PT was aox4 with CC of lumbar back pn around his spine. PT stated that he was walking and lost his footing and sat down on his but onto a rock. Pt has chronic pn in his lumbar area and tingling in his legs. Pt statest that his chroinc pn is slightly worse since the fall.pt states pn 9/10 Pt had no other complints. PT was place in full c-spine precaustions and carried to the ambulance.…
. MEDICAL UPDATE: Client continues to report arthritis in her left leg and hand, high blood pressure, stomach hernia and hip replacement surgery. Client continues to report she needs surgery and she can wait to be housed so she can schedule both surgeries stomach and hip replacement.…
At today’s visit, she is awake, alert and oriented. She reports chronic, dull, constant, sharp left hip pain. She rates her pain as 7/10. She states that the pain affects her mobility and makes it difficult to ambulate. She takes Percocet…
DOI: 12/23/2013. Patient is a 51-year-old female registered nurse who sustained a work related injury due to repetitive work. Per OMNI, she is initially diagnosed with strain to the knee patella. MRI of the right knee dated 10/9/15 revealed globular increased signal intensity is seen throughout the medial meniscus most consistent with intrasubstance degeneration; tricompartmental osteoarthritic changes; joint effusion; pre-patellar soft tissue edema, query contusion; and chrondromalacia patellae.…
Database and Assessment Table 1 – Physical Nursing Assessment Data GENERAL: Patient is an 88 year-old Caucasian male. Vital signs stable at 97.3°F, 82BPM, 22 breaths/min, 84/54mmHg, 100% on 1.5lL O2, 0/10 pain, patient weight 58kg. SKIN/HAIR/NAILS: Skin was thin and fragile, warm and moist, skin color slightly pale, skin tear on left upper arm measuring 3 inches, no bleeding or pain.…
Patient Center Presentation Patient Background Information D.D is a 56 years old female she was admitted to the hospital with complain of flue-like symptoms. The patient symptoms started on Monday. On Friday she stated that “I felt weakness all over and I called my cousin to take me to the hospital. In the ER patient presented with productive cough, body aches, runny nose, feeling feverish, and weakness. The patient history is diabetes, gastric bypass in 4/2015, hypertension, asthma and neuropathy.…
SUMMARY OF CASE STUDY Bill, a 34 year old male, arrived at the doctor’s office experiencing pain in his right hip. Prior to this, Bill maintains an overall healthy lifestyle which includes exercising and activities such as; swimming, water skiing and scuba diving. Bill reports he has had no trauma to his hip. On this visit an analgesic and muscle relaxant were both prescribed to the patient and he was sent home.…
Pt is a 28 y/o female with c/o feeling fatigue, low grade temp (99), decrease appetite, decrease urine output, and one episode of loose stool four less than 24 hours. Pt denies fever, chills, n/v, or pain. Pt states that she ate brunch, and dinner yesterday and tolerated it well. Instructed pt to eat, drink plenty of fluid, take OTC immodium as need for loose stool. Instructed the pt is she start having a fever greater than 101, chills, unable to tolerated solid or liquid, and call for acute appt/UC/ or ER.…
Alberto Juarez is a 50-year-old man who has come in today with a constant and “sharp” pain in the left leg near the calf. On Sunday, the patient came back from a vacation in Europe. On Monday, he went for a jog and tripped and fell and scraped his left lower leg. He cleansed the injury and put on Neosporin. That day, the discomfort in his calf started, in a part of the leg near the area of the injury.…
The claimant is a 42-year old female who was diagnosed with cellulitis of the left lower extremity, bacteremia, methadone dependence, transaminitis, and hepatitis C. He had a past medical history of significant IV drug abuse hepatitis C infection and was admitted recently to Nazareth Hospital secondary to left lower extremity and ankle cellulitis. He was started on IV ampicillin via PICC line and was discharged to a rehabilitation center. It was noted that he was switched to Vancomycin. The claimant was admitted to the hospital on 08/22/2017 due to an allergic reaction to Vancomycin, which was being given via PICC line secondary to cellulitis of the lower leg and osteoarthritis of the left ankle. The claimant underwent a peripheral blood smear on 08/23/2017.…
What is the suspected diagnosis? The patient seems to be suffering from a blood clot located in her left leg. More specific, the patient seems to be suffering from Deep vein thrombosis(DVT) . DVT mainly affects large veins that are located in the thigh or lower leg.…
Introduction Perfusion is a very important aspect to the human body. Perfusion is defined as the flow of blood through arteries and capillaries that deliver oxygen and nutrients to the cells and removing cellular waste from the body (Giddens, 2013, p. 148). For us to maintain optimal perfusion, we need are heart to generate sufficient cardiac output. This means transporting the blood through patent blood vessels to supply the tissues throughout the body. Impaired perfusion may occur when the blood supply is reduced or completely interrupted (Giddens, 2013, p. 148).…
On 10/16/17 I met Ms. Perez at the office of Dr. Malik wound specialist. This was an extremely long appointment and after 2 hours I had to leave to attend another appointment. Ms. Perez arrived with her husband transported by MMR on a stretcher. She reported she was having a lot of pain today. She reports that her right knee and the right arm are very tender and painful.…
The 911 call came in to my station and, in what seemed like a second, we were roaring down the road with the red lights flashing and sirens blaring. Everything through the window flashed by in a blur. My heart was pumping as I prepared to face my first ever seizure patient and also my youngest- a two year old boy. Everything that they teach us in EMT class is supposed to prepare us for the catastrophes of the real world. When people call 911 they are looking to us for confidence and calm, but I was not ready for a pediatric patient.…
1. What is the most likely diagnosis of the underlying disease in this patient (5 marks)? Follicular Lymphoma. 2. Describe the process of autologous transplantation for the treatment of this patient’s disease.…