A Nova Scotia man is thanking a digital watch for saving his life. Travis Chalmers, of Elmsdale, N.S., said he was outside playing road hockey with his son when he suddenly experienced a "warm sensation" in his chest area and a splitting headache. "I just thought it was a flu or cold coming on and my seasonal allergies had been kicking in. I thought it was flu-like symptoms and shrugged it off," he said. But to Chalmers' surprise, an otherwise laidback afternoon eventually took a scary turn when he glanced at his wrist. A notification from his Apple Watch led him to discover he was experiencing a heart attack. "About a half hour later, I'm laying down with my daughter and my heart rate is still beating out of my chest," he continued, adding that he monitored his heart rate on his Apple Watch for the next few hours. The watch indicated that he was experiencing atrial fibrillation, a rapid heart rhythm that can increase the ris...
“A Runner Suddenly Developed Asthma. It Was Stranger Than It Seemed. - The New York Times” plus 1 more A Runner Suddenly Developed Asthma. It Was Stranger Than It Seemed. - The New York Times Posted: 12 Dec 2019 11:25 AM PST It was chest pain that brought the 34-year-old woman to the emergency room at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. She'd been coughing for days, but that morning the pain was so bad she was worried that it had turned into pneumonia. She tried to tough it out, but when it was no better by the end of the day, she decided to go to the E.R. It took a few hours, but finally the physician assistant caring for her in the E.R. brought some good news. She didn't have pneumonia; she didn't have a clot in her lungs. This was just muscle strain from coughing. The year before, she was told she had asthma. She was given inhalers to stop the coughing and wheezing, but they didn't seem to do much. So she didn'...
How to perform chest auscultation and interpret the findings - Nursing Times How to perform chest auscultation and interpret the findings - Nursing Times Posted: 06 Jan 2020 12:00 AM PST The NMC has included chest auscultation and interpretation in the Standards of Proficiency for future registered nurses. This article offers a practical guide to the procedure Abstract Chest auscultation is frequently used in the clinical examination of patients. This article explains the clinical procedure for chest auscultation and provides a guide to interpreting findings. Citation: Proctor J, Rickards E (2020) How to perform chest auscultation and interpret the findings. Nursing Times [online]; 116: 1, 23-26.. Authors: Jaclyn Proctor is respiratory advanced nurse practitioner at Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust; Emma Rickards is respiratory nurse consultant at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Knowsley C...
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