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Running Head: Cardiac Arrest vs Bacterial Infection 1

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Mortality Rate: Cardiac Arrest vs Bacterial Infection

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Introduction

With age there comes an increased number of risks that face the patients. This is especially the case when the patients are above the age of 50. Two of the most relevant threats when it comes to this age group are cardiac arrests and bacterial infections. While the two are not at the same level when it comes to the risk that is faced by the patients, none of them should be ignored (Pahlavani, 1998). A solution should be implemented to address the issue that presents the highest risk for the patient.

The Audience

After the age of 50, the number of health risk factors increase considerable. While there are many reasons for this, some of the major ones include the lowering of the immune system, low metabolism and reduced bodily functions. This puts those that are above the age of 50 in more risk compared to the younger generations. In the research that will be conducted, to develop an implementation plan 100 patients that are the age of 50 will be taken into consideration. Since the issue under consideration in this case is the mortality rate, the research to determine the right program to implement will involve medical staff that will determine the number of death causing risk factors facing these patients.

A total of 10 qualified medical professionals will be considered for the research. The reason for this number is two doctors that will cater for both cardiac arrest patients and another doctor catering for the health of the patients faced with bacterial infection illnesses. The remaining eight health professionals will include nurses and other staff that are meant to ensure the optimum health conditions for the patient in question. Other contributors that should be considered include government officials and private stakeholders in the health industry that will be instrumental in implementing the proposed solution

Obtaining the Necessary Approval

There are several bodies that should be approached so as to get approval and or support for the necessary solution. The first body is the patients’ body. In this case, the patients should be considered since they are the ones that are being affected by the plan to be implemented. These are the patients above 50 who will be used to test the plan before it is ready for implementation. The reason that this body is important is so that they can be representative of other patients that are facing the same problem. Another reason that this body is important is because of the fact that the implemented program will affect them on an individual level or rather a primary level. This is to say that they will be the primary beneficiaries of the program on a first hand basis (Pahlavani, 1998). This is compared to the other relevant authorities that are needed for the implementation since they are not directly affected by whatever program that needs to be implemented.

In order to get the necessary approval for the program, it is necessary that the patients approve of the plan itself depending on how they feel the program will affect their health and their mortality rate. The second group that is necessary for getting approval is that of the medical practitioners. These are the health professionals that get to cater for the patients day in and day out and get to evaluate the benefits of the implementation level on a first hand basis. Another reason that this group of individuals is so important is because of the expertise that they have. They are able to evaluate the health benefits that the patients face and the possible risks that the implementation of the program might potentially pose for the patients. It is therefore necessary for explain to them in detail how the solution works and how it benefits the patient since this is their primary mandate; the health and well being of the patient.

The third body that should be considered before getting approval is the private sector. This is mainly dependent on the solution that is being implemented. The private sector is especially important in the case whereby financing is necessary. The private sector is less involved with bureaucracy and politics, making it fast and efficient when it comes to decision making. Another reason for seeking the approval of the private sector is the fact that for they are representative of the general public. The general public is in one way of the other related to the patients that will be subjected to the solution. This therefore means that in some way, they are affected by the solution that is being implemented. Approval by the private sector is therefore representative of the approval of the general public.

The last body that needs to give approval is the governmental body. This is regardless of whether the solution is being implemented in a private health facility or not. The government should be consulted so as to preempt any and all issues that the solution might be in violation of. In addition to this, the government body is also more often than not a key financier of public policy issues and health is one of the major concerns that should be catered for. Due to the wealth of resources that the government has at its disposal, they can also provide important information that can be used to alter the solution to a better one. The above bodies should be taken into consideration so as to give a green light for the implementation of the proposed solution.

To get the approval, one should then show how the solution is going to be beneficial to primarily the patients and then the other bodies whose approval is needed. In this way, the governmental, public, private and medical professional bodies will be able to grant approval due to the advantages that the solution presents.

The Current Problem

The issue in question is that patients above 50 face increased mortality rates as a direct result of both cardiac arrests and bacterial infections. However, the comparison between the two shows that more patients above the age in question are dying as a result of the former condition compared to the latter. Ironically, in most public hospitals, bacterial infections have more resources attributed to them compared to the cardiac arrests. The main reason for this is that the number of illnesses attributed to bacterial infections is numerous compared coronary conditions. The result of this is that more medical resources are allocated towards the treatment of bacterial infection conditions. As a result of financial constraints and or other factors, the more fatal coronary attacks are not catered for that well. When it comes to the treatment of patients that suffering from coronary attacks, more is necessary. This means more medical faculty, more facilities and more equipment (Lucas, 2011). These are things that require more in terms of financial involvement and as such the necessary authorities should consider ways in which to raise funds so as to provide them.

Proposed Solution

When it comes to the treatment of medical conditions, the more that is invested the better it is for the patients. Recapping, patients that are above the ages of fifty require more care when it comes to health care. The reason for this is the fact the body’s immune system becomes weaker as one grows older. As a result they become susceptible to many life threatening illnesses whereby some are more serious than others. When it comes to a comparison between cardiac arrest fatalities and bacterial infection fatalities, there are more cardiac arrest related deaths.

It would therefore be better if more resources would be dedicated towards the treatment and care of patients compared to those dedicated to those that are dedicated to the treatment of bacterial infections. While bacterial infections are numerous, they are hardly ever fatal and in case they are, they are not abrupt deaths and medical practitioners have time to cater for such patients. On the other hand, cardiac arrests are more serious. The reason for this is because of the fact that they are sometimes instantaneous and fatality sometimes takes a few minutes after the first manifestations. The situation is even worse when the patient are above the age of 50 compare to when they were younger.

Allocation of more resources to the care of these patients could go a long way in saving the lives of these patients and teaching those that are at risk on methods of preventing cardiac arrests. Bacterial infections are rarely conditions that require hospitalization and even then minimal care is mostly necessary. The exact opposite is true when it comes to cardiac arrest patients.

Implementation Logistics

A health facility is a complicated myriad of actions, people, materials and structures. As such implementing the said plan might be more difficult than implementing a plan elsewhere. In order to implement the plan in question, there are three stages that are involved, the first is the introductory stage whereby finances and right approvals are obtained to allow for new additional equipments and new staff for the more serious coronary patients are obtained and implemented in the health facilities (Wibbeling, 2016). The second stage is whereby the staff is trained on the new structures and new employees and equipment for coronary attacks patients are obtained and implemented in the hospital. The final stage is implementing new operational procedures in the hospital. This will ensure that priority is given to patients that are suffering from coronary conditions then following with the patients that are brought in for bacterial infections.

References

Lucas, L. (2011). The lived experience of decision-making for older adults who had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator inserted.

Pahlavani, M. (1998). Intervention in the aging immune system: Influence of dietary restriction, dehydroepiandrosterone, melatonin, and exercise. AGE, 21(4), 153-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-998-0025-5

Wibbeling, S. (2016). Hospital Logistics – Logistics in Hospitals - Fraunhofer IML. Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics. Retrieved 11 January 2016, from http://www.iml.fraunhofer.de/en/fields_of_activity/health_care_logistics_en/hospital_logistics.html