Medical Assisting 01/15/2013 Medical Law and Ethics News Report #3 Tootsie’s Story: Medical Error Takes a Life Sources and date of report: www.rwjf.org/ Feb 6‚ 2013 Main Gist of the Report: Just over about a year ago‚ a beloved elderly women past‚ due to complications from a medical error. Tootsie lived very independently and managed her underlying
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Causes of antimicrobial drug resistance Microbes‚ such as bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi‚ and parasites‚ are living organisms that evolve over time. Their primary function is to reproduce‚ thrive‚ and spread quickly and efficiently. Therefore‚ microbes adapt to their environments and change in ways that ensure their survival. If something stops their ability to grow‚ such as an antimicrobial‚ genetic changes can occur that enable the microbe to survive. There are several ways this happens. Natural (Biological)
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WHY SHOULD KOMLA DUMOR (A GEM) DIE? Death is an inevitable stage in life. Various scientific‚ social and religious explanations have been given to the definition of death. Scientifically‚ it can be defined as irreversible cessation of all vital functions especially as indicated by permanent stoppage of the heart‚ respiration‚ and brain activity‚ simply put‚ the end of life. However‚ despite its explanations a common thing that runs through all is the fact that the human entity or being ceasing to
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Framingham Heart Study In 1948‚ a healthy American breakfast was fried eggs with ham or bacon and bread with butter. Almost seventy percent of men smoked. After the deprivation of the Great Depression and World War II‚ the best thing a man could do for his family was to put food on the table for the family to feast upon. Living rooms across the country were beginning to glow in the blue light of the television sets‚ producing the first generation of couch potatoes. In that atmosphere‚ researchers
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Outline Introduction Vitamin E: is a fat soluble vitamin found in many foods and oils. It serves as an Antioxidant is a substance that may prevent damage to the body’s cells. The Importants of this vitamin is to help your body make red blood cells. I. Function: The antioxidant being the most important and best known. As enzymatic is a regulator for instance protein Kinase which plays a role in smooth muscle
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more alcoholic drinks everyday while using‚ or take more caplets than directed or for a longer period of time than directed. Common uses for Aleve Caplets include relieving minor pain of arthritis‚ menstrual cramps‚ the common cold‚ muscular aches‚ headaches‚ backaches‚ toothaches. They can also temporarily reduce fevers. Users of Aleve Caplets are urged to not use caplets if they had an allergic reaction to other pain/fever relievers or right before and after heart surgery. Users are also urged
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Heart Disease Kayla Tusa Adelphi University Abstract This paper is aimed to view heart disease and show the effects that it can have on the person who has it. The points made in this paper will show what heart disease does to the body. It shows symptoms and treatments that are used with this disease. It mainly shows the facts about heart disease. The illness in my family that I feel poses the greatest threat to me is heart disease. Heart disease has been in my father’s family for a
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The patient is a 43-year-old female who sustained an injury on 08/01/16. The patient was instructed to attach a large 60-pound filter tank with a pump onto the hitch of the truck. As the patient was unloading the tank‚ the patient lost her grip on the top edge of the tank‚ which weighed greater than a 100 pounds. As a result‚ it struck the top of her head‚ which made her unconscious. She also complained of excruciating pain in the back‚ bilateral shoulders‚ right hand‚ neck‚ and head. The patient
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Patient Information: A 27 year old male patient presented to Georgia Physician South in Blackshear. The Patient related a current medical history of having back spasms. He had no previous history or surgery to his back. Positioning Evaluation: Routine views for a thoracic spine x-ray include AP and Lateral. Patient positioning for the AP is erect back against image receptor with arms down by side and head in neutral position. Part positioning includes align midsagittal plane to central ray and
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Heart Disease Many of you guys know the leading causes of death in the United States. Heart disease remains the leading causes of death here in this country. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the Unites States in 1 every 4 deaths. Around 614‚348 die from this horrible disease. Ask yourself why this disease is so high in this nation? I believe it is due to the many fast food joints opening around our nation. People also lack physical activity and many don’t partake in the thirty min recommended
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