Prefer sitting upright with neck extended and face tilted slightly upward in a “sniffing” position to be able to breathe
While waiting for an ambulance, don‘t attempt to examine your child’s throat, place anything inside their mouth or lay them on their back make their symptoms worse.
Keep them calm ,try not to cause panic or distress.
Fatal if throat becomes completely blocked.
Pressing on the tongue to look down the throat may cause the epiglottis to swell even more and further block the airway.
Signs and symptoms
fever with chills,
high-pitched whistling sound when breathing (stridor),
difficulty breathing,
difficulty in swallowing
drooling,
refusing to eat,
muffled or hoarse voice,
scratchy and sore throat
anxiety
reduced when leaning forward
Benign Positional Vertigo (BPV)
Crystals form in the vestibular semicircular canal (A)
A calcium crystal develops and gets into the part of the ear that helps with balance. This crystal disrupts fluid flow that leads to vertigo. We are going to do and exercise that should help it go away.
Treatment
Sitting straight up crystal blocking normal fluid flow causing BPV
Lies down hyperextends neck for 1 minute
Sit partially up chin on chest for 1 minute and gravity cause crystal move.
Sits straight up and crystal will fall into part of the ear where it will not cause vertigo.
2 Slides Only
Pathophysiology Assignment-2 slides of power point only
1. U tube video link on power point2.
2 Slides power point. only.
3. Pictures and be creative
4. Please use Advanced pathophysiology
5. Power point samples attached
- Keep it simple and make sure that the content that your are covering demonstrates to me that you understand the impact of the pathophysiological process that you are trying to educate your ‘patient about”. As a Nurse Practitioner you will on a daily basis be explaining complex diseases for your patients and it is imperative that you educate the patient with the underlying cause, outcomes and impact on their lives using the foundation pathophysiology as your guide.
BEFORE SUBMITTING the make absolutely certain that your that your work contains:
- Some information of interest about the disorder could historical facts
- A description of the manifestations of the disorder with an explanation as to the cause of these manifestations (MAKE SURE THAT YOUR EXPLANATION OF THE CAUSE OF THE MANIFESTATIONS IS PRESENTED USING PATHO TO EXPLAIN WHY!!!).
