...The Rental Heart is a short story written by Kirsty Logan. In this science fiction story we follow the main characters use of rental hearts. You can rent hearts as many times as you want to, and you can put them in your chest, so whenever you get your heart broken, you can just go to the rental store and rent a new one, and that’s what this story is about. The Rental Heart isn’t written chronologic, so it leaps in time. In this story the narrator also uses flashbacks: “Jacob was as solid and golden as tilled field, and our love was going to last forever, which in our age meant six months. Every time Jacob touched me, I felt my heart thud wetly against my lungs”. In the beginning we hear about the main character telling us, that is was the day after he met Grace he went to the rental store, where he hasn’t been for over ten years. When we hear what he thinks of Grace and the rental hearts, we get a feeling of a problem. We don’t know how many years the story courses, but we’ll assume that it’s from the main character is a teenager, to he is an adult person, because he tells us that his first love was meant to last forever and at their age it meant six months. We can tell that the story takes place in future, because you can rent hearts. The main character can be both a man and a woman, because the person is attracted both sexes, and therefor is bisexual. The story is written in first person narrator, and we hear the story from the main characters point of...
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... 1. The paramedics noticed the empty bottles of wine, the temperature of the water, and the length of time the couple has been dead. 2. Did any of them have an alcohol problem? Did any of the Underhill’s have health issues? Could you notice any signs of suicidal actions? Where they stressed people? 3. The pill Lasix is used for swelling and fluid retention, also used to treat high blood pressure. Also the stress from their everyday job could have had an influence. 4. For Mr. Underhill to potentially have high blood pressure the alcohol helps to expand blood vessels in the body and increase body temp. Alcohol also has the same effect and both of them together plus his high blood pressure could have cause him to have a severe heart attack or stroke. As for Mrs. Underhill, she could have pass out because of dehydration and drown. 5. I believe they died because of the alcohol and the hot temperatures of the water. Drinking dehydrated the body and with the hot water causing them to sweat also they where dehydrated at an unhealthy level. The depressant feeling in alcohol plus the hot temp of the hot tub could cause one to fall asleep or lose consciousness. PART 2 1. I believe Mr. Underhill taking the medicine, drinking, and in the hot water lowered his blood pressure to unhealthy levels causing him to pass out, and Mrs. Underhill, I believe she passed out from her alcohol consumption and died from going under water. 2. Side effects of the pill Lasix are:...
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...The Causes and Effects of Doping in Sport Hou Juin Yew, Calvin B1201067 HELP University Outline I. Introduction A. Opener : The history of doping in sports B. Thesis statement: There are few causes that is undergone family problems, huge amount of debts, cope with a live of stress and face a lot of pain during training and few effects that lead in to problems in body function and mental effects. II. The causes of why athletes dope in sports. A. Family problems B. Huge amount of debts C. Live of stress D. A lot of pain in training III. The effect in the body function of a person when a person dope in sport. A. The uses of steroid in sports 1. The diseases when dope in sports 2. The body function of a person B. The uses of stimulants in sports 1. The type of drugs and the problems C. The uses of peptide hormones 1. Type of peptide hormone and the effects of the substances IV. The effect in the mental problems A. The type of disease that effect the mental problems V. Conclusions The Causes and Effects of Doping in Sport Doping in sport is means the use of drug to increase the performance of an athletic above average in an athletic competition...
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...Memorandum TO: Professor Erika Oquinn FROM: Alla Hajeh DATE: 3/17/2013 SUBJECT: Heart Transplant After a very thorough and intensive process I have decided to give the heart to Lisa. This was a very tough decision to make and although every one of these people deserve this heart I have found it to be in the best interest of everyone that Lisa gets the heart. The utilitarianism theory and hedonistic utilitarianism have greatly affected my thinking and have helped me come to this conclusion. The utilitarianism theory is based upon that the greatest good for the greatest number should be the main consideration in making a choice. Also, the second theory goes hand in hand where there is more pleasure than pain when more people benefit from the greatest good for the greatest number (Weijers, 2011). So in that pleasure is more important and needs to be valued where pain shouldn’t. Below I will describe more thoroughly the process I went through and the factors I determined in concluding my decision. * Jerry: This candidate is 55 years old and although with this heart his chance of survival is another 10-15 years old there are many people his age that die of heart attacks, strokes, etc. The other candidates are younger and haven’t experienced the many wonders of life this man probably has like the simple things, falling in love, getting married, having children, etc. His children are at an older age where they understand life and death. His kids can soon all get...
