Sudden cardiac death has been the number one cause of death amongst on-duty firefighters nearly every year since the NFPA began it’s study of on-duty fatalities in 1977 (NFPA, 2014). Most fire departments conduct fitness and medical screenings prior to hiring fire fighters in order to avoid employing persons who are not fit enough for the types of duty or are at high risk of injury caused by participation in the types of work firefighters do (NIOSH, 2007), however, despite current efforts to prevent
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Introduction Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) was introduced in the 1960s and was intended to reverse cardiac arrests occurring during surgeries. Activating (CPR) codes needs special and careful considerations (Blinderman, Krakaue, Solomon, 2012). Under certain circumstances, CPR may not offer the patient direct clinical benefits, either because the resuscitation will not be successful; usually when the whole picture of the patient medical
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A heart attack happens when the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a section of heart muscle suddenly becomes blocked and the heart can’t get oxygen. If blood flow isn’t restored quickly, the section of heart muscle begins to die. Heart attack treatment works best when it’s given right after symptoms occur. If you think you or someone else is having a heart attack, even if you’re not sure, call 9–1–1 right away. Overview Heart attacks most often occur as a result of coronary heart disease (CHD), also
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Prognosis If the condition is treated quickly, recovery usually involves little to no consequences. However, if the person has more severe symptoms and residual problems, the prognosis may not be as good. Some people may suffer from frostbite or be more prone to developing hypothermia in the future. Still others may have other problems, such as alcoholism, mental health problems, or be elderly or homeless, which may contribute to a worse prognosis and even death. More deaths related to hypothermia
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literature of evidence for therapeutic hypothermia (TH) post cardiac arrest. The research question is as follows: does therapeutic hypothermia treatment present positive neurological outcomes for post cardiac arrest victims? 1.1a Rationale: Whilst working in the Intensive Care Unit, I had the opportunity to witnessed a patient being cooled (therapeutic hypothermia concept) after experiencing out of hospital post cardiac arrest. I was intrigued to learn more about the concept as I had never heard
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Critique of Research Studies – Part 1 Grand Canyon University Health Care Research Analysis and Utilization Nur-504 February 1st, 2013 Critique of Research Studies – Part 1 Title – Backrest Angle and Cardiac Output Measurement in Critically Ill Patients (Quantitative) An effective title of a quantitative research article should include the dependent variables, the independent variables, and the population studied. Ideally, this should be
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The incidence of out-of –hospital cardiac arrest is a common event, particularly in the Western world. There are 110,000 deaths from coronary disease in the United Kingdom each year, of which 75% are due to sudden cardiac death (Schilling et al., 1998; DoH 2005). Despite nearly 40 years of pre-hospital advance life support, the survival rate of hospital discharge following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is very poor. Among the few survivors to hospital discharge, neurologic impairment often remains
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Concept Paper 1 Concept Paper Atypical Presentation of Illness in Older Adults 2 An atypical presentation of an illness in an older adult can appear as a subtle, nonspecific, or unusual manifestation that is outside the normal range of signs and symptoms for a specific illness. Nursing care of an older adult requires a through assessment of acute, chronic or complex illnesses. Illness in older adults is complicated by numerous medical problems and the physical changes of aging
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Even though chloral hydrate is used all the time in infants, chloral hydrate has many dangerous side effects when used in infants and children. Medical Research states that chloral hydrate has adverse side effects and clinical data shows it can even cause death. Aidan Janssens was born on December 23, 2009 and had some minor birth defects, none of which were life threatening. Because of these defects, doctors wanted to perform an MRI (magnetic resource imaging) on him on the second day
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Should Athletes be Screened Better for Heart Defects? By Margaret Anne Rich A Research Project Proposal Submitted to the Graduate School of Northwestern State University of Louisiana In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science in Health and Human Performance With concentration in Sport Administration April 2013 Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine if college athletes that are predisposed to heart defects develop a heart defect during their
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