Summary Of Ecg Case Study

This case study discusses the management of a 68 year old male who presented with chest palpitations secondary to rapid atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a common cardiac arrhythmia with serious complications if not treated correctly. This essay will discuss the initial clinical presentation of the patient and examine the management and outcome of the interventions applied. The significance of atrial fibrillation including its pathophysiology and aetiology will also be discussed.

In the story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe, The author puts a lot of emphasis on the heart. But what can we infer about the heart? In the story Poe’s character claims to the audience that he was very nervous about the situation but was not insane. He claimed to have a ‘disease’ that made his hearing extra sensitive.  Every night the narrator suspiciously stalks this old man who has this mysterious blue eye with a film over it. The narrator soon feels entrapped by this eye and decides to kill the old man to be set free.

If a pacemaker is implanted to control Greg’s heart rate, what life changes will be forced upon him? Do you think Greg will ever play competitive sports again?

EKG is an electrocardiogram, a machine used to check on problems with your electrical activity with your heart. An electrocardiogram machine translates the heart’s electrical pattern into lines that specific professionals can read it. The first EKG was made by Willem Einthoven, a Dutch Java island (now called Indonesia) born citizen. Willem was born the 21st day of May 1860. His father, Jacob Einthoven, was born and educated in Groningen (Netherlands). His father was also

Explain in detail how the following systems adapt, in the short term, to exercise. Please also make brief comment about long term adaptation in each case

All throughout Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” the reader follows along as the narrator explains the eight days where he plotted against the old man. During this explanation, the readers forms an opinion on if the narrator is a calculated killer or mentally insane. It is understandable why some people might think that the narrator is a calculated killer because of the planning that the narrator mentions. However, there are more scenes where the narrator can be interpreted as being mentally insane. Therefore, the narrator is better described as mentally insane because he can “hear” the heartbeat of the old man and he acted upon impulse when he killed the old man.

African American male that is seen today for followup post hospital discharge. He is a 48-year-old gentleman with complicated cardiac history as well as neurological history including congestive heart failure. History of strokes 01/2017, possible sick sinus syndrome. He has an implanted pacemaker that was placed in 06/2017, as well as hypertension. He was taken to the Central Hospital on 09/01 with presentation of chest pain, noted to be around his pacemaker site. He identified being in seizure and suddenly felt chest pain with shortness of breath, and was offered nitro, he developed headaches and dyspnea post nitro treatment, of note is that the EKG that was obtained during that process, did not identify any pacemaker spike despite having a

The emergency department RN evaluates Harmony and determines the percentage of body surface burned according to the Rule of Nines. Her injuries include deep partial-thickness and full-thickness burns on her lower abdomen and on both of her anterior and posterior lower legs.

As a result of the failure to adhere to the safety precautions before utilizing the automated external defibrillator the patient was severely burned on his neck and shoulders. “The patient can show a legally sufficient relationship between the breach of duty and the injury; this concept is referred to as proximate causation” (). If standards of care had been meet the injury that the patient now suffers could have been prevented.

This case involving Mr. Jones at age 25, was severely burned in a propane gas explosion in which he was rushed to the Burn Treatment Unit of Parkland Hospital in Dallas. When examined in the hospital he was found to have serve burns of 65 percent of his body; his face and hands had have third degree burns. In which both eyes were severely damaged. So he had to take full burn therapy that was commenced during his stay. This case raises the question whether it is right to continue the procedure with the patient receiving pain. The reason this case is important because we either have to agree or disagree with the choices made by the physician. That it is important that the physicians should be taking care of their patients and making sure they cause no harm to the patients. I will be arguing that I disagree with the physician in this case he acted unjustifiable with his patient and that he should of have performed the following action in pleasing the patient. The patient Mr. Jones at age 25 years old, had been severely burned, discharged totally blind, he barely had minimal use of his hands. He had badly scarred and had to depend on others to assist him with his personal functions.

Situation: You are working the day shift on the medical-surgical unit in a small district hospital. Your assignment includes an 18-year-old female college student, admitted the previous night. She was caught in a house fire and sustained burns over 30% of her body surface area, with partial-thickness burns on her legs and back.

You have made a great observation that, in order for Ana to receive quality health care at this facility, she is in need of a nutritional assessment in how to incorporate the restriction that she is now faced with, in regards to her recent diagnosis of Atrial fibrillation. I would agree, Ana and her brother will need assistance in getting Medicaid approved, as well as, locating any additional programs that she may now qualify for. Thank for sharing.

An dysrhythmia of the heart is an irregular heartbeat rhythm. Ventricular tachycardia is an dysrhythmia in which the lower chambers of the heart, the ventricles, beat unusually fast.

This paper defines burn injury and explores care of burn injuries in patients by the nurse. The epidemiology and pathology are briefly reviewed. This paper also discusses the classifications of burn injuries and care for burned patients. Ultimately, this paper will focus on the nursing implications throughout the various phases of burn injury.

Recording an electrocardiogram or ECG, is a procedure which is performed daily all over the United Kingdom by thousands of healthcare workers and in particular nurses (Jacobson, 2000). The way in which this procedure is performed varies from geographical location to location and occasionally even more so, between staff on the same ward (Amos, 2000). This reason stated by Amos (2000), formed the basis of my decision to choose this topic.