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Finishing up the ECG course again.
Oct. 21st, 2024 09:43 amI'll probably watch it a few more times. Vocabulary build up is there. Not only are they short cut words, but ah, I can truly understand wanting to have terms a patient can't understand when talking to them, especially dealing with the heart. It really sucks when you actually know what is wrong with you. Panic attacks are real, so are bad responses, not fun.
Today's set of lectures talked about viewing the lungs with ultrasound: especially looking for collapsed lungs and fluid build up around, various types of clots etc.
ascites - abnormal fluid buildup in the abdominal cavity.
lung contusion - A pulmonary contusion is a bruise on your lungs from a chest injury that causes bleeding and fluid around your lung
pulmonary infarction - part of the lung tissue dies due to blocked blood flow
atelectasis - collapse of a lung or part of a lung, also known as a lobe.
ards - acute respiratory distress syndrome
interstitial lung disease - also called ILD, describes a large group of conditions. Most of these conditions cause inflammation and progressive scarring of lung tissue. As part of this process, lung tissue thickens and stiffens, making it hard for the lungs to expand and fill with air.
pleurodesis - Pleurodesis is a procedure performed to obliterate the pleural space to prevent recurrent pleural effusions, pneumothorax, or to treat a persistent pneumothorax.
pulmonary fibrosis - Pulmonary fibrosis is a lung disease that occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred. This thickened, stiff tissue makes it harder for the lungs to work properly.
pneumothorax(collapsed lung)
In talking about viewing a collapsed lung with ultrasound, I feel very sad, recognizing a great amount of pain associated with the problem, then you want to add the pressure of the transducer to the lung, probably not going to increase comfort, really going to cause a lot more discomfort. I have to question if it is worth considering an ultrasound to try to view it, wouldn't an X-ray be able to see it?
Questions I would ask a professor who likely wouldn't care about the pain levels and is just looking for a clearer image per usual.
I think in some instances I could sort of understand: If you are truly planning on doing a surgery on someone, you definitely want to have as much information as possible before going in. Ah, sigh.
Today's set of lectures talked about viewing the lungs with ultrasound: especially looking for collapsed lungs and fluid build up around, various types of clots etc.
ascites - abnormal fluid buildup in the abdominal cavity.
lung contusion - A pulmonary contusion is a bruise on your lungs from a chest injury that causes bleeding and fluid around your lung
pulmonary infarction - part of the lung tissue dies due to blocked blood flow
atelectasis - collapse of a lung or part of a lung, also known as a lobe.
ards - acute respiratory distress syndrome
interstitial lung disease - also called ILD, describes a large group of conditions. Most of these conditions cause inflammation and progressive scarring of lung tissue. As part of this process, lung tissue thickens and stiffens, making it hard for the lungs to expand and fill with air.
pleurodesis - Pleurodesis is a procedure performed to obliterate the pleural space to prevent recurrent pleural effusions, pneumothorax, or to treat a persistent pneumothorax.
pulmonary fibrosis - Pulmonary fibrosis is a lung disease that occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred. This thickened, stiff tissue makes it harder for the lungs to work properly.
pneumothorax(collapsed lung)
In talking about viewing a collapsed lung with ultrasound, I feel very sad, recognizing a great amount of pain associated with the problem, then you want to add the pressure of the transducer to the lung, probably not going to increase comfort, really going to cause a lot more discomfort. I have to question if it is worth considering an ultrasound to try to view it, wouldn't an X-ray be able to see it?
Questions I would ask a professor who likely wouldn't care about the pain levels and is just looking for a clearer image per usual.
I think in some instances I could sort of understand: If you are truly planning on doing a surgery on someone, you definitely want to have as much information as possible before going in. Ah, sigh.
