Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership RTT1: Task 2 Sections A through D A. Root Cause Analysis (RCA): A Systems Approach To Error The RCA seeks to answer four questions: 1. What happened? a. Patient admitted to triage with probable dislocated / fractured hip status post fall at home. b. Vital signs: B/P 120/80‚ HR-88 NSR‚ T-98.6‚ RR-32‚ weight: 175 pounds. c. Pain rated 10/10. d. Assessments reveals: Patient appears to be in moderate distress‚ left leg appears shortened with
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ALM # 3 BURNS Case Presentation: 21 y/o male involved in industrial fire. Patient was welding a steel structure when a spark from the torch ignited a barrel of flammable material that was inadvertently placed in his work area. Patient sustained full-thickness burns over the upper half of his chest and circumferential burns to bilateral arms. Patient also sustained superficial partial-thickness burns to face‚ neck and bilateral hands. His entire abdomen‚ upper half of his back and front of
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Test Review 2 Party Drugs: 1. Roofies 2. Ketamine 3. Ecstasy Stimulants: • Methamphetimes o Street names: speed‚ ice‚ smoked‚ crystal meth o Source: man made o MOST POWERFUL STIMULANT o Administration: inject‚ snort‚ smoke‚ oral o Schedule 1 drug—highly addictive and no med use-- (meth) but other amphetimes are schedule 2 drugs since they sometimes have medical use o 50% of drug is removed from body in 12 hours
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Addiction drug addiction and drug abuse drug addiction and drug abuse‚ chronic or habitual use of any chemical substance to alter states of body or mind for other than medically warranted purposes. Traditional definitions of addiction‚ with their criteria of physical dependence and withdrawal (and often an underlying tenor of depravity and sin) have been modified with increased understanding; with the introduction of new drugs‚ such as cocaine‚ that are psychologically or neuropsychologically addicting;
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Singer‚ songwriter. Jackson was born August 29‚ 1958‚ in Gary‚ Indiana‚ to an African-American working-class family. His father‚ Joseph Jackson‚ had been a guitarist but had put aside his musical aspirations to provide for his family as a crane operator. Believing his sons had talent‚ he molded them into a musical group in the early 1960s. At first‚ the Jackson Family performers consisted of Michael’s older brothers Tito‚ Jermaine‚ and Jackie. Michael joined his siblings when he was five‚ and emerged
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Final exam Fair Game Sheet Stress Disorders * Reactions to extreme trauma: * Intrusive recollections and acute distress upon cues that suggest the trauma * Dissociative symptoms (psychic numbing) – STRONGEST SYMPTOM FOR PTSD * Emotional detachment‚ being in a daze‚ dropping out of activities‚ avoidance of trauma related topics‚ forgetting key aspect of trauma‚ derealization(external world is fake) and depersonalization. * Depersonalization disorder: one feels
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Table of Contents Title Page i Approval Sheet ii Table of Contents iii Acknowledgement iv Dedication v Part I Introduction 1 A. Statements of the Study 3 B. Scope of the study 4 C. Significance of the study 5 D. Definition of terms 6 Part III Main Discussion Drug Addiction 45 Drug Problems in the Philippines 46 Drug Withdrawal 52 Drug Rehabilitation 53 Role of affect dysregulation in Addiction
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Chapter 1 Cardiovascular Disorders I. Normal cardiac anatomy‚ physiology‚ and function A. Cardiac and coronary artery anatomy (see Figure 1-1) The left anterior descending artery is the most common site of coronary artery occlusion. B. Cardiac cycle (see Figure 1-2) In 10% of patients‚ the posterior descending artery derives from the left coronary artery. C. Cardiac output (CO) 1. Heart rate (HR) a. Number of cardiac contractions per unit time; commonly expressed as beats per minute (bpm)
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Phobia comes from the Greek word ‘phóbos’ meaning morbid fear (wikipedia). But what exactly is a phobia? The direct denotation of a phobia is “a persistent‚ irrational fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it” (dictionary). A phobia falls under the category of an anxiety disorder. An anxiety disorder is often “a harmful chronic condition‚ which can be present from an early age or begin suddenly after a triggering event. They are prone to flare
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RTT1 Task 2 Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Western Governors University Leslie Baylor A. Complete a root cause analysis (RCA) that takes into consideration causative factors that led to the sentinel event (this patient’s outcome). “A central tenet of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is to identify underlying problems that increase the likelihood of errors while avoiding the trap of focusing on mistakes by individuals” (AHRQ‚ 2012). The prevention of errors is the main emphasis of a RCA
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