2 and should be used for documenting problem (Levy, 2013a). SNOMED-CT is a comprehensive clinical terminology that describe the diagnosis in details, it is way of description is close to the medical language. SNOMED-CT easy to map to other clinical terminology like ICD-9 and ICD-10 in a addition to LOINC (Giannangelo, 2015)., The SNOMED-CT code for Angina is 194828000, and the ICD-10-CM for Angina is I24.9, Acute ischemic heart disease (NLM, 2013). At admission the physician need to order Electrocardiogram (EKG) test to confirm angina, EKG was ordered and EMR attached the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), CPT was developed by the American Medical Association (AMA) it doesn’t contain diagnosis codes it only focuses in procedures, the CPT code for EKG 12 leads is 93000 (Giannangelo, 2015; ECG CPT, 2015). The physician placed an order for for aspirin as first choice medication for chest pain treatment (American Heart Association, 2015). The medication is coded using the RxN1. RxN1 is the medication name and it synonym in RxNorm. RxN1 is a meaningful Use (MU) stage II standard for medication and allergy (Giannangelo, 2015). After few days the patient improved and his condition is more stable, the physician decided to...
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...triumphant. An additional element of accomplishment as a graduate student is the capacity to exhibit efficient time organization and skills to control stress. Characteristics of Graduate Writing When getting ready to write a graduate level paper the expectancies are at a higher level. The requirements for essay writing are to be written in the pattern that is promoted by the American Psychological Association. This style of writing is called in short the APA style. Dunn asserts in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2010); “APA style papers rely on a standard organization, one prescribing where and how particular information should be placed for maximum benefit to readers.” (p. 7) The APA style is a way to display and structure the research compiled for the essay. In the beginning the APA was formed in 1928 and is employed by people from different walks of life from editors, students, researchers, publishers as well as business writers nursing, sociologists and those in criminology. (Dunn, 2011,p 7). The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association states; “When writing in APA style, a paper must be formatted according to guidelines. This includes proper margins, font, style, and spacing. All resources must be cited...
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...Diabetes Effect on Individual Diabetes can change many different areas in the life of individuals who are living with this disease process. The most obvious change is the impact on a person’s health and well-being. The long term complications of diabetes are hypertension, stroke, heart disease, kidney disease which can lead to dialysis, peripheral nerve damage or neuropathy, retinal nerve damage or retinopathy, chronic skin wounds. All of these are very serious complications but the chronic skin wounds can be very difficult to heal and lead to amputations in the patient’s extremities. The patient now has altered body image and altered patterns of activity and mobility. Financial cost related to maintaining this disease process is very expensive. There are expenses relating to glucose meters, testing strips, blood tests, medications, and supplies to inject when administering insulin. Insurance is an advantage in this condition since it is something that needs to be treated lifelong not just short term. However, there are still many costs that the patient is still responsible for that is left over. “Over a period of 25 years, diabetes will cost the average diabetic $175,000 to $250,000. Although 50%-67% of the costs may be covered by healthcare insurance, diabetes is a very expensive disease to have” (Death to diabetes, 2008). Effect on Family The families of the diabetic patients are going to also be affected by the disorder due to changes made in the patient’s life...
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...Nearly 26 million children and adults in the U.S. are living with diabetes. An additional 79 million that's 1 in 3 Americans have pre-diabetes which puts them at an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a silent epidemic in this country and one quarter of those who have it don't know it. Undiagnosed, this deadly disease can lead to devastating complications including blindness, amputation, heart attack and stroke. (American Diabetes Association, 2011). In North Carolina, 6.9 out of every 100 adults in North Carolina has diabetes, ranking it 19th lowest in the nation for the ratio of people with diabetes to the general population. 27.6 out of every adult 100,000 deaths in North Carolina are due to diabetes, ranking North Carolina 17th lowest in the nation for diabetes-related deaths. In 2005, 543,000 North Carolina adults were diagnosed with diabetes and by 2007 9% of the total adult population had been diagnosed with diabetes (ipump.org 2009). Since this county has a large population of the at risk candidates for diabetes, there was a need for diabetes education and awareness. On a more personal level, I know many diabetics and many are newly diagnosed. People who are already diagnosed with diabetes pretty much knows the signs and symptoms of the disease. But the ones who are pre-diabetic or who have a family history are the target population for this teaching project. The brochures (15 total) were made and printed up at home with an average cost of less...
