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You are
. . . an EMT employed in the Emergency Department at Fulwood Medical Center.
Your patient is
. . . Barbara Rotelli, a 17-year-old woman, who presents with pyrexia (Links to an external site.) and shaking chills. On her medical record, you read that her physical examination reveals splinter hemorrhages(Links to an external site.) under her fingernails and a heart murmur (Links to an external site.). There is blood in her urine. She had dental (Links to an external site.) surgery four days ago. A provisionaldiagnosis (Links to an external site.) is made of acute endocarditis (Links to an external site.). You are to prepare her for admission to intensive care.
Write a section about the illness and the steps to prepare her for hospitalization and intensive care
Patient is diagnosed with acute endocarditis .
DESCRIPTION ABOUT ILLNESS:
Invective endocarditis occurs when bacteria enter into the bloodstream and previously attached to the injured heart valves.
Acute endocarditis usually begin suddenly with fever, fast heart rate, rapid and extensive heart valve damage.
RISK FACTOR -----
People at highest risk of endocarditis who have
CAUSE ----
Endocarditis occur when bacteria enter blood stream and travel to heart and lodge on abnormal heart valves or damaged heart tissue.
SYMPTOMS----
DIAGNOSIS----
TREATMENT----
Aqueous penicillin or ceftriaxone are used for infection causd by streptococci.
STEP TO PREPARE PATIENT FOR HOSPITALIZATION AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT :