NSG 2113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Spinal Disc Herniation, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Perspiration
17 Nov 2016
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Map: intracranial pressure, if extremely dehydrated map will shrink, systolic comes down first. Headache: ibuprofen, reduces bp and kicks in faster. What is it that the patient is doing not not doing because of the pain? (pee/bp example made in class) Referred pain: because nerves follow single midline and branch out, and they wander across the body. Eg pain in left arm = heart attack. Appendicitis: early onset pain in bellybutton, then lower right quadrant when it gets more severe. Pallative or provocation: it hu(cid:396)ts (cid:373)o(cid:396)e/less (cid:449)he(cid:374) i do this(cid:863) Severity: how bad is it, what are the effects. Acute sudden onset, comes on very fast. Eg a blood vessel burst in the head, feels like getting shot in the head. Neu(cid:396)ologi(cid:272)al defi(cid:272)its, heada(cid:272)he a(cid:374)d the(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t lift foot. We get sick in the winter because we all come together. If sys is too high, aorta can tear. Retrosternal>5 chest pain after exertion, not resolved with ntg, rest.
