The following case study is on a 26 year-old male whom is a paraplegic and has developed one pressure ulcer on each buttock whom was looked after by the writer on November 26th, 2012. Client Demographics P.L. is a 26 year-old male that was admitted to the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC) in Prince George, British Columbia. In 2008, he was shot in the neck, and was rushed to UHNBC. He was then transferred to Vancouver to undergo emergency surgery.
The range of codes that would be used for Darlene would be Codes 680-709 because Darlene had an infection of her skin due to shards of glass still left in her wound. These codes are for Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues. 2. A 44-year-old male presents to the office complaining of intermittent chest pain. The physician orders an EKG to rule out a possible cardiac event.
ACL Tear “Middle School” When a person hears a pop in their knee, they are often told they have an ACL tear. An ACL is in one of the knee ligaments that help to keep the knee stable. Sometimes the knee swells up and they feel a sharp pain. ACL stands for Anterior Cruciate Ligament which connects two leg bones, the femur and the tibia (See Figure 1). Dr. J. Todd Lawrence, an orthopedic surgeon and pediatric sports medicine specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia says that, “Doctors who treat kids have all been saying over and over that the numbers of ACL tears are going up dramatically” (Reynolds).
He is steady on his feet, but tends to veer to the right side when walking. Denies having weakness or dizziness. VS – P, BP, R, oral temp, pain level 0-10 scale IV – NS 100 ml/hr, gtt factor 15, encourage fluids Mobility – Ambulate hall x1 with assist AOCs: Neuro assessment Respiratory assessment Comfort management 17 year old male waiting for discharge to tertiary facility. Was admitted 4 weeks ago for epidural hematoma after falling from his skateboard and striking his head on the sidewalk. Aspirated belly contents en route to hospital and developed pneumonia.
She start complaining to her mom about pain in her hip, next day took her to the hospital where they said she had symptom of a virus but days after the pain spread and the fever got worse. Addie been diagnosis with spread of MRSA, a staph bacteria that cause infections resistant to many antibiotics. Second case, David Ricci, 19 years old American face another threat in India. David been run over by a train and dragged underneath it. Lucky to be alive, he was rush to the hospital, where they cut of his leg.
8 hours. Then was transferred to a different hospitals ER again by ambulance and was isolated as Measles was the probable diagnosis. The family members were also told to isolate themselves. Laboratory serologic test confirmed a recent measles in the fifteen and sixteen yr. old. There were 97 contacts that had been interviewed and three of these which had been verified with
Crystal Hawkes October 11, 2010 Lumbar puncture is the approach resulting in the safe and successful removal and measurement of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) made on the basis of an individual patient assessment. Lumbar puncture is also called a spinal tap, spinal puncture, thecal puncture, and rachiocentesis (Medicinenet.com, 2005). This is a procedure to collect and look at the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. The needle is placed in the lumbar section of your spine (L1-L5) to collect a sample of the CSF to test for blood cell counts, protein, glucose, the color, pressure of CSF, and other substances that may impact the function of the spine and brain (Rea, 2008). Lumbar puncture is done to find a cause to the symptoms possibly caused an infection, such as meningitis, inflammation, cancer, or bleeding in the area around the brain or spinal cord, such as subarachnoid hemorrhage.
| Unit 1 Assignment 1 Homeostatic Imbalances | Hypertension Education | | | | Educating a 63-year old man who has completed an 8th grade education and has just been diagnosed with hypertension. | Hello Sir, My name is Martha. I am the nurse and the Doctor has asked me to speak with you for a couple minutes. I understand that you have been recently diagnosed with Hypertension. Hypertension is a medical term for High or elevated blood pressure.
Task 7: Secondary prevention clinic This morning on the 17th September 2013 at the Hospital I attended the secondary prevention clinic, were patients with hypertension had to attend. One of the first patients to attend the clinic was a male and he is 49years. He was first presented to the hospital’s emergency department after an accident at work. This accident caused the patient to have two broken ankles which later lead to a myocardial infarction (MI) within a two hour period due to a possible ischaemic event within heart, suggesting ischemic heart disease. A clot busting drug Streptokinase was administered immediately to disperse the thrombus.
In 1965, a young Canadian couple, Ron and Janet Reimer, gave birth to twin boys. When the babies were eight months old, they were taken to St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for what should have been a routine surgical procedure. Both boys suffered from phimosis, a relatively common condition in which the foreskin of the penis seals at the tip, making urination painful. Their pediatrician had recommended a simple solution: circumcision. After fumbling around a couple of times with the electric current on a cautery device, Dr. Jean-Marie Huot, a general practitioner, began slicing away at Bruce's foreskin -- and seared off the rest of the penis along with it.