Unit Title: Obtain venous blood samples Unit sector reference: HSC 3053 Level: 3 Credit value: 3 Guided learning hours: 24 Unit accreditation number: D/601/8860 Unit purpose and aim This unit is aimed at health and social care professionals involved in the use of venepuncture/phlebotomy techniques and procedures to obtain venous blood samples from individuals for investigations. Learning Outcomes The learner will: Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1 Understand legislation‚ 1.1 Describe
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Central Line‚ Adult A central line is a soft‚ flexible tube (catheter) that is used to give medicine or nutrition through a person’s veins. The tip of the central line ends in a large vein (vena cava) just above the person’s heart. Medicine given through the central line is quickly mixed with blood because the blood flow within this large vein is so great. This dilutes the medicine so it is swiftly delivered throughout the body. A central line may be placed because: You need medicine that
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St Jude Academy’s Web Portal with Online Scholarship Application Abelcruz‚ Elaiza 1st author’s affiliation 1st line of address 2nd line of address Telephone number‚ incl. country code 1st author’s E-mail address Morales‚ Carl Ian 1st author’s affiliation 1st line of address 2nd line of address Telephone number‚ incl. country code 1st author’s E-mail address Alcedo‚ Jennifer 2nd author’s affiliation 1st line of address 2nd line of address Telephone number‚ incl. country code 2nd
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Research Critique‚ Part 2 Research Critique‚ Part 2 Protection of Human Participants There are of course benefits and risks to any medical procedure‚ although the participants who were included in this study needed the central line placed due to a medical reason not just to participate in this study so the risks and benefits were explained to each and every patient at the time of the procedure unless the central line was put in during an emergent situation (Boyce‚ Nadeau‚ Dumigan‚ Miller
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#1 OPERATIVE REPORT Patient Name: Rebecca Boleware Patient ID: 6996438 Date of Admission: May 15‚ 2013 SURGEON: Robert Aultman PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Large cell on differentiate carcinoma of the right lung. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Large cell on differentiate carcinoma of the right lung. PROCEDURE: Insertion of double ended gross on catheter via left subclavian vein. ANSETHSIA: Local‚ 1% Xylocaine. PROCEDURE IN DETAIL: With the patient in the supine position after adequate prepping and draping
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Congestive Heart Failure Heart failure is a general term used to describe several types of cardiac diseases which lead to poor perfusion of tissues. Congestive heart failure is a progressive and debilitating disease that is accompanied by congestion of bdy tissues (Nair & Peate‚ 2009). The American Heart Association defines congestive heart failure‚ as a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to the body’s other organs. The “failing” heart is no longer working as efficient as it should
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The patient is a 45 year old man who had GI surgery 4 days ago. He is NPO‚ has a nasogastric tube‚ and IV fluids of D51/2saline at 100 mL/hr. The nursing physical assessment includes the following: alert and oriented; fine crackles; capillary refill within normal limits; moving all extremities‚ complaining of abdominal pain‚ muscle aches‚ and "cottony" mouth; dry mucous membranes‚ bowel sounds hypoactive‚ last BM four days ago; skin turgor is poor; 200 mL of dark green substance has drained from
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Assignment Process Improvement – Vacation Request A small trading company called Silicon Partners wants to develop an application to handle its employee vacation request process. Before developing the new application‚ the company wants to get an overview of the as-is (mostly manual) vacation request process and legacy systems supporting it. The company’s HR director describes the process as follows: When an employee wishes to go on vacation she/he has to fill out 2 versions
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Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Pulmonary artery catheterization is a procedure that is done to test blood movement through the heart and to monitor the heart’s function. In this procedure‚ a thin‚ flexible tube (catheter) is passed into the right side of the heart and into the main artery that carries blood from your heart to your lungs (pulmonary artery). The procedure may be done to evaluate or help diagnose various problems‚ such as: • Heart failure. • Shock. • Leaky heart valves (valvular
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Urdhvashakhagata site of siravedhana: Pleehodar Site of Siravedhana: In diseases of Pleeha‚ Siravedhana should be done specially in the left arm at the medial side of elbow joint( Kurpara Sandhi) in the centre of the arm or in the area between Kanistika and Anamika (between the left little and ring fingers). Kurpara Sandhi is a type of Sandhi Marma controlling Raktavahav Srotas‚ so that Marma on right controls liver‚ Marma on left controls spleen. Site with justification: In pleehodar‚ Acharya
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