In the TED talk “Art can Heal PTSD’s Invisible Wounds‚” Melissa Walker discusses what invisible wounds are and how they are caused. Invisible wounds or PTSD(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is a mental illness that can be found after someone goes through a traumatizing and dramatic experience. This experience is usually a near death situation and the after effects is what mentally challenges the patient. However‚ some cases of PTSD can go unnoticed‚ sometimes even intentionally hidden by a patient
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SCIENCE INVESTIGATORY PROJECTS FROM MUNTINLUPA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL :) 2012 DepEd Regional Science Fair Winners from Muntinlupa National High School Science Investigatory Project Competition SIP Title: "Wound Healing Activity of Fire Tree (Delonix regia) Leaf Extract in Albino Mice" Researcher: Ian Oliver Moscardo Co-researchers: Berroya Bradly Jay; Corral‚ Nathaniel D.; Gerardo‚ Nicholi C.; Rances‚ Jason P. Research Adviser: Mrs. Ma. Regaele A. Olarte ***4th PLACE*** Cluster 2 Life Science
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Whether its excitement‚ calming‚ comforted‚ mystified or even haunted people draw attention to music and don’t realize the capabilities it has on healing the body. Current data suggest that’s voice training can be applied as a short-term stress management technique‚ as it promotes a different way of looking at oneself and the world. Voice Training as a Healing Power: A Pilot Study describes a study that explored whether improved vocal techniques lead to significant changes in well-being. The results
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may enter the wound from the air in the OR(operating room)‚ or from the instruments or surgeon(s) that come into contact with the wound. Skin bacteria are1 always present despite the throughness of the preparation of the skin. The largest inoculums of bacteria at the surgical site occur when the operation involves a body structure that ordinarily is heavily colonized by bacteria‚ such as the bowel. Procedures involving the female genital tract will encounter 106 – 107 bacterial/ml. 29
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will become clear just how much of a burden beauty really is. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder is a common saying that holds true in all senses. Beauty has evolved dramatically‚ and what was once considered beautiful is now passé. According to A Wound in the Face by Angela
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Financial Aspects in Wound Care Financial Aspects in Wound Care Wounds in nursing homes are extremely expensive. Wounds can affect the quality of life for a patient and the bottom line of a nursing home. In order to decrease costs and increase quality of life it is necessary to treat wounds early on with the most effective means possible. Included in this paper are two articles discussing wound care costs. The first is written by Diamond (2010) concerning benchmarks in wound care and the second
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In diagnosing the burn wound‚ it is important for the patient to be stabilized. Evaluating the extent and depth of the burn will be helpful in making decisions regarding wound care‚ inpatient or outpatient care‚ and monitoring. The doctor uses a tool called the “Rules of Nines”’ to determine the extent of the burn. This tool has a formula that divides the top layer of the body into sections. Once the amount of the top layer has been determined‚ the doctor could decide what type of treatment is best
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they are observing for any out of the ordinary issues while eating‚ such as swallowing difficulties‚ aspiration‚ and choking while monitoring the residents intake also. After lunch is complete the nurse usually does wound care. Wound care is pretty much as it sounds treating a wound by cleaning the affected area and packing it with gauze and properly wrapping it up to keep it clean and dry so the skin doesn’t have any more breakdown or infection. Residents in a nursing facility fall quite frequently
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On last week clinical‚ I saw how a wound management meeting goes. The nurses were communicating with each other and everyone was giving their opinions about the new equipment they would be using. They discussed the benefits of it and how it would be set up. It was interesting for me to see. I learned about other types of wound that I did not know before like the mucosal membrane injury and how to tell all the different wounds apart. While on the floor with the nurses‚ I saw how they do their
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opportunity to observe the dressing of a venous leg ulcer. Wound expert (2006) suggests treatment should consist of keeping the ulcer infection free‚ absorbing the excess discharge and managing the patient’s medical problems. The aim of the patients care plan is to promote healing. A Zoologist named George Winter (1927 – 1981) studied wound healing in a domestic pig and later became interested in wound dressings. Winter observed that wounds covered with an occlusive dressing healed faster than those
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