Cardiac arrest

Introduction A Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order is a document written by a physician that expresses the patient’s, or their surrogate decision-maker’s, wishes on what should occur if the patient experiences cardio and/or respiratory arrest (Braddock and Clark, 2014). While often confused with advanced directives, a DNR is traditionally only in effect if and when a patient requires cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In practice, most hospitals and professional medical organizations have policies

football and immediately drops to the ground, unconscious. This is exactly how unexpected sudden cardiac arrest is in adolescents. The reported incidence of pediatric sudden cardiac death ranges from 0.8 to 6.2 cases per 100,000 children in the United States every year (Berger, Kugler, Thomas, and Friedberg 1201). Approximately 20-25% of the deaths occur during sports (Gajewski and Saul 107). “Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. If this happens

Introduction There are an estimated 8,000 deaths per year in the United States from drowning. Near-drowning occurs anywhere from 2-20 times more frequently (for estimated 16,000-160,000 events per year)7. The definitions for drowning and near-drowning have for the longest time been very confusing to understand. Recent health officials have attempted to resolve some of this confusion by redefining drowning as “the process of experiencing respiratory insufficiency or difficulty following a submersion

Do-Not-Resuscitate: Legal and Ethical Issues Most cultures value life and bringing persons back from the dead is a popular subject of many fictional books. However, as technology evolves and the story of Frankenstein reborn with a bolt of lighting has come true with the external or implanted defibrillators, the natural process of death slows as much of society gains the knowledge to live longer than nature intended. The Red Cross Association taught many organizations like the girl and boy scouts

The Cardiac Effects of Intractable Seizures in Children Short running title: Heart and intractable seizures 1-Hatem H. El Shorbagy: (MD), Department of Pediatric-Faculty of Medicine- Menofia University-Egypt. 2- Naglaa M. Kamal: (MD), Department of Pediatric - Faculty of Medicine- Cairo University, Egypt. 3- Mostafa A.Salama: (MD), Department of Pediatric - Faculty of Medicine- Benha University- Faculty of Medicine- Egypt. 4- Ahmed A.Azab: (MD), Department of Pediatric- Faculty of Medicine-

educational experience from your past where you addressed a fear and overcame it and how you succeeded in this process. My educational fear in the past was during my first week off ICU orientation, I was assigned an admission from the ER of a post cardiac arrest middle aged patient who was placed on a therapeutic hypothermia. I verbalized to the Charge Nurse of being hesitant to accept the admission since I’m fresh off orientation. She told me “this would be a good experience for you”. I want to keep

"PLEASE SAVE HIM!!" is a sentence heard by Emergency Medical Service professionals (EMS) all over the United States, and as always, there is a rescuer waiting to be dispatched to save a person’s life. Thousands of EMS personnel save lives on a daily basis, not for the paycheck, but for the privilege of saving a someone’s life. September marks the 52th anniversary of EMS’ debut into the public following the publication “Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society” also

Are you ready to save someone’s life. Just imagine you’re walking down a street or park and you see a person just collapse. You probably run up to the person to check for breathing or a heartbeat. Then call 9-1-1. People who suffered from cardiac arrest are most likely not surrounded by doctors, or nurses, or EMT personnel. They are instead surrounded by regular people like you and me. So, most of us in this room are probably untrained in CPR. I have been and recently certified in CPR training

Each year, there are patients who are faced with end of life choices that can sometimes be predicted, but at times, something they would have believed never would happen. When the choice is not their own to make, what is the right decision when the time comes? Do the families help to make the decision when the patient is incapable to do so? And will the person know to make the decision that is based on what is in the patient’s best interest? As there isn’t always a direct note discussing what are

Running Head: HOW DNR CAUSES AN ETHICAL DILEMMA How DNR Causes an Ethical Dilemma Deann Morgan HCA 322, Health Care Ethics and Medical Law Dr. David Cole January 22, 2010 Abstract This paper will present an argument of how the process of do not resuscitate (DNR) results in an ethical dilemma for workers in the healthcare field. In presenting the argument, this