NURS 3554 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Hans Selye, Adrenal Medulla
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Chapter 10 stress - understanding and managing responses to stress. Physiological and emotional sequelae (results) of prolonged stress (black words) Adrenal medulla secretes stress hormones (ex: epi), stress hormones travel via. Pituitary gland releases acth and adrenal cortex secretes cortisol. Body prepares for situation that individual perceives as threat to survival. Stage 1: alarm bloodstream to organs (ex: heart, intestines) Smooth muscles or glands activate, fight or flight. Good to think about this before you approach a patient having a breakdown. When you get the shock, heart beats, high alert, mouth dry, rush of adrenaline. General adaptation syndrome: hans selye hopefully alarm stage goes down and body begins to normalize but if it continues then cortisol and adrenaline then go into exhaustion. Upon encountering a stressor, body reacts with fight-or-flight response and. Hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline released into the bloodstream to meet sympathetic nervous system is activated.
