This video was about the five different types of equipment that are designed for patient safety, patient comfort, and early detection of problems to apply immediate interventions. In other words, the video was presented to show some of the highlights of the intensive care unit (ICU) room focusing on healing environment, patient safety, and high tech healthcare informatics platform that is designed to provide excellent patient care. First of all, this video talks about one of the most critical elements of taking care of an ICU patient, which is a proper environment that starts with the privacy of the patient. The video mentions that among the several ways that can be applied to provide privacy to the patient, the eGlass is the most important …show more content…
Since the nurses can turn off and turn on the eGlass by the touchable button, they do not have to go back to the patient’s room to pull the curtains down or slam the door in order to provide privacy to the patient. Likewise, the patient can use a remote to turn on and turn off the door. Since the nurse inside the patient room can control the eGlass, it is a very effective way to provide more privacy for the patient. Moreover, the eGlass eliminates the environment for germs to accumulate by replacing the traditional fabric curtains with an advanced, maintenance-free solution. It provides the highest levels of privacy for the patient, convenience of the staff, and an effective infection controlled environment (ASSA ABLOY VersaMax, 2017). There are so many benefits of the eGlass for both the patients and the nurses and I did not see any risks associated with this eGlass system, therefore, I would like to support this …show more content…
Traditionally, the stethoscope has been the method that the doctors and others use to examine the patient (ICU at the 2104, 2014). Using the bedside sonogram device, one can look inside the body, such as the heart and its chamber, lung, belly, various pressures of the fluid in the body, and provides a crucial insight into the real time care of the ICU patient (ICU at the 2104, 2014). According to Martinez, Sommerkamp, & Euerle (2015), “the use of ultrasound is expanding quickly in medicine today for a multitude of reasons: it lacks potentially harmful ionizing radiation, it is inexpensive, it is portable, its examinations can be repeated easily, and it gives immediate answers to clinically important problems” (p. 1063). Martinez et al. (2015) state that in order to determine cardiac function, intravascular volume status, and the morphology of the main blood vessels, a bedside ultrasound is essential. I think when the patient is really sick; time is the most valuable thing that healthcare professionals should be aware of. Therefore, using a bedside ultrasound, providers can quickly determine the problems and provide the appropriate and ultimate care to the patients. However, technical errors are always the concerns with electronic devices. I do not think there are any other risks associated with a bedside sonogram device, either for the patients or for the nurses. I
Diagnostic medical sonography is a profession where sonographers direct high-frequency sound waves into a patient’s body through the use of specific equipment to diagnose or monitor a patient’s medical condition. As described by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this examination is referred to as an ultrasound, sonogram, or echocardiogram. The high-frequency sound waves emitted from the handheld device, called a transducer, bounce back creating an echo and therefore produce an image that can be viewed on the sonographers computer screen. This image provides the sonographer and physician with an internal image of the patient’s body that will be used in the diagnosis. The most familiar use of ultrasound is used in monitoring pregnancies and is provided by obstetric and gynecologic sonographers, who also provide imaging of the female reproductive system. Other types of sonography include; abdominal sonography, breast sonography, musculoskeletal sonography, neurosonography and cardiovascular sonography. Due to the vast nature of uses in sonography, most professionals study one field that they choose to specialize in. Diagnostic medical sonography is a rapidly growing field because of the increase in medical advances. The area of Cleveland, Ohio has continued to rise in the medical field with great strides, providing better career prospects with the availability of numerous employment positions.
The Frontline video titled, “A Soldier’s Heart” describes what life is like as a soldier with mental illness. In the video you take a look at multiple lives that were affected by the negative conditions that derive from being enlisted in the war. The video begins by taking a look at the life of Rob Sarra, an Iraq War veteran. He described how an event that took place during the war, affected his life dramatically. Before going into combat one day, his unit was warned that there were suicide bombers in the area, and to be on the lookout for them. So when a woman appeared, walking with a bag under her arm, his initial reaction was to either kill her or be killed. She continued to walk toward a vehicle of soldiers, after they ordered her to stop. Rob then continued to aim his gun and take the shot. After he took the shot, the Marine’s near by continued to unload their weapons on the woman also. However, when all was said and done he came to the realization that what she was holding was not a bomb, but a white flag. Instantly, he was surrounded by guilt and shame because he was the reason for the death of a civilian. Rob decided
Lowry, F. (2011, September 23). Hospital privacy curtains laden with germs: study says. The Globe
In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), patients are being monitored very closely while their vital signs, their neurological status, and their physical status are being managed with strong medications, lifesaving machines, and the clinical knowledge and skills of trained ICU nurses. Outside of the ICU, it is essential for staff nurses to identify the patient that is clinically deteriorating and in need of urgent intervention.
