Creating a Flow Chart: Bradycardia Today’s healthcare environment is facing tremendous challenges in order to ensure safe, quality care, while simultaneously providing affordable care that is still able to produce revenue. With continuously escalating healthcare demands emerging from the population, healthcare providers and professionals have no choice but to accept these challenges and put forth the best possible approach to meet these demands involving patient care. New ideas for managing tests
dying every day by contagion, genetics, and many other components. Bradycardia is the development of a medically irregular, slow heartbeat, and it’s a disease most commonly seen in elderly people. Athletes who usually exercise come upon this problem because of their fit anatomy or bodily structure. However, people who are healthy, young, and fit usually have slow heart rates and it’s not in any way harmful to their self being. Bradycardia, being one of the few diseases that does not always result in
Dysautonomia The Autonomic Nervous System is responsible for the functions of the body that are not thought about to control. When this system dysfunctions, it can cause havoc on the human body. One example of this would be Dysautonomia. Dysautonomia is a rare but serious disease that affects the autonomic nervous system, has many symptoms, and offers few treatment options. A big part of Dysautonomia is knowing what it is, its symptoms, and causes. First, Dysautonomia is an umbrella term which describes
stimuli that triggered the bradycardia reflex, in relation to circulatory and physiological responses that occur in humans during dive reflex. Due to the different factors being generated the dive response was evoked to different extents. All variables including MAP, SV, CO, HR and TPR were monitored and varied (5). The basal measurements fell all within normal range, with respect to the conditions. In cold water submersion, the main response was the initiation of the bradycardia reflex promptly after
aerobic dive capacity (Panneton 2013). The temperature of the water also plays a role. The colder the water is, the larger the diving reflex of oxygen. The three factors that affect the diving reflex are selective peripheral vasoconstriction, bradycardia, and blood shift. Selective peripheral vasoconstriction is a method used among animals when diving in order to conserve oxygen. It allows the organs with the highest priority to receive
disturbances. Individuals with this disorder have an increased chance of sudden death due to cardiovascular abnormalities like bradycardia, myocardial modification including atrophy and refeeding syndrome. (Casiero & Frishman, 2006) Individuals with AN keep their body in a state of starvation. Their body must function without the sustenance that it needs to continue functioning. Bradycardia is the most common heart arrhythmia for individuals with this disorder. As a result of the caloric deficit, the body
T3 and T4 are involved in almost every part of the body. It is ten times more prevalent in female than male, which affects about 4.6% of U.S population (Lellis-Santos et al, 2011). In the most cases, the symptoms are cold intolerance, fatigue, bradycardia and weight gain. Depending on the cause on hypothyroidism, a goiter may develop, which is the enlargement of the thyroid gland. In most cases taking thyroid hormone supplement is an effective treatment. In healthy an individual, the thyroid gland
resting heart rate between 50 and 60 beats per minute. Thereafter, adjust dose as needed based on resting heart rate and tolerability. The maximum dose is 7.5 mg twice daily. In patients with a history of conduction defects, or other patients in whom bradycardia could lead to hemodynamic compromise, initiate therapy at
On a cold September day of 2010, in Colorado, one of the coldest places in the U.S, 2 year old Gore Ottsen had fallen into icy cold water during a family trip to the Rocky Mountains. While his Mother was bathing his two baby siblings, Gore had slipped out through the back door. When his Mother had frantically realized he was no where in her sight, she immediately assembled a family search party to locate him. After 20 minutes passed by, Gore's Uncle Dave spotted Gore's body trapped under a log in
water, you could see a considerable decrease in the body’s physiological response. This response suggests that when the trigeminal nerve was activated, it relayed a signal to the brain stem within the parasympathetic nervous system, which caused bradycardia (slowing of the heart rate). This data shows that the cold water was the primary source in this reaction of the diving reflex. Although, subject 2’s heart rate only changed slightly, this could be due to either internal or external factors including
