Specialty Care Unit. The student was directed to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) to observe a patient that was critically ill and receiving extensive treatment. The student observed a nurse caring for a patient while administering therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. The patient L.E. is a 73 year old male. The patient has no history of coronary artery disease or any problems with his heart. Yet, he suffered an event of ventricular fibrillation which he was shocked for followed by
Recent studies have shown patients suffering from cardiac arrest are treated with mild therapeutic hypothermia is now recognized as standard therapy in patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) leading to unexpected death 1 in 1500 adults each year in this hi tech world (Zheng et al 2001). Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) may increase survival and reduce the amount of neurologic damage after cardiac arrest. According to the recent guidelines, comatose survivors of out-of-hospital
Introduction Hypothermia protocol for the post cardiac arrest patient has been an evidence based practice of this therapy for about a decade now. This intervention, often used in the critical care setting, is now expanding to primary emergency responders as well. This paper will present some of the notable research that has been done on therapeutic hypothermia, and current use of this intervention. Control studies, animal studies, and case studies have been published related to these medical interventions
NUR 437 Nursing Research: The Beneficial Effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia According the statistics from the American Heart Association (2012), when electrical impulses to the heart suddenly become uncoordinated, causing the immediate cessation of the heart to function, this is considered a cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest that occurs outside of the hospital has an incidence of 359,400 with a survival rate of 9.5 % (American Heart Association (AHA), 2012). In absence circulation, neurological injury
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the have it extinguished by a pile of snow unloaded from a tree. He tried to set up aother fire, yet all atempts failed. The man panicked and tried to unfreeze his body by running. Not surprisingly, his efforts were useless, and the man died of hypothermia at last. The author effectively supported the central conflict of man versus nature and gave hints about the man’s death as resolution by using appropriate title and setting with a large amount of foreshadowing. First of all, the title is well-chosen
Jack London’s To Build a Fire follows an unnamed protagonist, who’s only referred to as “the man”, as he travels the Yukon Trail during a severe snow storm. Along with his husky wolf-dog, he determined to meet friends at an old junction by six o’clock. The man, who was warned not travel in the Klondike alone, presses forward through the terrain’s harsh weather. He later falls through the snow in what looked to be a secure spot. With his feet and fingers soaked, he starts a fire and begins drying
The word homeostasis means “steady state”. Human cells are demanding so that is why homeostasis is very important and necessary. The conditions inside the body of a human are kept at a narrow range and not constant. Core temperature changes slightly all through a normal day without producing harmful effects. Homeostasis is the maintenance of a regular interior environment in reply to a change in the outer surroundings. When you step outside your internal body temperature falls and you have no
just going out to play in the snow and you are not dressed warm enough or all your skin is not covered frostbite can develop and you are at risk of hypothermia. Even if it is not snowing and there is not a cloud in the sky you can develop hypothermia if it is cold enough. If you are going to go hiking or skiing you will want to be aware of what hypothermia is and what to do if you get frostbite as this can result in the amputation of limbs and fingers. When skiing up in Vermont over Christmas break
The normal core temperature in adults ranges between 36.5°C and 37.5°C and hypothermia can be defined as core body temperature less than 36°C.(ref 1) Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is a common anesthesia-related complication with reported prevalence ranging from 50% to 90%.(ref 3,4 of 4) The clinical consequences of perioperative hypothermia include tripling the risk of morbid myocardial outcomes and surgical wound infections, increased blood loss and transfusion requirements, and prolonged
Don’t you wonder what love feels like every time you hear about a romance that has occurred? In nearly every story the lovers get what they want and end up living happily ever after, but did you know that not every love story has ended that way? In fact in the two stories Titanic and Romeo and Juliet, the lovers never did get what they wanted and ended in a tragedy. Although every story has its own plot events, these two stories happen to be quite similar in various ways. The plot events take a
individuals, as much as I am able, to help unearth it should this basic truth become hidden to them. This is a guiding principle for me and I believe that many of the constructs of the field of Therapeutic Recreation (TR) are congruent with this philosophy. Making the decision to obtain a Therapeutic Recreation Specialization (TRS) degree offered a theoretical rationale in which to further explore the concept of leisure, define my professional philosophy and an opportunity to reflect critically
Introduction This essay will consider the terms ‘the self-actualising tendency’ and ‘the fully functioning person,’ and how they tie in with Roger’s six necessary and sufficient conditions for constructive personality change (Rogers, 1957). The essay will incorporate theoretical published evidence to support my understanding of the essay question. A summation will be given at the end to conclude the essay. 1. Two persons are in psychological contact. The Relationship: “I am hypothesising that
(Ernst et al. 2008, as cited in Smith ,2008). Gender difference in physical contact may has negative influence in therapy which warrant further attention. Further research also needs to understand the empirical difference between physical touch and therapeutic touch. Conclusion “Touch and personal interactions with patients are the hallmarks of our nursing practice” (Green 2013,p.253). Giving touch should not be prevented from care givers, while it does not mean care givers take giving touch for granted
positions adopted during the delivery process (Anderson & Taylor, 2012). In TT, the practitioner’s hands do not make actual physical contact with the patient. Therapeutic touch was developed by Dolores Krieger and Dora Kunz in the 1970s as a non-invasive nursing intervention (Kelly et al. 2004). Jackson and Keegan (2009, p.614) defined therapeutic touch as “a specific technique of centring intention used while the practitioner moves the hands through a recipient’s energy field for the purpose of assessing
Next, I am going to discuss the person-centred interventions I exercised through the therapeutic process with my client in session four. Within this I am going to explore how these interventions impacted my client’s responses and how I could improve my skills in future sessions. Opening the session and delivering the contract I did not provide my client with enough information about the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP, 2016), the role of supervision and the person-centred
drug abuse, child abuse and thoughts of suicide may make the counsellor unqualified to deal with those particular circumstances in which the client may need extra support or... ... middle of paper ... ...iate the client, and consider the extra-therapeutic issues related to forming an alliance in positive ways to raise the client’s sense of competence. 5. What are the goals of counselling? The goals of counselling include the improving the wellness of one's whole being. It also strengthens one's
The legalization of marijuana as a prescription drug should be allowed. Medical research shows that marijuana has therapeutic value in patients with various types of cancers, some neurological disorders, and AIDS patients. The marijuana eases some of the effects of chemotherapy such as nausea and dizziness. It also controls muscle spasms and contractions and aids in the relaxation of patients with neurological disorders. Many researchers and administrations of the government, such as the Drug
Therapeutic Placebo Effect:A Mind/Body Connection Imagine you go to your doctor for chronic back pain and she tells you that she's going to give you a drug, yet she's not sure of its effectiveness because only approximately 40% of her patients have found it to be beneficial. How sure will you be that the outcome of this treatment will be positive? However, what if your doctor tells you she is giving you the newest, most beneficial drug treatment on the market and that she is very sure of how
Power of Therapeutic Touch Derived from several ancient healing practices, therapeutic touch is based on the theory of human energy fields - every person has an energy field that surrounds the entire body. During therapeutic touch treatment, practitioners use their hands, without actually touching the person, to re-establish a healthy energy flow. Therapeutic touch seeks to restore balance within the body while also stimulating the patient's own healing response. The practice of therapeutic touch