Reference no: EM133870678

Assignment:

1. See the effects of Hypothermia (2:29)

a. What is the body going through?

Cold

b. Describe the symptom progression he reports. Shivering, weak pulse can,t feel fingers, shallow breathing, weak pulse, very low energy, LOC,

c. What temperature does he start at and end?

2. Life Threatening Hypothermia Emergency (5:20)

a. What interventions are they doing to manage his hypothermia?

b. What was not done?

c. What is the purpose of the chest tube?

d. Why would they give a warm lavage through the chest tube?

f. After 1 hour of active warming, what is his temp?

e. What medication is the patient receiving to help increase his blood pressure? Hint: we have seen this before during our clinical scenarios.

3. Heat stroke (2:48)

a. Describe the patient symptoms. Describe what you saw.

Unresponsive, lethargic

b. What was his outcome?

4. Opioid crisis changes doctors' approach to treating pain (6:03)

a. What is the #1 cause of patients seeking medical treatment?

b. What is one of the issues the first doctor addressed in her shift?

c. The Pain Management Specialist spoke of many things:

i. Who mandated that doctors treat pain?

ii. What changes in practice have they made? List at least 3

iii. What is the #1 cause of violence for pain management specialists?

5. Culture's Effects on Pain Assessment and Management (10:28)

a. What should you do for the patient with a language barrier?

b. Are their cultural practices that can help manage pain?

c. Give your pain assessment summary- location, description, number

d. Stoicism- How can this be a barrier to pain relief or improvement to patient's condition?

e. Cultural differences in managing pain- Describe one of them & identify one of the potential complications with it.