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    Speech to Inform

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    Bibiana Tita October 21‚ 2014 English 124 Outline for Speech to Inform Stroke Introduction Attention Getter: John Tyler‚ Millard Fillmore‚ John Quincy‚ Andrew Johnson‚ Chester Arthur‚ Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford are all formal presidents of the United States who had suffered from Stroke. Credibility: My 29 years old sister suffered from a stroke 2 years ago. I was her primary care taker and majority of information used for her treatment came from Mayo Clinic. Benefits: Early action can

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    Carotid Artery Disease

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    Carotid Artery Disease and Stroke Oxygenated blood is carried from the heart to the face and brain by the carotid arteries one on each side of the neck. The carotid arteries (common) bifurcate and become the internal carotid artery (ICA) and the external carotid artery (ECA). Blood supply to the brain is mainly through the internal carotid artery and the vertebral arteries (1). Blood flow to the brain is affected by carotid artery disease. Carotid artery disease is the narrowing (stenosis) or

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    to special kind of endovascular procedure within the vessels of the brain or within the spinal cavity‚ utilizing minimally invasive techniques‚ imaging guidance‚ and special microcatheters (thin tubes)‚ guide wires‚ and small instruments to treat stroke and other neurological disorders. Neurointerventional procedures can be performed through different techniques such as neurothrombectomy procedure‚ cerebral angiography and stenting technique‚ and coiling procedure. These techniques are almost mutually

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    Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Closely related to number 1‚ cerebrovascular disease or stroke occurs when blood is not supplied to some parts of the brain due to blockage (ischemic stroke) or bursting (hemorrhagic stroke) of a blood vessel in the body. Seventy percent of stroke cases in the Philippines are ischemic in nature. A stroke attack happens suddenly but it can be prevented by early diagnosis and treatment of hypertension or high levels of cholesterol. While stroke commonly happens to the

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    Ch. 56-61 (cont) Head Injury -trauma to head‚ including chg in LOC -traumatic brain injury= incr potential for poor outcome -immediately after‚ 2h after‚ 3 wk after‚ death common -*abnormal motor reflex‚ alt eye mvmt‚ hypotension= hypoxia= decr O2 in brain‚ incr ICP greater than 20 GCS measures speech‚ eye‚ motor -if greater than 8= 90% chance recov -if less than 8= 30-70% chance recov Scalp lac- most common type‚ profuse bld‚ complication is infx -skull fx- linear‚ depressed‚ simple

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    blockage or rupture of an artery to the brain. A CVA is also referred to as a stroke. Symptoms of a stroke depend on the area of the brain affected. The most common symptom is weakness or paralysis of one side of the body with partial or complete loss of voluntary movement or sensation in a leg or arm. There can be speech problems and weak face muscles‚ causing drooling. Numbness or tingling is very common. A stroke involving the base of the brain can affect balance‚ vision‚ swallowing‚ breathing

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    2013 CT head

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    Recognition of abnormal Head CT findings 2013 Sue Crowley 2013 Sue Crowley Until the CT tech took images to show what the problem was 2013 Sue Crowley Content • • • • • • • • • Head Trauma Facial Trauma Intracranial hemorrhage Intercranial pressure Stroke Ruptured aneurysms Hydrocephalus Brain tumours Multiple sclerosis 2013 Sue Crowley The Canadian CT Head Rule head rule • will permit physicians to standardize care of patients with head injuries and to be much more selective in the use of computed

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    Bed to Nurse Ratio

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    Bed-to-nurse ratios‚ provision of basic nursing care‚ and in-hospital and 30-day mortality among acute stroke patients admitted to an intensive care unit: Cross-sectional analysis of survey and administrative data Sung-Hyun Cho a‚*‚ Sung-Cheol Yun b a Department of Nursing‚ Hanyang University‚ Seoul‚ Republic of Korea b Department of Preventive Medicine‚ College of Medicine‚ University of Ulsan‚ Seoul‚ Republic of Korea A B S T R A C T Background: The literature reports inconsistent evidence

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    hypertension) and Central Nervous System (his CVA-stroke). (200 words or less) Selected Answer: Cardio vascular system (hypertension) controls the circulation of blood in the body. Hypertension occurs when the heart pumps blood around the body through the blood vessels and uses extra force through the arteries that leads to their weakness and losing their elasticity‚ which reduces in blood flow through the vessels and causes the stroke to happen. When the stroke occurs it leads to death of the brain tissues

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    Health prevention

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    individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.” In this assignment I have chosen three articles talking about the different health promotions. I will start with my article on teen suicide and primary prevention‚ then stroke article and secondary prevention and then depression and tertiary prevention. Primary Prevention My first article called‚ Preliminary Effectiveness of Surviving the Teens Suicide Prevention and Depression Awareness state‚ “Currently‚ suicide ranks

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