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  2. Ventricular fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is an abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver. [2] It is due to disorganized electrical activity . [ 2 ] Ventricular fibrillation results in cardiac arrest with loss of consciousness and no pulse . [ 1 ]

  3. Heat stroke - Wikipedia

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    Heat stroke or heatstroke, also known as sun-stroke, is a severe heat illness that results in a body temperature greater than 40.0 °C (104.0 °F), [4] along with red skin, headache, dizziness, and confusion. [2] Sweating is generally present in exertional heatstroke, but not in classic heatstroke. [5] The start of heat stroke can be sudden or ...

  4. Clinical Care Classification System - Wikipedia

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    Codes based on ICD-10 (WHO, 1992) structure for information exchange promoting interoperability. Uses a coding structure of five alphanumeric digits to link the two CCC System terminologies to each other and to map to other EHR/HIT systems. Designed for determining workload (productivity), resources (needs), outcomes (quality), and care costs.

  5. Heat exhaustion - Wikipedia

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    Heat exhaustion is a precursor to heat stroke, a severe form of heat-related illness. Heat stroke is more likely than heat exhaustion to cause palor, hot and dry skin, syncope, and dysfunction of the central nervous system (e.g., altered mental status, loss of spatial awareness, loss of bodily movement control, seizures, etc.).

  6. Hypertensive heart disease - Wikipedia

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    According to ICD-10, hypertensive heart disease (I11), and its subcategories: hypertensive heart disease with heart failure (I11.0) and hypertensive heart disease without heart failure (I11.9) are distinguished from chronic rheumatic heart diseases (I05-I09), other forms of heart disease (I30-I52) and ischemic heart diseases (I20-I25).

  7. Learn how to spot, prevent heat stroke, heat exhaustion ... - AOL

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    Heat stroke is the most serious heat-related illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It happens when the body loses the ability to cool itself. When you lose the ...

  8. NANDA International - Wikipedia

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    NANDA International (formerly the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) is a professional organization of nurses interested in standardized nursing terminology, that was officially founded in 1982 and develops, researches, disseminates and refines the nomenclature, criteria, and taxonomy of nursing diagnosis.

  9. What are the signs of heat stroke? Florida is seeing record ...

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    There were a total of 3,066 heat-related deaths reported in the U.S. during 2018-2020, with the country seeing an average of 1,220 deaths per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...