Bill Martin A 59-year-old alcoholic who is treated on a Chemical Dependency Unit. You are a nurse working in a Chemical Dependency Detoxification Unit. Fifty-nine-year-old Bill Martin was admitted an hour ago following an intervention at his place of employment. His coworkers and wife confronted him about his excessive use of alcohol. According to Bill's wife, who accompanied him to the hospital, Bill had a 17-year history of drinking, but then became sober for ten years.
4. A 68-year-old male presents to the office complaining of pronounced weakness on the right side of his body and slurred speech for the past 24 hours. Based on the examination, the physician orders an MRI to investigate a possible transient ischemic attack (TIA). The range of codes that would be used for this patient would be Codes 390-459 because the treating physician ordered and MRI to rule out a transient ischemic attack. These codes are for Diseases of the Circulatory System 5.
Coronary Artery Diseases Ridhi Joshi HS200-03 Unit 2 Capstone Project: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Kaplan University November 19, 2013 Abstract Lets examine the case study of Eric who is 47-year-old male who has just been diagnosed with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). He is a construction worker and spends a great deal of time away from his wife and three children. Eric smokes approximately 1 1⁄2 packs of cigarettes a day and enjoys drinking a 6-pack after a long day at work. Cardiovascular disease has been described as a ‘modern epidemic’ preventable cause of death in the United States of America. There are various types of heart diseases and the most common one is CAD.
The numbness in his lips and face made it almost impossible for him to communicate, but the hospital staff managed to at least understand the address he gave them and they sent an ambulance. As Dr. Westwood was rushed to the hospital, his breathing became increasingly labored. The patient presented in the ED with diaphoresis, motor dysfunction, paresthesias, nausea, and an ascending paralysis that started in his legs and spread to the upper body, arms, face, and head. The patient was cyanotic and hypoventilating. Within 30 minutes of presenting in the ED, Dr. Westwood developed bradycardia with a BP of 90/50 mmHg.
Case Scenario: Carl Fowler, a 46-year-old man, presents to a health clinic for a check-up. He was last seen in the clinic three years prior when he had acute bronchitis. A year ago, he was told that his blood pressure was "a little high" when he donated blood. His past medical history consists of a fractured clavicle sustained when he was playing a pickup game of football at age 24. The fracture healed without complications.
Van Whitfield is an accomplished author and has written for shows such as “The Wire” and “The Chapel” show. He has earned 6 Ben Franklin Award nominations including Best Author and Best New Voice in Books. During his session at Drexel he shared something with us that he had never shared with anyone to this day. He talked about his experience when he had a heart attack and was put in a comma because the doctors didn’t think he was going to live. He said that the day of his heart attack he knew something was wrong with him and went to the doctor to get some medication.
We sat patiently waiting to hear from the doctor. When the doctor finally came in, he asked if the patient had had a recent major heart attack and when we replied that he had not, he seemed not to believe us. His heart valve had disintegrated and all of his blood had begun to rush backwards causing all of his other major organs to shut down on him. The doctor said he had to have had a major heart attack within the last ten days in order for that valve to deteriorate the way it did. The doctor told us that this man was as sick as a man could be and still be alive.
OLDER ADULT Beverly J Sinclair Franklin Pierce College ABSTRACT K.J is a 76-year-old white male that was admitted to a health and rehab nursing home for strengthening. K.J is planning to go home with continuous oxygen. K.J is a 75-year-old white male admitted to Rowan court Health and Rehabilitation from Central Vermont Hospital. Resident’s reason for seeking health care was for Rt knee pain. KJ states that he has had right knee pain for about a month.
This pretty much means he had plaque build-up in the heart veins and arteries. This death occurred after responding to multiple back-to-back emergency calls. He was physically fit, passed all training and conditioning classes, and exercised regularly. In another case, a 45-year old career fire fighter/paramedic died from ‘cardiac tamponade due to aortic dissection due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease. In easier terms, high blood pressure caused fluid (blood) to accumulate in the sac that encloses the heart.
Completing the LVN program at Western Career College started off as a dream that I now strive to turn into reality. A dream I know that will not come easy without concentration and commitment throughout this whole course. In this paper I will state my current obstacles and life experiences that made me chose the LVN program at WCC. My family influences with nursing, my level of education with school, all make this decision of taking this program one of the easiest choices I’ve made but yet one of the hardest goals for me to accomplish. My choices in life have not always been easy.