Question

1.What would you do? What would you not do?
Tyrone Jackson, 45 years old, is at the medical office to have his blood pressure checked. Three months ago, Mr. Jackson started taking a diuretic and an antihypertensive prescribed by the phy sician to reduce his blood pressure. The last documentation in his chart indicates that Mr. Jackson's blood pressure decreased from 168/112 mm Hg to 118/78 mm Hg; however, his blood pressure at this visit is 138/98 mm Hg. Mr. Jackson says that he has not been very good at taking his medication lately. He says it is really hard to remember to take all those pills every day. He also says that he felt just fine before being put on blood pressure pills, but when he started taking them, he felt awful. He had to urinate more often; when he got up fast, he felt dizzy; and he had some problems with headaches. Mr. Jackson says that he decided to cut back on his pills to see if these problems got better, and sure enough, they went away altogether. Mr. Jackson wants to know if there's anything he can do to lower his blood pressure other than taking pills.

2. Choose two states and look up the Good Samaritan Law and discuss the differences and similarities between the two.

Answer 1

1. Do's:
1. Exercise: Remember that little activity is better than no activity at all. Be physically active and exercise for at least 30 minutes each day.
2. Diet: Reduce your intake of salt. Include fresh vegetables, fruit, low-fat dairy products, food low in saturated and trans fat, whole grains and lean meat, fish and poultry.

3. Lose weight: Reduce your weight to within a healthy range for your height to prevent obesity and metabolic syndrome.

4. Home-monitoring of Blood Pressure: Regularly monitor your blood pressure at home by devices that are easy to use.

5. Try to relax each day by meditation or yoga, or perform any activity that will help you relax.

Dont's-

1. Quit smoking, if you smoke.
2. Do not drink alcohol.
3. Try not to add too much salt to your cooking and remove the salt shaker from the table.
4. Don't stress, it's not good for your body to constantly be exposed to stress hormones.

2. Good Samaritan Law in Massachusetts:

Who is Protected:

1. Registered physicians.

2. Registered physician assistants and their employing or supervising physicians.

3. Registered or licensed nurses.

4. Practitioners who reside and are licensed in other states, D.C., or Canada.

Conduct:

1. Good faith emergency care or treatment as a volunteer without a fee.

Exceptions:

1.Care or treatment in the ordinary course of the person's practice.

Good Samaritan Law in Pennsylvania.

1. Physicians.

2. Practitioners of the healing arts.

3. Registered nurses.

4. Those licensed by any state.

Conduct:

1. Rendering emergency care in good faith when the person:

2. It happens by chance on an emergency scene.

3. It arrives on the scene by reason of serving on an emergency call panel or similar committee of a county medical society.

4. It is called to the scene by the police or another government officer.

5. It is present when an emergency occurs.

Exceptions:

1. Intentional acts or omissions designed to harm

2.  Gross negligence