Discuss the clinical presentation of a patient suffering an acute stroke.

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ASSIGNMENT PART 1 – DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING TWO TOPICS:

• The oxygen-haemoglobin curve is an important tool for understanding how our blood carries and releases oxygen.

1. Discuss what the oxygen-haemoglobin curve represents and why it has a sigmoid shape
2. Describe what a leftward or rightward shift of the curve signifies
3. Identify what factors may induce such shifts.
750 words +5 references

• “Time is brain” is a catchcry used in stroke to emphasise the need for prompt medical intervention. Paramedics have a role in the coordinated approach to stroke management which aims to prevent unnecessary delays in accessing stroke team care.

1. Discuss the clinical presentation of a patient suffering an acute stroke.
2. Describe the tools and assessment criteria used by Paramedics to identify stroke
3. Outline the management principles for treating a stroke patient in the pre-hospital setting.

750 words + 5 References

Auto DraftFind a Web site you use frequently and analyze how you use it. How easy is it to find the features you want to see? Has the home page changed since you began using it? Can you recall which features were redesigned?

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Instructions: Address the following:

* Find a professional article online written for people in your field. (Field I am in:”Computer Applications Systems”) Identify the intended reader and purpose. Write description of the article describing the elements in the article that helped you identify the reader and purpose. Be sure to include the URL of the article.
* Study your school’s Web site. (School I attend “American Public University”). Imagine you are a potential transfer student looking for a new school. Analyze the usefulness of the information available and how easy it is to locate information about various majors and directions about applying for admission. Identify 2-3 features of the Web site you would change in some way. Support your answer with citations from the text.
* The following bulletin at a large manufacturing company provides guidelines for the plant security supervisors in assigning duties to the plant security guards at five separate plants. Revise and reorganize to make the bulletin easier to read and more useful to the supervisors. All supervisors must be conscious of the need to reduce costs and properly use available security guards int he most effective manner. Consider staggering the start and quit times to ensure a larger force during the peak demand hours. Every effort should be made to eliminate nonsecurity service functions, such as airport pickup, mail runs, drives to banks, drives to medical centers, parcel pickup. The supervisors should regularly review the schedule to be sure the coverage meets the needs of the plant. Guards assigned to gates should advise the shift supervisors whenever they leave their posts, including for lunch break. Nonsecurity service functions should be contracted out if possible. Drives to banks should be performed by the responsible department, but a department may request a security guard escort. Guards assigned to patrols, shipping and receiving docks, and special surveillance should tell the shift supervisors when they leave their assigned task, even for the lunch break. Supervisors should consider combining spot checks with regular duties of guards. For example, if a guard must open a gate and passes the trash center, the guard can spot check the trash pickup on the way to or from opening the gate. Supervisors must know about outside employment of guards. These outside activities should not adversely affect the security arrangements at the plant. In general, security guards should not also work at racetracks or casinos, or any places associated with gambling. Guards also should not be in partnership with co-workers since that relationship could negatively affect plant security. Supervisors need to check attendance records regularly. Frequent illness may indicate the guard cannot do the physical tasks appropriately. Questionable illness reports should be checked. Guards who operate small businesses may resist the normal rotation because it will interfere with their outside employment. Security requires a 7-day operation.
* Find a real-world letter, memo, bulletin, pamphlet, or report online. Identify specific style problems. Evaluate the style and clarity of the document, and identify specific areas where revision would help readers. Support you answers with citations from the text. Be sure to include a urlto the document you are evaluating.
* Find a Web site you use frequently and analyze how you use it. How easy is it to find the features you want to see? Has the home page changed since you began using it? Can you recall which features were redesigned? How consistent is the placement of navigation links on the pages you use? How informative are the headings and page titles? Are there any distracting elements? Are the graphics helpful or simply decorative? Are there moving graphics or text? If so, do they enhance the usefulness of the site? Write a memo to your instructor, analyzing the design of the Web site. Support your answers with citations from the text. Be sure to include the url.
* Find the home pages for the following: a) Ford Motor Company, b) Chrysler, and c) General Motors. Analyze the design features of these home pages in terms of users who are seniors or have problems making precise movements with the mouse. Report your findings to your instructor in a memo.
* Find a review of a computer product online. Using the information in the review, write a task oriented set of instructions from the review. Be sure to include meaningful tasks and graphics. Use your book as a reference. Be sure to include the URL as a reference.

Identify the atypical presentations and/or geriatric syndromes in this case study.

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Atypical Presentation Case Study. (Developed by Deanna Gray-Miceli DNSc, APRN, FAANP)
In this Assignment, you will review the Atypical Presentation PowerPoint, the Urinary Incontinence PowerPoint, and the screening tools from https://consultgerirn.org/resources/. Read the case study and compose an expository paper in which you respond to the questions below.
Case Study:
Ms. N is a 74 year-old female who is accompanied for admission to the nursing home by her daughter Doris. Ms. N appears distracted and confused repeatedly saying “I want to go home, why am I here?” Doris reports for over the past 3 weeks her mother, who has lived with her for over 10 years, has gone downhill quickly and she can no longer manage her falling and urinary incontinence (UI) at home. Doris has sought nursing home admission for respite for the next few weeks, but plans to admit her mother permanently due to her inability to care for herself.
During your focused interview you learn that Ms. N is actually paranoid, saying, “that lady over there, brought me here to get rid of me, I think she’s trying to kill me.” You quickly integrate questions from the Mini-Mental State Examination into your causal, but focused interview. Ms. N scores a 20/30. You conclude she is probably suffering from Dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. A review of her medical records shows mild benign forgetfulness and recent confusion which was treated with Haldol 0.5 mg BID. Ms. N was independent in activities of daily living (ADL) up until 1 month ago. A typical day was spent driving herself to a part-time job at the local library.
A review of the medical record accompanying Ms. N reveals a recent CAT Scan of the head performed 1 week ago that was normal with no masses or atrophy. All other laboratory data is normal (CBC, B12, folate, and SMA-24). Missing are a routine urinalysis and thyroid function studies.
Questions:
• What would be a preliminary problem list for Ms. N?
• What is the most important piece of information given in this scenario? Why?
• Identify the atypical presentations and/or geriatric syndromes in this case study.
• What other subjective data do you need to gather? Why?
• What objective data do you need to gather about Ms. N? Why? Which screening tools would be helpful? (review the resources in https://consultgerirn.org/resources/)
• Finish this case study scenario to include the further subjective and objective data you might receive. What interventions would you propose? What would be some realistic and measureable projected outcomes?
• Assignment Requirements
• The finished Assignment should be 3–4 pages in length, excluding the title page and references. The viewpoint and purpose of this Assignment should be clearly established and sustained.
Assignment Requirements (p 2)
Before you finalize your work, you should:
• be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above)
• consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Home) to make sure you have included everything necessary;
• utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors; and
• access information regarding APA citation information, such as the KU Writing Center.
Please be aware that quoting is not to be used. Please be sure your paper is paraphrased in your own words.

Each blog entry should describe and critically discuss a piece of primary research, published in a journal, and of relevance to the topics studied in the module.

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Introduction You are required to submit five blog entries, each of no more than 500 words, throughout the year. Each blog entry should describe and critically discuss a piece of primary research, published in a journal, and of relevance to the topics studied in the module. You may choose any study which you deem to be of relevance to any of the learning outcomes of the module(cardiovascular system and its diseases). You should assume that your audience are general medical professionals (general practitioners and pharmacists). Each blog entry should be saved as a single Microsoft Word file (.docx) and should include in addition to the body of the text: A title A reference in Harvard or Vancouver format. A hyperlink (web link) to the article upon which you have commented A word-count for the body of the text (ie excluding title, reference and hyperlink) which should be no more than 500 words in length.