What the respiratory system does?

China has a large population. Due to the large population in China, there is much air pollution and there has been air pollution for a long period of time. Many of the factories that are run in China secrete smoke into the air. Over time, this can cause problems for a country. For China, this has been a problem for years and it has grown worse and worse.

If a man comes into the emergency room at a hospital and he is struggling to breath. His shortness of breath is causing him problems. It has become severe. He also reveals that he just came back from China. SARS may be the problem. SARS is severe acute respiratory syndrome. They would tell him to take airborne and contact precautions.

Airborne and contact precautions-rationale: sars, a highly contagious viral respiratory illness, is spread by close person-to-person contact. the client should be placed on airborne and contact precautions to prevent the spread of infection. droplet precautions dont require a negative air pressure room and wouldnt protect the nurse who touches contaminated items in the clients room. contact precautions alone dont provide adequate protection from airborne particles.client needs category: safe, effective care environmentclient needs subcategory: safety and infection controlcognitive level: analysisreference: smeltzer, s.c., et al. brunner & suddarths textbook of medical-surgical nursing, 11th ed. philadelphia: lippincott williams & wilkins, 2008, p. 643.