Immediate Post Operative Care 2 The following essay will use a systematic approach to critically evaluate the care and treatment delivered to a non-elective paediatric orthopaedic patient within the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) by a student Operating Department Practitioner at a local trust hospital. The assessment and management of the patients care will be examined and rationale provided for strategies employed during delivery of individualised patient care. In accordance with Health and
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Section 1 A surgical wound as defined by Dempsey, French, Hillege & Wilson, 2009, “is the result of planned invasive therapy or treatment.” Surgical wounds comprise of not only incisions made in surgery, but intravenous therapys and lumbar punctures (Dempsey et al., 2009). Each wound varies in size, depending on the procedure required (Lynn, 2010). Surgical wounds heal by primary intention (Schilling McCann, 2006). A primary intention wound consists of minimal tissue loss, and are typically held
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were submitted: Admitting Diagnosis of altered mental status; Principal Diagnosis of seizure disorder; Secondary Diagnoses: enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile; suicidal ideation; sedative hypnotic or anxiolytic dependence with withdrawal; opioid dependence with withdrawal; other psychoactive substance use unspecified with mood disorder;
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Disorder (SUD) is nothing new. For hundreds of years people have been victims of this mental condition. There are a total of 10 substance disorders that are classified under SUD that ranges from alcohol use disorder, commonly known as alcoholism, to opioid use disorder (American Psychology Association, 2013). The condition is caused by two main risk factors (Thatcher & Wilson, 2008). Symptoms are classified under two different categories by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th
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Prescription Drug Abuse Prescription drugs have become increasingly dangerous to young people in the United States. In fact, prescription drugs do not only appeal to adults anymore, but are quickly becoming the drug of choice among young people. According the CDC, after cannabis, prescription drugs are the most common drugs used by people 14 and older. Because of availability, effects, and lack of knowledge about what these drugs can do, prescription drugs are becoming a greater danger
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Shingles Keonna White December 19, 2013 Anatomy & Physiology Introduction of Shingles If you have had chickenpox during your childhood, it is sure that the virus has stayed in your system for numerous of years. But the virus has then been reactivated in later life, and that’s what causes the skin disease called “Shingles,” to develop. As well as chickenpox, there are other diseases which weakens our immune system. For example, HIV and/or AIDS can also cause Shingles to develop. Shingles
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hallucinogens, and opioids (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).” A depressant is a substance that lowers the anxiety of the individual taking it, it promotes to the user a sense of well-being. Stimulants provide the users with a feeling of mental alertness, a sense of exhilaration and a higher heart rate. Cannabinoids cause the individual to have a slower thought time, impaired balance, and can even cause anxiety. Hallucinogens are substances that alter what the users is seeing/feeling. Opioids are substances
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Sickle-cell disease From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the disease itself. For the genetic transmission of sickle-cell disease and its carrier state, see sickle cell trait. Not to be confused with Sick cell syndrome. Sickle-cell disease Classification and external resources Figure (A) shows normal red blood cells flowing freely through veins. The inset shows a cross section of a normal red blood cell with normal haemoglobin. Figure B shows abnormal, sickled red blood
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Disease of Addiction Harley E. Lang Argosy University English 101 Module 4, Assignment 2 3-28-2015 There has been a war of two sides about substance abuse and addiction; scientific research has proven time and time again that addiction is a disease. The opposition side says that substance abuse and addiction is a choice of behavior. In an article published by Psychiatric Times, Jeffrey A. Schaler, author of Addiction Is a Choice, stated “Addiction is a behavior and thus clearly intended
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