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Fitness, Health, KK, Syndication, TIPS
Improve Your Swim Technique And Efficiency
If you are trying to improve your swim technique or improve your efficiency in the water, you need to work on some swimming drills. Do some drills every time you workout, include technique drills as part of this. If you can fine tune your technique for the freestyle, you can make the stroke more effortless [...]
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Medical Information, Medical Related
Top Five Surprising Foods That Can Cause Stroke
Related article: Top 6 Foods That Can Increase Your Cancer Risks When we talk about a disease that can kill a person in an instant, stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) always comes first in our minds. Our brain won’t survive long without oxygen so if an arterial blockage disrupts the blood flow towards the head, it [...]
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A Day in the Life of a Nurse, Community, Nursing in a Different Land, Personal Stories, STORIES
Still My Beating Heart
She laid there motionless in the ICU bed. The only movement was the regular rise and fall of her chest as the ventilator blows air into her lungs. The only activity in the room was the continued bleep and tracings of the bedside monitors attached to her, indicating that she still has a blood pressure, [...]
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Severely Elevated Blood Pressure: When Is It an Emergency?
As nurses, we all know that hypertension or prolonged elevation of blood pressure can be considered as a medical emergency if not adequately managed. But in reality, not all patients admitted in E.R. are considered “emergency cases” and after careful evaluation, some are discharged, sent home, and given follow-up instructions. Severely elevated blood pressure (systolic [...]
