Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

the first week of college, I became sick. I was coughing up blood, seeing double vision, and having trouble walking. When I arrived to the hospital in a taxi, I was immediately put on two life support systems: a tracheostomy and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). I had Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. I wasn’t aware of my diagnoses at the time because I was drugged so heavily, but I knew that I was dying. I remember asking an ER doctor if I was going to

Outline I. Introduction II. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) a. History b. Physiological Effects c. Types of CPAP Delivery Devices i. Nasal Masks ii. Nasal Prongs iii. Nasopharyngeal Prongs III. Bubble CPAP System a. Understanding How it Works i. System Setup ii. Nebulization of Drugs iii. Cost iv. Difficulty of Use IV. Indications for Bubble CPAP in Neonatal Patient a. Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) i. Definition of Neonatal RDS ii. Characteristics of RDS in Different

History The Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever is a deadly disease caused by five different strains of the Ebola viruses. Whilst the Reston virus only causes illness in animals, the rest cause severe illness in humans and animals (Stanford Edu, 2014). The Ebola virus was discovered in 1976 in the Congolese rainforest in central Africa, by a young Belgian scientist named Peter Piot (BBC News, 2014). Piot discovered the first known strain of Ebola, known as Ebola – Sudan (SUDV). Ebola-Sudan was discovered in

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There is currently no antiviral drugs to treat HPS infections and the current form of treatment is through supportive therapy such as assisted respiration, and in extreme cases extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to provide a constant supply of oxygen to the patient (Mayo Clinic 2013). Even with treatment, HPS has a current mortality rate of approximately 38% (CDC. 2013). The deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) is the most widely dispersed mammal

International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) An Applied Approach 2013 Update for use with 2012 Edition Revisions and Exercise Answer Key Lynn M. Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA Therese M. Jorwic, MPH, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA ICD-10-PCS Flashcards The first step in mastering ICD-10-PCS is to become familiar with the terminology, structure and format of this new code set. In addition to the Flash Card software program found on the