N 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Comorbidity, Muscle Weakness, Tonicity
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Children: choking and poisoning (infancy to toddlerhood, sports related accidents (preschooler, school age, drug use, motor vehicle accidents (all ages) Adults: lifestyle behavior leading to disease later in life (ex. smoking and stress) Older adult: related to physiological changes and chronic diseases, wandering behaviors, falls. Lifestyle choices: occupation, smoking, drinking, illicit drug use. Impaired mobility: muscle weakness, paralysis, poor coordination. Sensory or communication impairments: dementia, impaired memory, aphasia, language barrier. Lack of safety awareness: lack of knowledge, poison, expiration dates of foods and medicines. Nurse, pt, pt"s families, and health care team all considered risks idk why. Medical erros: procedure related, medication errors. Improper application of external devices: surgical asepsis, patient inherent, other than falls, self-inflicted cuts. Injures occurring post seizures: equipment related, malfunction, misuse, electrical hazards, fire hazards. Risk factors: neurological injury, meningitis, metabolic disturbances, low sodium. Injuries: pulmonary aspiration, cerebral hypoxia, status epilepticus = life threatening, medical emergency, death.
