Alan was admitted with just 3 bed sores, they quickly multiplied to 18 which were covered with dirty and inadequate dressings, Alan’s condition deteriorated so rapidly that he died just 6 days after being readmitted to hospital on February 24th as a result of infected multiple pressure sores A GP and tissue viability nurse who then examined Mr Simper on February 18 found that he was covered in the 18 pressure sores and dirty dressings, one of his sores could not be measured as he was in so much pain. On readmission to Luton and Dunstable hospital the next day, nurses discovered that Alan was grossly unkempt and covered in old faeces, one nurse commented that this was the “worst case of neglect she had ever seen”. Bedfordshire and Luton Coroner David Morris ruled that Alan Simper “died for want of care by those charged with it”. Mr Morris also said “a clash between the Home Manager and staff had led to multiple inexcusable failures in the care of Mr Simper, There was a
One of the most difficult things that Tom had to go through was his father's Cancer diagnosis. Tom once told Noisecreep, “My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about the seventh grade...”(“Delonge on Cancer” 7). This was something that caused a lot of unrest in Tom's childhood and has inspired him to help raise money for Cancer. Along with his father's Cancer diagnosis, Tom overcame another struggle when his parents divorced during his senior year. He has shown the affects of divorce on kids through many lyrics in various songs of his.
Exercise, exercise, exercise! No person knows that fact better than Kevin Petterson. Petterson like many Americans was too caught up in living life to exercise, or so he thought. One faithful October day, Petterson was rushed to the hospital with chest pains where it was determined that he was having a massive heart attack, brought on by his poor diet and complete lack
The Howard Dully interview was an interview that sent chills running down my spine. Howard Dully is a man who always felt like something was missing as he was growing up. He knew that he was different from everyone else but he could not put his finger on it. After doing some research, Howard Dully learned that he had undergone a lobotomy when he was at the tender age of twelve. Howard Dully found the name of the doctor who performed the procedure for him and also met with the doctor’s family.
Austin was bullied throughout most of his childhood and into his highschool years. He used that anger towards his bullies and put it into what he loved, music. He also would go and volunteer at nursing homes, trying to be better than those who stooped so low to harm him. When Austin was seventeen years old his mother passed away from a rare genetic disorder. He was at work when he got the call that she was in the hospital but it was too late.
The nurse is responsible for triaging the patient referrals, assessing the patients and referring the patients on where appropriate. Case Study A 42 year gentleman was referred to the clinic by his General Practitioner (GP) for a lower limb assessment and doppler test due to having varicose veins and lower aching limbs. He had been seeing his GP on and off with the symptoms for about 2 years and had become quite anxious and concerned. The GP had been unable to refer him for the assessment and test sooner as there was no available service until now. Lower Limb Assessment and ABPI A full medical history was obtained including medications and allergies and an examination of both lower limbs was conducted.
To Give or Not To Give Assignment 3.2 12/6/2013 ENG 115, Professor Gordon Theisen Stephanie McKinney Imagine your father has just suffered a heart attack and must undergo open-heart surgery in order to repair the damage. Imagine your little nephew or niece baby was born with a heart defect and required daily transfusions of blood in order to have a chance at survival. Imagine your best friend has just been diagnosed with leukemia, a disease requiring regular transfusions of platelets. Not very nice images are they, but these things happen and unfortunately some of you may even have experienced them already. Naturally you'd hope and expect the hospital to have enough resources to facilitate the return to health, or to prolong their
As soon as I was about to publish my first book, “How to Live With Phony’s” I became very ill and was told that I had lung cancer. I went through many treatments but I still didn’t get better. While I was in the hospital, you would never guess who was working there. Jane Gallagher. I couldn’t believe my goddamn eyes.
He was admitted to the ICU and the family was told that he would not be going home, at least not in human form. The diagnosis was Cancer. He had several very large tumors that had metastasized throughout his body. The pain he had been dealing with for months was unimaginable and so unfair. I often wonder if he would still be here if only the cancer would have been caught in the early stages.
He thought he was destined for a life of daily finger sticks and medication. At the age of 39, Jonathan Legg was shocked that he was diagnosed with type II diabetes; he exercised every single day and could not understand how this was possible. My own father, who was battling Multiple Sclerosis at the time, was diagnosed with type II diabetes at the age of 43. About twenty-five million people are affected by diabetes