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...designed to save our lives. And he described it as “an emergency reaction that prepares an animal for running or fighting” (Tennant, 2005). Under stress circumstances your heart pounds faster, blood pressure rises, breath quickens ,your senses becomes sharper. These reactions increases your stamina, speeds your reaction, and enhance your focus preparing you to either fight or flee (Tennant, john hopkins university schools of education, 2005) .it is optimistic when a person feels stimulated and able to manage the situation, handle emergencies meet challenges and excel. (Tennant, 2005) But there is no doubt that the negative effects dominates over the positives. . Stress is often related to deleterious physiological complications, It corrupts almost every system in the human body (Melinda Smith, 2012).A recent study has shown that 80% of the most commonly prescripted medicines in the U.S. are those of relates to stress illnesses (institute, 2009) .Everyone experience stress, and stress in all of its kinds may affect people mainly by causing diseases in the cardiovascular system, increasing the probability of looking old in early age, and harming the reproductive system. Who said emotional sickness cannot be visual? When stress is threatening your life you begin to visualize its signs and tracks. That is when heart diseases start coming to light. All though the effect is...
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...Science has changed the face of the world. It has also revolutionized the life of man. Man can now live a longer and more comfortable life because of the progress of science. Man has conquered Nature with the help of science. The wonders of Science have contributed to the comforts and pleasures of man. Man can be comfortable anywhere on the surface of the earth. Air- conditioning can keep him cool at the Equator. Central heating makes it possible for him to keep warm at the Poles. He has become independent of the climate. Labour- saving gadgets have lightened the burden of house work for the housewife. Science has also added to our pleasure. We can turn on the radio or TV and entertain ourselves at home. If we wish for outdoor entertainment we can go and see a film or do a variety of other things. Electricity is one of the wonders of Science. Without it we would not have had electric lights, fans, refrigerators and all the labour-saving devices in the home. We also have wonderful means of travel. Cars and buses are very common. Electric trains carry us across the land with great speed. Jet planes go like a flash across the sky. In no time, we can be in another continent. Thus speedy travel is possible only on account of the wonders of science. Electricity also enables us to use elevators and escalators that save us the trouble of going up and down flights of stairs. Science has also provided us with spectacles and contact lenses artificial limbs, fountain pens, type-writers...
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...Final Project, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, and Exercise Plan SCI/241 Version 6 Carlos E. Matta University of Phoenix Final Project, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, and Exercise Plan In my first report I indicated my age 42 years old, my weight was 165 pounds and height 5’6”. My daily exercise was riding bike between 6 to 8 miles a day for 3 days during the week for a total of 350 minutes of Physical Activity. Week one 3 day analysis for breakfast I had a cup of coffee with flavored cream with sandwich or cereals, for lunch I had sandwich or reheated food from previous day, snack I had wheat cake, fruits or chips and for dinner; Latin food, hamburger or pasta, don’t drink soft drinks, but drink Lipton Iced Tea and water. (Matta) (2012). Based on the first report I was over in grains on vegetables, fruits, dairy, protein foods, oils I was under; empty calories I was under with 280 calories, total calories average was 1785 status and sodium was high on all 3 days. (SuperTracker) (n.d.). After the first report I tried to modified some eating habits measuring the amount of food; cereal, pasta, rice and beans in cups, steaks and fish cut in 4 ounces, drink more water and less alcoholic drinks and increase my daily exercise adding two days of walking 3 miles per day increasing my weekly Physical Activity to 630 minutes. (Matta) (2013). The latest report from January 2nd through January 4th, all the food groups where under my empty calories was lower then the first one at 208...
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...MECHANISM OF BREATHING Breathing occurs when the contraction or relaxation of muscles around the lungs changes the total volume of air within the air passages (bronchi, bronchioles) inside the lungs. When the volume of the lungs changes, the pressure of the air in the lungs changes in accordance with Boyle's Law. If the pressure is greater in the lungs than outside the lungs, then air rushes out. If the opposite occurs, then air rushes in. Breathing Rate The rate at which we inhale and exhale is controlled by the respiratory center, within the Medulla Oblongata in the brain. Inspiration occurs due to increased firing of inspiratory nerves and so the increased recruitment of motor units within the intercostals and diaphragm. Exhalation occurs due to a sudden stop in impulses along the inspiratory nerves. Our lungs are prevented from excess inspiration due to stretch receptors within the bronchi and bronchioles which send impulses to the Medulla Oblongata when stimulated. INSPIRATION Inspiration occurs when the chest cavity enlarges. As the thorax enlarges, the lungs expand along with it, and air rushes into them and down the alveoli. Muscles of respiration that are classified as inspiratory muscles include the diaphragm and the external intercoastals. The diaphragm is the dome shaped muscle separating the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity. The diaphragm flattens out when it contracts during inspiration. Instead of protruding up into the chest cavity, it moves...
