Disturbances in Circulation & Inflammation (Case Study)

Week 3 – Disturbances in Circulation & Inflammation (Case Study)

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Create a case study from one of the circulatory issues described in this unit as your original post. Ask some questions from your case study that you would like your classmates to comment on. Then, reply to two other case studies from other students.

This is an exercise in getting to know patients condition before death. Knowing these pathologies will help you, as the embalmer, to know what possible plan of action to take in preparing the deceased.

Here is an example of a simple case study:

A 21 year old man died on his birthday in his college dorm room. His friends took him out to celebrate his birthday, and he became severely intoxicated. The man’s blood alcohol level was over 0.40, which resulted in a lethal alcohol intoxication. Prior to convulsions and coma, he spent the night vomiting. During your case analysis, you notice that the man’s face is covered with small red dots under the skin. He also has some blood in his mouth and nose, and the whites of his eyes have red dots similar to those on his face.

1) What disorder do you think the person had at the time of death?

Petechia due to vomiting and seizures related to alcohol poisoning

2) What potential complications do you anticipate?

The stain caused by petechiae is permanent and will not be removed by arterial embalming fluids

3) What precautions should you take as the embalmer to limit the effects of these complications?

Ensure that proper distribution takes place within the tissues of the face, and prepare the use of heavier cosmetics to restore proper coloring to the face

Let me know if you need clarification on anything. There are many disorders to choose from. Use your text and credible medical websites to help you. The discussions are a great way to learn and exchange information with others in the class.

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A 45 year old female, who is a recovering alcoholic and a diagnosed stomach ulcer starts to throw up at random times throughout the day. She hasn’t had a drink in over two years but decides to go to the doctor and is diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. She notices her skin is starting to jaundice and her throwing up begins to happen more frequently. She then notices she is vomiting up blood and does so for a few weeks. One day she picks up the phone to call her sister to take her to the hospital but when her sister arrives she is found in the bathroom floor unresponsive and is pronounced dead.

1. What disorder do you think she had at the time of death?

2. What potential complications do you anticipate?

3. What precaution should you take as the embalmer to limit these effects of these complications?

Shirley’s post:

A 22 year old, healthy, athletic, male with no pre-existing conditions, leaves his house on a normal afternoon to play basketball on a warm summer day. He does not do drug and has an occasional beer. He eat breakfast with water before leaving the house that morning. He engages in rigorous physical activities while playing hard street ball with other players. During a fast break, he receives the ball and sprints down court for a layup, while midflight towards the hoop he collapses. Upon falling, he hits his head on the outdoor turf and is unresponsive. The other players rally around the 22 year old to find him not breathing. No one in the crowd administers CPR but calls 911. By the time the paramedics arrive 12 minutes later, they perform CPR and attempt to restart the player’s heart. To no avail, he is still unresponsive and pronounced dead on the scene.

1) What disorder do you think the person had at the time of death?

2) What potential complications do you anticipate?

3) What precautions should you take as the embalmer to limit the effects of these complications?

Week 3 Assignment

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Create an informational pamphlet on a specific circulatory disturbance, such as hyperemia or edema. Make sure to cover the basics of pathogenesis and prognosis, as well as how they affect you as an embalmer. Be sure to include visual aids such as graphs and visual representations of the circulatory disturbance.. This is not meant to be an assignment where the student copies and pastes the information from a website. You may use direct quotes where applicable, but they should be kept to a minimum and the rest should be in your own words. Make sure to include a bibliography and cite all of your sources. Wikipedia and WebMD are not acceptable sources.

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