Shock: The body is no longer able to compensate. Patient start to show sign of distress. Heart rate elevated, hypotension, organ dysfunction, altered mental status. Irreversible Shock: Patient will start to have organ damage that is irreversible, bradycardia, severe hypotension. Patients have a poor likelihood of survival. Clinical
1) Which of the following is used to distinguish the diagnosis of MI (Myocardial Infarction) from that of Unstable angina? a) Serum levels of Cardiac Biomarkers (Troponin, CK-MB) b) Electrocardiograph (ECG) test c) The presence of S4 Heart sound d) Pain lasts for less than 5 minutes in an MI Rationale The correct answer is A because serum levels of cardiac biomarkers such as troponin and CK-MB are used for the final diagnosis of Myocardial infarction (STEMI, NSTEMI). Electrocardiograph (ECG) testing
making its descent of hundreds of metres, the Plesiosauroid would have been able to exploit traits possessed by many of the reptile class. Many reptiles hold the ability to temporarily slow their heart rate to reduce their oxygen consumption, via bradycardia. This effect may be caused by low temperatures, such as is found deeper in the ocean, or may be voluntarily triggered by the animal. There would be no need for the Plesiosauroid to retain all of its oxygen-consuming faculties during the long
1) Draw and label the parts of the heart. 2) What diagnostic tests can be done to evaluate heart function? Due to the fact that we thrive in a prevalent world of technological advances significantly more convenient machines have been granted. Furthermore, the diagnostic tests that can be done to evaluate heart function are: Electrocardiograms (ECG or EKG) Chest X-ray Echocardiogram Cardiac catheterization 3) Define the following terms: Arrhythmia- a condition in which the heart beats with an
Blood Transfusion on Pregnant Jehovah’s Witness We all can agree that blood is the most precious liquid that a human being possesses, and without it, life and existence would be diminished. Up to this date, Jehovah’s Witness have refused blood transfusion procedures due to their religion, but this issues becomes more of a predicament when it jeopardize somebody else’s life; a life of fetus in a pregnant woman. Based on Jehovah’s Witness’s Old Testament and New Testament, “It seem good to the
life threating events have been claimed. The most common across the board is airway and respiratory depression. Other adverse events include decreased oxygenation, cardiac arrest, hypertension, hypotension hypoxia, dyspnea, airway obstruction, bradycardia, increased time recovery, and death (Pizzo, 2016). Another disadvantaged with sedating pediatrics is the failure of sedation. Failure to sedate a pediatric patient can cause distress to the family of the patient due to a repeat examination. Sedation
Humans may not need this mechanism as much as other animals because of inventions such as scuba gear, oxygen tanks, snorkels, etc. nonetheless, we still have it because of our primitive beginnings. The characteristics of a human dive response are bradycardia, selective peripheral vasoconstriction, and increased blood flow to the body’s most vital organs (Duprez
The Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the dangers of prescription drugs when not taken as prescribed by your physician or pharmacist. Central Idea: Prescription drugs can cause serious mental and physical health problems if they are taken incorrectly or abused. Introduction I. I want you to imagine for a minute that you are in physical or mental pain, you are struggling very bad with your school work, or that you are going through something in your
Cold, bitter, chilled, frozen, frosty, nippy, and frigid. These words conjure thoughts of being stuck in the middle of a blizzard, being miserable, losing feeling in your hands and feet and shivering uncontrollably and eventually death. However if you add any of those adjectives with the word water you suddenly are talking about sustaining ones life instead of making it miserable. Cold water is the key aspect in the phenomenon called the mammalian diving reflex. This reflex has been beneficially
Self-Image: Anerexia Nervosa Anorexia nervosa is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by a lack of self-esteem, an intense fear of becoming obese, and self-induced starvation due to a distorted body image (Durham, 1991). Anorexia can occur later in life, but it is most common in girls between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. According to the Center for Change, recent estimates suggest that 1% of Americans within this age range will, to some degree, develop anorexia and