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...Pacemaker Behavior’s Behavior s Prof Glikson, Sandra Schor-Wider Nadav Hayman Patient Case Description • This is a patient with SSS + PAF with a DDDR pacemaker . He did not tolerate MVP in the past so we turned it off. • He recently complains of palpitations of two types : • Sudden events of rate around115 • Rate about 80 , general weakness that reminds him of the sense of temporary VVI pacing during clinic visits • He was able to record both episodes • We programmed the AHR diagnostics to detect relatively slow tachycardias which were indeed recorded . Pacemaker setup •RAAVD – OFF •SEARCH AV – OFF •MS- OFF •ACM & VCM – ON •SINUS PEREFERENCE –ON SINUS ON Patient Holter strip – Baseline Rhythm Tachycardia (the faster type ) in Holter strip Sudden termination of the tachycardia Episodes of AHR From the Pacemaker Memory Continued Episodes of AHR From the Pacemaker Memory – the “faster “ type Another AHR Episode From The Pacemaker – the “slower” type Questions • What do you think of the strips ? • Is there any “strange behavior” of the pacemaker ? strange behavior • What are the two Different diagnosis for the two strips ? • Th h ld , sensing and i Thresholds i d impedances are all within normal d ll ithi l ranges Think and …. Answer to The first rhythm – is it PMT? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 VA conduction test performed in clinic by pacing V VA during testing is indeed very similar to VA in tachycardia: PMT most likely explanation ...
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...cavity to the alveoli and then from the alveoli to the oral or nasal cavity to be released back into the atmosphere. With sleep apnea the passageway becomes completely obstructed and keeps oxygen from entering the bloodstream. Awake, the airway muscle tone helps keep the airways patent. While asleep, decreased airway muscle tone and the pull of gravity in the supine position, further decrease the size of the passageway. As the disease progresses, the passageway becomes more and more obstructed as tissue collapses. It is diagnosed by checking oxygen levels in blood, testing heart, lung, and brain activity, and checking breathing patterns while you sleep. It is more common among men, and there have recently been patterns found among the Asian community. Although, anyone can develop the disease, obesity, smoking, and other diseases can lead to sleep apnea. Untreated, sleep apnea can be the cause of depression, heart disease, diabetes, and fatal car crashes. There are several treatments for sleep apnea. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) involves a CPAP machine which delivers a consistent level of air pressure to your...
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...Management and Organizational Behavior: Chapter:2 Case study 2.1: Organizational Culture: Life or Death: Ans 1: To treat the heart attack patients, doctors and nurses need to work as teamwork because in this kind of situation, speed is the most important in restoring the blood flow to reduce the amount of damage to heart muscle. We are talking about people life; therefore teamwork is needed to work very fast. Flexibility, hard worker, honest, communication and ethics are very important values when treating heart attack patients. Patients with this case need a sensitive care because of the risk of the situation. Generally, all the values stated above is very important on hospital culture, any smallest mistakes may cost the life of patients, therefore the team must function together so it be rewarded with the quality performance and they can dealt with the setbacks. Ans: 2 The key features of employees success is shows in how closely the individual work habit matches the culture in which they is employed. Success in this research is defined both productively and long entry. Understanding the culture is important in making the best hiring, assignment and retention decision. We know, even one small individual mistake may cost a life of a patient, therefore the person must work with team in homogeneous way to make sure the safety of patient life as it said many mind is better than one mind. Ans: 3 Each of the hospital had explicit commitment to reduce delays...
