Mr B plays 5-a-side football on a Wednesday afternoon as part of the activities organised by a local mental health voluntary organisation. One Wednesday Mr B is admitted to his local A&E with mild concussion and an ankle injury as a result of a playing football. He is discharged at 6pm and told to contact his GP if he has any symptoms such as headaches or blurred vision. A volunteer from the mental health voluntary organisation stays with Mr B until 9pm. The next morning Mr B’s CPN receives a phone call from Mr B’s ex partner telling her that Mr B has been compulsory detained under the Mental Health Act.
Pertinent information 12 y.o. male seen in the emergency room and dismissed. Reason for hospitalization Patient states he was at football practice this yesterday afternoon when is “belly” started hurting. The patient’s mother stated that it bothered him throughout the evening and night. When it wasn’t any better this morning she decided to bring him to the ER for evaluation.
He was determined to continue playing basketball. On November 12, 1976, as Terry Fox was driving home , he became distracted by nearby bridge construction, and crashed into the back of a pickup truck. While his car was left undriveable, Fox emerged with only a sore right knee. He again felt pain in December, but chose to ignore it until the end of basketball season. By March 1977, the pain had intensified and he finally went to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of cancer that often starts near the knees.Terry Fox believed his car accident weakened his knee and left it vulnerable to the disease, though his doctors argued there was no connection.
Upon arriving at the doctor’s office, the nurse performs a brief assessment. His VS are: 138/86, 100, 30, 100.8 F. M.G. states that he has been feeling fatigued for several months and is experiencing occasional night sweats but he has also been working long hours, has skipped meals, and has been stressed over a project at work. M.G.’s physical is WNL except for his low grade fever and purple skin lesions. The physician orders a PPD, CBC and lymphocyte studies.
“Farewell to arms” is an exemplification of his love life as well as his war life as an ambulance driver in World War I. In Hemingway's book the injuries sustained and the love life formed by the main character shows a striking correlation to that of Hemingway's actual war life experiences. Hemingway entered World War I in May of 1918 as a volunteer ambulance driver for the Red Cross after being deferred enlistment due to poor vision. According to the Lost Generation, Hemingway "had a bad left eye that he probably inherited from his mother, who also had poor vision. In early June Hemingway traveled to Milan and upon his arrival he was quickly initiated into his job when a munitions factory exploded and left many dismembered bodies for Hemingway to transport to a morgue.
He was advised by his doctor to really see pain, participate in is a group of men who have testicular cancer and really experience pain. This begins his phony search and fix to his search for a painless life. He portrays his self as a cancer survivor, and creates an identity to fill his emptiness, and thus ends up attending seven groups a week. He then meets Bob, who is later killed because of his participation in a bombing of a coffee house. During this process the narrator meets the chain smoking, Marla Singer.
Running Header: NEGLIGENCE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES The Cost of Negligence HCS/478 Today in the neighborhood news a 62-year-old man went in for surgery for removal of his left leg because of poor circulation caused by his diabetes. The man woke up to find the wrong leg removed and will be left without either leg once the correct leg is cut off (Virtual Community, 2011). Gross negligence is understood in many states to involve an act or omission in reckless disregard of the consequences affecting the life or property of another. Gross negligence is failure to act is so reckless that it demonstrates a substantial lack of concern for whether an injury occurs (Guido (2010). Guido (2010), states that "Negligence is a general term that denotes conduct lacking in due care, thus, negligence equates with carelessness” (p. 92).
Acute Cystitis Introduction: Marvin Brown, 42 year old male complains of having to void constantly, as well as painful urination and hematuria. He noted that immediately after he voids he feels the need to void again but nothing comes out. He states that this has been going on for about a month, but refuses to visit the physician because he feels it’s a waste of time and money. He’s upset because majority of his day is spent standing over the toilet. After experiencing low back pain he decided to make a visit.
What are the differences in the symptoms of cancer on the right, left or rectum? A: Rt side-bleeding found in stool that cannot be seen, decrease in weight and iron deficiency anemia, commonly found in women and elderly. (Nawa, Kato, Kawamoto, Okada, Yamamoto, Kohno, Endo & Shiratori, 2008) Lt side: Have lesions in colon, constipation, changing bowel patterns, abdominal pain and cramping and decrease in stool sixe, rectal bleeding. Signs; bright red bleeding from bowel/rectum possibly obstruction found in men and middle age. (Nawa, Kato, Kawamoto, Okada, Yamamoto, Kohno, Endo & Shiratori, 2008) Rectum: ulcerative lesions, obstruction and bleeding, MD able to feel mass during rectal exam, bright red bleeding.
Sanpaku Eyes 1. Compile a list of 5 eye disorders that will impair vision. 1: Glaucoma There are two main types of glaucoma, open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma. Open-angle glaucoma causes a gradually progressive visual field loss and optic nerve changes. Closed-angle glaucoma presents with acute angle closure crises characterized by sudden ocular pain, seeing halos around lights, red eye, very high intraocular pressure, nausea and vomiting, decreased vision and a fixed mid-dilated pupil.