Allied Health 311
Description
Vaping Epidemic
Read and view the following items addressing this situation.
Across California, there have been 57 cases of acute lung disease among people with a recent history of vaping since late June, according to state health officials. Sacramento County is not immune 44 of those patients are local.
“Some people have been hospitalized in ICU intubated and on ventilators, ultimately, treated with steroids,”
Three more deaths and at least 450 illnesses linked to vaping nationwide links to an external site.
2019_Aug_24_Vaping illness_ Acute respiratory failure nearly killed Alexander Mitchell and doctors blame e-cigarettes – The Washington Post.pdf (cancergoldstandard.org)
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Why Doctors Believe Vaping Landed 17-Year-Old In ICULinks to an external site.
Vaping for the first time can damage blood vesselsLinks to an external site.
Discussion Review Directions:
Be sure to list and define each medical term listed. Then answer the following questions.
Medical Terms to Define
Aspirate
Bronchoscopy
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
Endotracheal Intubation
High-Frequency Oscillation Ventilation
Lipid-Laden Macrophages
Lipoid Pneumonia
Mechanical Ventilation
Obliterative Bronchiolitis
Vape or Vaping
Discussion Questions:
- Vaping has been on the landscape for more than a decade. What has changed? Why are these illnesses just now showing up?
- How would you explain the course of action the health professionals are taking to treat the illness experienced by one of the individuals above?
- So, does the information given in the articles diminish vaping? Why or why not?
- Reading the quote from Scott Aberegg, are they listening hard enough? Why
Scott Aberegg, a pulmonologist at the University of Utah Hospital, said there’s an old saying among doctors who can’t figure out what’s going on with a patient.
“It’s either a new disease, or you’re not listening hard enough,” he said.
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