Ultrasound Technicians are very valuable in the world of health care. Also known as Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, an Ultrasound Technician uses special machines and equipment that operates on sound waves to determine or diagnose medical problems for patients. There are specializations within this field in which some individuals explore. For instance, areas of specialization includes but not limited to; pregnancy, heart health, gynecology, and abdominal sonography. Although each specializing branch has its own distinctive function, they all involve probing the body to facilitate doctors with diagnoses.
Being able to identify lumps, swelling, tissue damage, cysts, and the overwhelming news of the sex of a baby all have something in common, an ultrasound. Swelling of the spleen, kidney stones, blood clots, aneurysms, cancer and so much more can be identified through the works of an ultrasound’s imaging technique. Ultrasound involves many concepts, procedures, and careers. The amount of medical possibilities involved with ultrasounds is useful in major medical diagnostics. The field of ultrasounds and career opportunities are widely growing. As medical careers flourish, needs for technicians in many fields of medicine are increasing. Instead of a doctor choosing complex and risky surgery to find out problems within the body, they can now choose a safer path; the ultrasound path. Patient’s history and physical evaluation are building blocks to diagnostics but ultrasounds are much greater. They are powerful tools used to see beyond the skin into the depths of a person’s body. What ultrasounds are, what types there are, and what they are used for, and the education and careers available are the major themes found in research on the subject. Knowledge of ultrasound and its background may help one decide what career is best for them. Understanding the wide array of diagnostic tests and their uses are essential to figuring out what a career as a sonographer entails and the type of education that is needed. Because there are plenty of possibilities for specializing with different technologies, there is a wide variety of job opportunities in the medical imaging career. The call for ultrasound’s assistance opens new paths in future high-quality careers.
to other locations in the hospital could be disruptive to patient flow through the cardiology department's echo lab. Other areas in the hospital in which echocardiography equipment might be used...
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In an IPU, a dedicated team made up of both clinical and nonclinical personnel proves the full care cycle for the patient’s condition (Lee & Porter, 2013). The first priority of understanding the patients will be to meet the needs regardless of the situation so they will find pleasure and security of allowing the Caring Angel Hospital to continue providing services for themselves and family members. When the patients are taken care of, it will definitely reflect well on the organization’s business reputation. Therefore, the medical attention and the responsibilities that are provided to the patients should not lack the quality, value, or image of what each individual patient needs for their
...nt for early detection of different diseases. Although they have been somewhat effective in the past, they need to be updated and improved so a wider range of diseases can be detected. Among these checkups, an emphasis should be made on checking for congenital heart defects, especially those who are hard to detect. This should be a priority because a baby with a CCHD could be at risk in the future. Furthermore, children who have a heart disease such as Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome are at greater risk. In these cases, early detection is key for eliminating this types of conditions. This way an appropriate treatment can be given at a younger age and a more permanent solution can be offered to eliminate the condition such as surgery. If the root of these types of diseases can be eliminated now, future generations can have a better healthy life quality and assurance.
Nurses form an important role in influencing patient safety from everyday tasks and gradually obtaining the patient vital signs have increasingly been seen as a chore instead of collecting clinical evidence. This then creates an extreme danger to patient’s as irregular monitoring of vital signs prevented early detection of deterioration in a patient’s condition, which postpones transfer to intensive care unit ( Kyriacos U et al 2011; Boulanger, 2009). Due to this, a...
In summary, the medical imaging technology of ultrasound is founded on the world of physics. As we understand more and more about waves and how they functions, ultrasound imaging capabilities expand, allowing for the increasingly accurate diagnostic of medical problems.
With the introduction of the age of computers, the nursing profession has seen a transition from the manual to automated methods of record keeping and even patient management. With the introduction of new technology even in monitor systems within the hospitals, nurses are compelled to increase their scope of learning in order to cope with the changes. Intensive care unit equipment are highly sophisticated which only increases the pressure on the nurse as a learner (Urquhart, Currell, Grant & Hardiker). This explicitly shows that nursing is a
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Brief Movie Synapsis In short, Life Support: You Can’t Live Without It is a powerful film inspired by a true story of Ana Wallace, a HIV-positive woman, who is a former drug addict living in Brooklyn. Ana is actively seeking to reconcile her past and improve the community through her advocacy work with Life Support, an AIDS outreach group. Ana, however, is faced with the difficult challenge of repairing relations with her boyfriend, Slick, who failed to disclose his HIV status to Ana, leading to her contracting the virus after shooting cocaine together.