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...APA STYLE GUIDE Based on Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. (2009) Reference Citations in Text References Print Sources (paper) Articles, books, reports, government documents, corporate author, etc. Electronic Sources (online/web) articles, ebooks, reports, broadcast, data, blogs, wiki, podcasts, etc., More Help with APA APA Web Sites and Tutorials PDF version (5th Edition) Return to Library Home Page American Psychological Association or APA style is widely accepted in the Social Sciences. For more information consult the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association located on 2 North Reference and in Dictionary Stands on all floors: BF 76.7 P83 2010. Publication Manual sections are noted in square brackets [ ]. CITING REFERENCES IN TEXT [6.11-6.22] Throughout the body of your paper, briefly note the author and date of research that you mention. Enough information is needed to identify the correct source in the References list at the end of your paper. For more information and examples, see Table 6.1 in the 6th ed. Publication Manual. Author and Date Cited in Text (no parenthetical citation necessary) In a 1989 article, Gould explores some of Darwin's most effective metaphors. Author Not Cited in Text As metaphors for the workings of nature, Darwin used the tangled bank, the tree of life, and the face of nature (Gould, 1989). Author Cited in Text Gould (1989) attributes Darwin's success...
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... University of phoenix NUR/427 July1, 2014 Week 1 Type 2 diabetes in Hispanic adults Chronic disease is very significant in the health care professions. When considering the model it gives us the ability to assess, implement, and evaluates the effectiveness of the care we delivered to our patients in the daily basis. Type 2 diabetes is a progressive, chronic illness that affects a lot of Americans in many ethnic groups, but it is found that Hispanic adults have the highest percentage of developing type 2 diabetes (American academy of nurse Practitioners, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to motivate Hispanic adults to adopt healthy behaviors, increase motivation, and build skills, to enhance a positive health practices and self- management. According to American Diabetes Association, 2014, type 2 diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in Hispanic American. Also it is estimated that by 2025 the percentage of Hispanic living with this chronic illness will increase to 18 %( ADA, 2014). As a registered nurse it is our responsibility to educate the patients how to maintain a healthy lifestyles by motivativating them to resist for optimal health, and supporting them in changing their lifestyle to maintain a better health. We have to do our best so they can meet their ultimate goals. When consider working with patients our goals should be focused on minimizing...
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...Diabetes Mellitus Quiz (Paper) Metformin is a good oral glycemic agent used for treatment of DM and new research from the US Diabetes Prevention Program ( DPP) shows that it can aid in delaying the onset of the disease when used in patients who are at high risk. Some of the high risk patients include those that are overweight or obese, have a family history, had gestational diabetes or are African American. The study uses 3 groups of people, a placebo group, a intensive lifestyle group and a metformin group. Appoximitely 3000 people have been used in this study and 85% of the original group study continued on in further studies. Approimitely 45% of the group were minorities ethnic backgrounds. Diabetis Mellitis (DM) is becoming more and more prevelant in our society. This article is about ways of helpng those at high risk of developing DM to reduce their risk of getting it or delay the onset. The main component of the article is the use of metformon to delay or reduce the risk of onset of DM. Research has shown that the use of metformin in those that are high risk for getting DM may delay the onset for as long as 15 years. If the patient takes metformin and increases their exercise and diet regimines then the chances of delaying the onset are even greater. Although intensive lifestyle changes still have the best chance for delaying the onset of DM, in the future Metformin may be used to delay the onset as well as for treatment of Diabetes. Did the article contain any additional...
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