different neurotransmitters. How do the drugs affect the heart? Once drugs are taken and enter the bloodstream the heart pumps blood containing the drug to the brain where it will affect how people feel. Drugs can also have an affect on the heart directly and exacerbate heart disease. Heavy drinking of alcohol, for example, can weaken the heart's ability to pump blood and lead to heart failure although some studies have suggested that moderate consumption may be better for the heart than not drinking
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Medical Bulletin VOL.14 NO.11 NOVEMBER 2009 Management of Peptic Ulcer Bleeding Dr. Carmen Ka-man NG MBBS, MRCP, FHKCP, FHKAM(Medicine) Associate Consultant, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital Dr. Carmen Ka-man NG This article has been selected by the Editorial Board of the Hong Kong Medical Diary for participants in the CME programme of the Medical Council of Hong Kong (MCHK) to complete the following self-assessment questions in order to be awarded
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morning with the phlebotomist to get my skills up to date as it had been a while since I had taken blood. I was a little nervous as I remember as a student I pulled the needle too far back and blood came out onto the patients arm and I panicked. But I felt more confident and want to appear confident to the patient to enable them to be at ease. I did not run into any difficulties and managed to get blood from some difficult veins. The phlebotomist said I did very well and that I did not need any more
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Patient airway | Obstructed fully/partial | Depth-shallow, laboured | Pulse location-e.g. Radial etc. | Capillary Refill Time | Capillary Blood Glucose | Temperature site and method used | Psychological assessment | No airway risk | Asymmetrical chest movements | Quality of pulse volume | AVPU | Hypo/Hyperthermia | Social assessment | Adjuncts used | Wheeze | Blood Pressure | GCS | Rashes | Tracheostomy | Talking in full or short sentences, monsylabells | Skin Assessment | Pain Assessment | Wounds
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Vitamin C (ASCORBIC ACID) Overview Information Vitamin C is a vitamin. Some animals can make their own vitamin C, but people must get this vitamin from food and other sources. Good sources of vitamin C are fresh fruits and vegetables, especially citrus fruits. Vitamin C can also be made in a laboratory. Most experts recommend getting vitamin C from a diet high in fruits and vegetables rather than taking supplements. Fresh-squeezed orange juice or fresh-frozen concentrate is a better
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Gangs By: Kanan Suleymanov A gang is a very complex group of people made by certain people in order to obtain money and power. It maybe hard to believe and one may think how is a gang even remotely complex? A gang is far from being simple and easy to establish it takes a lot of man power and intelligence. It is considered somewhat like a business an illegal one of course but a business never the less. In the dictionary a gang is defined as a group of people through organization,
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larger than the size of a clenched fist and is located between the lungs. It is a muscular pump which forces blood around a system of blood vessels namely arties, veins and capillaries. The primary purpose of the heart is to pump blood at 60 to 80 times per minute to deliver oxygen and nutrients to all body cells. Each day the average heart beats 100 000 times and pumps about 2000 gallons of blood. It is divided into four separate compartments known as atria and ventricles. A healthy heart can continue
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TRANSPORT AND EFFECTS OF EXERCISES Aim To investigate the effect of exercise on pulse rate and evaluate effects of other variables. Risk assessment Comfortable shoes to be worn. Participants not allowed pausing during exercising. Participants were not supposing to excide 3 minutes (over exercising). Method The pulse rate was taken on the radial artery using two fingers whilst the participant was sitting quietly in a comfortable position. It was measured for three times before exercises and
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Intravascular Coagulation, also known as DIC, is a pathological activation of blood clotting mechanisms that may happen in response to a variety of diseases, or illnesses. However, DIC, is most commonly observed in severe sepsis and septic shock. DIC is not a specific illness, rather it is a complication or an effect of the progression of other illnesses or diseases. (Porth, 2011). When the body becomes injured, certain proteins in your blood become activated and travel to the injury site to help stop bleeding
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influenced by gangster John Dillinger, whom he came to regard as a mentor. After his initial stint with small-time gangs that included the junior forty thieves and the Bowery Boys, Cesar joined the Los angles Killas and then the powerful bloods based in lower Los Angeles. During this time, he was employed abd mentored by fellow racketeer Frankie Yale, a bartender in a Coney Island dance hall and saloon called Harvard Inn. Cesar received the scars that gave him the nickname ‘’Young Scars’’
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