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The situation, task, action, result ( STAR) format is a technique [1] used by interviewers to gather all the relevant information about a specific capability that the job requires. [citation needed] Situation: The interviewer wants you to present a recent challenging situation in which you found yourself.
RPM-30-2-Can Do. RPM-30-2-Can Do is a mnemonic device for the criteria used in the START triage system, which is used to sort patients into categories at a mass casualty incident. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The mnemonic is pronounced "R, P, M, thirty, two, can do."
The Buteyko method emphasizes the role of carbon dioxide and hyperventilation in respiratory diseases as well as overall health. It is known that hyperventilation can lead to low carbon dioxide levels in the blood (or hypocapnea ), which can subsequently lead to disturbances of the acid-base balance in the blood and lower tissue oxygen levels.
Aldrete's scoring system is a commonly used scale for determining when postsurgical patients can be safely discharged from the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), generally to a second stage (phase II) recovery area, hospital ward, or home. It was devised in 1970 [1] by Jorge Antonio Aldrete [ de], a Mexican anesthesiologist, while working at the ...
without (s with an overbar) (from Latin sine) S: sacrum: S x: symptoms surgery (though deemed by some as inappropriate) S 1: first heart sound: S 2: second heart sound: S 3: third heart sound S 4: fourth heart sound S&O: salpingo-oophorectomy Sb: Scholar batch SAAG: serum–ascites albumin gradient SAB: staphylococcal bacteremia spontaneous ...
S.T.A.R. Operations members travel extensively performing their duties statewide, nationally and internationally. During any given week, a S.T.A.R. member may be required to manage a Search and Rescue Operation in the far north of South Australia, assist with the extradition of an accused person from interstate or accompany immigration staff as ...
1. (medical) Ventilation in which the surface of the thorax is exposed to pressure below the ambient pressure during inspiration. Used as a method of artificial respiration (iron lung). [45] 2. (diving) Breathing where the pressure of the breathing gas at the mouth is lower than the ambient pressure at the thorax.
Biot's breathing or ataxic breathing, is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by variable tidal volume, random apneas, and no regularity. [1] It is named for Camille Biot, who characterized it in 1876. [2] [3] Biot's respiration is caused by damage to the medulla oblongata and pons due to trauma, stroke, opioid use, and increased ...