Wound Care and Chest Physiotherapy

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Case Analysis:

Topic: Wound Care

A 50-year-old man was admitted to a general hospital with the diagnosis of cellulitis. He was initially treated with systemic antibiotics without improvement. Following consultation with a wound management physician, the patient received a diagnosis of a pretibial abscess and was treated with surgical evacuation and postoperative systemic antibiotic therapy.

1. What are the factors that will contribute to the severity of the condition of the client?

Topic: Chest Physiotherapy

Frances Johnson is a 31-year-old woman who presented to her GP(general practitioner) with mild shortness of breath and a non-productive cough, worse at night. Her symptoms deteriorated slightly with a colds several weeks previously and have not improved. She also complains of itchy eyes, sneezing and persistent blockage of her nose. She was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 12 and given a blue and a brown inhaler. She remembers undergoing skin prick testing, which was positive for house dust mite allergy. Her asthma was not a problem until the last few years when she restarted her salbutamol inhaler. She now needs this 3-4 times per day to help her breathing. She does not measure her peak flow rates as she has lost her peak flow meter but remembers her best was around 400 L/min.

1. As a student nurse caring for this client, what are the different procedures and activities that you can teach her to attain and measure her peak flow rates?

2. What are the different technique that you can teach her so that her asthma attack will be sustained or controlled?

3. What are the different position that you can recommend and what procedures to do to drain her phlegm or secretions?

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