behind person with legs spread apart to form a tripod shape D. Reach around the person from behind and form a fist. IV. Perform the Heimlich maneuver‚ also known as abdominal thrusts. A. Pull inward and upward‚ pressing into victim’s abdomen with quick upward thrusts. B. Make thrusts quick and forceful. C. Perform 5 abdominal thrusts in quick succession. D. If treating a pregnant woman or obese person modify your technique. E. Use less force if victim is a child. F
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goal… bringing in satisfaction of achieving the change you want to achieve… Release any tension in your neck… Feel any tension flowing away from your neck… You are going to relax your shoulders… The top of your back… Your upper abdomen‚ reaching to your lower abdomen… Feel how much more relaxed you
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a 46 year old Caucasian male with a 3 day history of abdominal pain. However‚ over the past 24 hours his pain is located to the right lower quadrant and caused a significant amount of anorexia. He presented to the emergency department. CT scan of abdomen and pelvis revealed acute appendicitis. Lab showed a WBC count of 13. The laparoscopic appendectomy procedure was explained along with the risks‚ benefits and possible complications. The patient voiced his desire to proceed. Patient was started
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46-year-old Caucasian male with a 3 day history of abdominal pain. However‚ over the past 24 hours his pain has located to the right lower quadrant and caused a significant amount of anorexia. He presented to the Emergency Department where a CT scan of his abdomen and pelvis revealed acute appendicitis. Lab showed a WBC count of 13. The laparoscopic appendectomy procedure was explained to the patient along with the risks‚ benefits‚ and possible complications. Patient voiced his desire to proceed. Patient was
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nausea. It has become increasingly more severe over the past 3 hours so that the patient now cannot walk. He had one episode of vomiting‚ and has a low-grade fever of 100. On examination the patient was in acute distress due to pain. Palpation of the abdomen showed generalized tenderness with marked pain in the RLQ and rebound pain. STAT CBC showed leukocytosis of 21‚000. Abdominal ultrasound was ordered. The patient is a 21 year old male who presented with a history of sudden onset of abdominal pain
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poster/o pan- prot/o pelv- thorac/o path- umbilic/o periton- viscer/o poster- retro- trans- ventr- QUADRANT DIVISIONS OF ABDOMEN RUQ RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN LUQ LEFT UPPER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN RLQ RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN LLQ LEFT LOWER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN NINE REGIONS OF THORAX AND ABDOMEN RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC EPIGASTRIC LEFT HYPCHONDRIAC RIGHT LUMBAR UMBILICAL LEFT LUMBAR RIGHT ILIAC(INGUINAL) HYPOGASTRIC LEFT ILIAC
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1. Mr. Dunner is admitted to his room accompanied by his wife. Before the nurse can begin the admission assessment‚ Mr. Dunner states that he needs to “throw up.” The nurse helps him sit up and provides an emesis basin. Mr. Dunner vomits into the emesis basin and then remains sitting on the side of the bed‚ stating he may need to “throw up” again.Which assessment should the nurse complete first? A. Auscultate the bowel sounds. Another assessment should be completed before assessing the client’s
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people describe pain differently. It is very important to take a good medical history as this can provide 70 per cent or more of the clues that may lead to the diagnosis. A nurse must familiarize themselves with the anatomy of abdomen. The organs located in the abdomen are: the stomach‚ spleen‚ liver‚ gall bladder‚ pancreas‚ kidneys‚ small intestine and large intestine. The organs in the pelvis are: the bladder‚ caecum‚ appendix‚ sigmoid colon‚ rectum and female reproductive organs. (Cole‚ Lynch
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Case Study 2 Glossary 0.5% Marcaine – dictated “half percent”; brand name for local anesthetic 19-French – French is a scale used to denote catheter sizes and other tubular instruments; each unit is approximately 0.33 mm in diameter; 19-French indicates a diameter of approximately 6.2 mm. 89% shift – “shift to the left” on CBC differential indicates an increase in the number of band cells or band; 89% represents the percentage of band cells compared to the total number of white cells counted;
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appendicitis. The function of the appendix is not fully understood‚ although it regularly fills and empties digested food. Some scientists have recently proposed that the appendix may harbor and protect bacteria that are beneficial in the function of the human colon. Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute inflammation in the right lower quadrant of the abdominal cavity. The lower quadrant pain is usually accompanied by a low-grade fever‚ nausea‚ and often vomiting. Loss of appetite is common. In
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