令人心碎的护理
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心率增加,在整个身体中泵入血液。瞳孔扩张,让光线进入眼睛。呼吸加快,确保氧气到达肌肉和器官。这是身体在紧急情况下对压力的反应,并用触发战斗或逃避本能的激素淹没了系统。
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埃尔达·拉米雷斯(Elda G.他们的工作非常激烈,以至于当拉米雷斯离开房间时,一位医院的技术指出了一些奇怪的事情。“我的汗水如此之多,以至于我的塑料礼服贴在皮肤上,”急诊护士从业人员拉米雷斯说。
心率增加,在整个身体中泵入血液。瞳孔扩张,让光线进入眼睛。呼吸加快,确保氧气到达肌肉和器官。这是身体在紧急情况下对压力的反应,并用触发战斗或逃避本能的激素淹没了系统。
By John Muratore’s own admission, he was a real mess. Two weeks out of surgery to repair cracked spinal vertebrae and a severely broken leg, he arrived at TIRR Memorial Hermann where specialists from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth helped him through the first stage of rehabilitation, draped with a surgical gown over a soiled medical diaper.
乔安娜·波波维茨(Joanna Popovits)成为一名护士的旅程始于她的祖母特雷西塔·艾丽西亚·派尼罗(Teresita Alicia Pineiro)。长大后,特雷西塔(Teresita)的动力和决心帮助其他人成为乔安娜(Joanna)的灵感,乔安娜(Joanna)继承了祖母的职业道德和奉献精神。但是随着特雷西塔(Teresita)的健康状况下降,乔安娜(Joanna)注意到她在医生办公室遇到了麻烦。
在一个崇拜青年的社会中,一个珍惜老年人的医生分开了。琼(Joan)和斯坦福·亚历山大(Stanford Alexander)需要一名初级保健医生来管理自己的健康状况,而他们(或者是谁)发现了什么导致了变革性的决定。
People have always been afraid of the unknown—an evolutionary trait that most likely surfaced by keeping those who were more cautious safe. When the COVID-19 pandemic first surfaced, the scariest parts of the virus were the unknowns. Who was susceptible? Why would seemingly healthy individuals fall to bad outcomes? How was the virus spreading and when would it stop?
并非所有礼物都放在盒子里,上面绑着弓。对于某些人来说,这是幸存下来的生命或生育的孩子的礼物。对于其他人来说,这是与亲人的经历,留下了持久的记忆。对于医学博士Stanley G. Schultz来说,改变了他一生的礼物是以霍乱毒素样本的形式出现的,这激发了他对全球健康的热情。
In 2018, Jose Abdelnoor, 72, and his wife, Evelyn Diaz, 67, decided it was time to close the chapter on their careers and begin enjoying the fruits of retirement.但是,当他们开始策划宏伟的冒险时,Covid-19的大流行震撼了世界。
Esmaeil Porsa, MD ‘05, has his hands full these days. As President and CEO of Harris Health System, he oversees the Harris County government entity that owns and operates clinical facilities such as Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital and Ben Taub Hospital. Porsa took the helm in March 2020 with a baptism of fire in the form of COVID-19.
一个险恶的入侵者,被称为SARS-COV-2的冠状病毒以其他病毒的方式感染了人体 - 通过劫持健康的细胞并迫使它们创建病毒的副本。但是该病毒具有秘密武器:尖刺的表面蛋白,可轻松与肺部细胞结合,使肺特别容易感染。
Jim Huddleston always had an active life. An outdoors enthusiast, he enjoyed running and playing soccer and football for years. When a knee injury sidelined his morning jogs, he quickly took up cycling and fell in love with the sport. For Jim, riding his bike over 100 miles a week posed few challenges. But when back pain started getting in the way, Jim knew he had to seek help.
每年2月,全国各地的医疗社区都会庆祝美国心脏月,以提高人们对心血管疾病的认识。在Uthealth的McGovern医学院,本月的第一个星期六始终为预防性心脏病学论坛保留,这是一个特殊的计划,该论坛一直在将从业者,学生和社区联系起来,以抗击30年的心脏病。
How might a cavity prevention program reduce oral health disparities in children? Is it possible to reduce how often dentists prescribe opioid pain relievers following certain procedures? The Texas Center for Oral Healthcare Quality and Safety, a new program at UTHealth School of Dentistry, is tackling complex questions like these.
To help resolve knee pain without invasive surgeries or addictive opioid pain medications, Brian Ahn, PhD, is testing a novel approach that goes directly to the source of all bodily pain: the brain.
健康的老年人有需要专门关注的需求,但增加了紧急情况,并且这些需求更加复杂。医院医学博士Andreea S. Xavier采用全面的方法,与医学博士查尔斯·L·麦道(Charles L. Maddow)合作,以改善紧急情况下老年人的护理。
对老年人的热情倡导者,杰森·伯内特(Jason L. Burnett)的意外职业道路已蓬勃发展,致力于与虐待老年人作斗争的坚决承诺,这是一项获得了德克萨斯州卫生和公共服务部2019年衰老奖的创新者。