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...I. INTRODUCTION A. Number of cases/Statistic data of the disease A.1 Statistics Accurate pre-eclampsia statistics are difficult to obtain because the condition ranges from extremely mild to severe. Mild cases are sometimes not included in official figures. Furthermore, mild cases may have no effect on pregnancy, which is why the figures for pre-eclampsia as a whole are higher than for those that actually complicate pregnancies. Around 10% of pregnant women develop pregnancy-induced hypertension (high blood pressure) or pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure with protein in the urine).Worldwide more than four million women per year will develop pre-eclampsia, and over 63,000 maternal deaths are due to pre-eclampsia. Action on Pre-Eclampsia estimates that every year in the UK pre-eclampsia is responsible for the deaths of six mothers and 500 to 600 babies. A 2005 to 2006 study showed a promising fall in the numbers of women developing eclampsia since 1992, from 4.9/10,000 to 2.7/10,000. This has arisen as a result of the introduction of management guidelines for eclampsia and pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia is much more common in first pregnancies, and there is a reduced incidence of pre-eclampsia in the second pregnancy. The risk of women who have had pre-eclampsia developing it again in future pregnancies is 16 percent, and 25 percent if they suffered from severe pre-eclampsia, eclampsia or they delivered pre-term. This rises to 55 percent if their baby was delivered before...
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...and recently diagnosed with sleep apnea following 3 sleep studies with a CPAP prescribed at HS. Mrs. F. works as a cosmetologist instructor. She states she has been unable to walk across the school campus without stopping several times to “catch her breath”. She states she has faithfully been taking her medications. She has not been sick or around anyone with any type of infection recently. Assessment: Neurological- able to follow commands, moves all extremities without difficulty, A&OX3. Respiratory-Lungs sounds are diminished in all lobes both anteriorly and posteriorly. No wheezing or crackles present. Respirations are 20 with noted use of accessory muscles. SATs are 96% on 4L of O2 via nasal cannula. Cardiovascular-Heart rate is regularly-irregular at 65 bpm. Telemetry monitor shows NSR with controlled a fib. Trace pitting edema in noted bilaterally in the lower extremities. GI-Patient is obese. Abdomen is slightly distended. Last BM was this am. A cardiac, 1800 ADA diet is prescribed. GU-Patient voids clear yellow urine without difficulty or pain. She is continent and uses the BSC. Musculoskeletal-Patient is ambulatory. Gets OOB to chair without assistance. Integumentary-Patient has bruising to bilateral upper extremities, states “related to numerous venipuntures”. Puncture sight to right groin from previous cardiac cath, area has no drainage, soft to palpation without a hematoma. Skin is dry and mildly cool to...
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...Causes of cardiovascular disease While cardiovascular disease can refer to many different types of heart or blood vessel problems, the term is often used to mean damage caused to your heart or blood vessels by atherosclerosis (ath-ur-o-skluh-RO-sis), a buildup of fatty plaques in your arteries. This is a disease that affects your arteries. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients from your heart to the rest of your body. Healthy arteries are flexible and strong. Over time, however, too much pressure in your arteries can make the walls thick and stiff — sometimes restricting blood flow to your organs and tissues. This process is called arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. Atherosclerosis is the most common form of this disorder. Atherosclerosis is also the most common cause of cardiovascular disease, and it's often caused by an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, being overweight and smoking. All of these are major risk factors for developing atherosclerosis and, in turn, cardiovascular disease Symptoms of heart disease in your blood vessels (cardiovascular disease) Cardiovascular disease is caused by narrowed, blocked or stiffened blood vessels that prevent your heart, brain or other parts of your body from receiving enough blood. Cardiovascular disease symptoms can include: * Chest pain (angina) * Shortness of breath * Pain, numbness, weakness or coldness in your legs or arms, if the blood vessels in those parts of your body are...
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...becomes friends he would bring her food from when his parents cook and stay with her and be friendly to her bird ends up leaving Ethan to continue the search for Cecil. She ends up meeting Jay who buys her breakfast then bird meats a lady that helps her and gives her something to eat a place to take a bath and sleep until she’s ready to go home. Bird finds out that Ethan’s uncle is her stepdad but Ethan does not know that that’s her stepdad. Bird went all that way to see Cecil and does not even talk to him she goes home at the end of the story. Ethan is a boy with heart problems that meats Bird and helps her out and that never told on her at all. Ethan cares a lot about Bird and to him that’s his only true friend. Jay is a boy that’s friends with Bird. Jay’s brother died and he is very sad about it and regrets having a fight with him the same day that he died. Jay knows that Ethan has his brother’s heart in and always wonders if Ethan acts like his brother. Jay and Ethan doesn’t know each other jay ends up crying to crying to the lady that helps out Bird after stealing her car with his friend and ended up being on house arrest. In the end of the story bird goes back home after her long journey she goes back to her mom. She never...
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