there is blood and fluid loss in the victim sustaining the injury. Current Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) guidelines for patients requiring fluid resuscitation is to infuse 2 L of a crystalloid solution, such as normal saline or lactated Ringer’s solution, before the patient is transfused with blood products (Tapia, Suliburk, & Mattox, 2013, p. 3961). However, many new studies examining current ATLS protocols and fluid resuscitation protocols is finding that “improved ratios of blood components
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5 of Exercise 5 Exercise 5: Cardiovascular Dynamics: Activity 5: Studying the Effect of Blood Vessel Radius on Pump Activity Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 80% by answering 4 out of 5 questions correctly. 1. The heart is resting during You correctly answered: c. ventricular diastole. 2. The right side of the heart pumps blood You correctly answered: d. to the lungs. 3. The layer of the blood vessel that is stimulated by the autonomic nervous system is You correctly answered: b. smooth
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temperature of the hot tubwas higher than it should be. BAL of the couple was 0.20. Roma weighted 120lb; Clintweighted 160lb. Time of death estimated at 2AM in the morning. There was a therapeutic(fair amount) level of Lasix in Clint’s blood, but none in Roma’s blood .TemperatureHot tub temperature can be no more than 104-106 degree Fahrenheit (40-41 degreeCelsius(more than 104-106 (40-41) can lead to heat stroke, heart attack nausea, stroke, braindamage, other illness and death, even in healthy adults
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I69.398 6. I73.89 7. I71.01 8. I80.12 9. I85.01 10. I11.9 Z Codes (Z00 – Z99) 1. Z30.431 2. Z22.52 3. Z94.0 4. Z38.66 5. Z46.1 6. Z60.3 7. Z51.11 8. Z71.6 9. Z78.1 10. Z72.820 Blood & Blood-Forming Organs and the Immune Mechanism (D80-D89) 1. D69.49 2. D68.2 3. D69.0 4. D68.311 5. D69.3 6. D72.810 7. D68.52 8. D75.81 9. D57.40 10. D62 Musculoskeletal System & Connective Tissue (M00-M99) 1. M47
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signs of weakness and hypotension. C.W. underwent surgery for his gastrointestinal bleed and then was admitted to the hospital for having a fluid volume deficit, due to his diarrhea and bleed. C.W. being volume deficit made his fluid, electrolyte and blood levels become very abnormal. His medication that he was on for prior health history was causing some of his levels to rise and drop. He has a past medical history of cardiovascular problems, which were described and attributed to his current admitting
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w w om .c s er *2856902052* BIOLOGY ap eP m e tr .X w UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0610/23 May/June 2013 Paper 2 Core 1 hour 15 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a pencil
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I am a crip. From the navy blue bandana on my head, to the crispy Chuck Taylors on my feet. This is the life that I live by night. My family’s reputation gives me no choice. Either the truth about me is revealed and I am discredited(pg. 4), or I live a life of hypocrisy. My father is a deacon in the church, my mother -- a Sunday school teacher, my sister, the youth president, and my brother an usher. As for me, well, I’m in the choir. I can’t sing extremely well, but well enough to receive a courtesy
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placed on a mechanical ventilator and given IV fluids for shock. C.C. responded well to fluids, with an increase in blood pressure and an improvement in urine output. 1. Based on his case history and responsiveness to fluid therapy, what type of shock was C.C. experiencing? Hypovolemic Shock 2. What other clinical findings would be helpful in confirming the type of shock? Low blood pressure, weak pulse, cyanosis of the lips and fingertips, shallow breathing 3. Because of his many open wounds
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transport of metabolites. Plasma is the often forgotten component of blood. White blood cells, red blood cells and platelets are essential to body function, but plasma also plays a crucial and mostly unrecognised role carrying these blood components throughout the body as the fluid in which they travel. Plasma is the largest component of the human blood, making up about fifty percent of its overall content. When isolated on its own, blood plasma is a light yellow liquid which is similar to the colour of
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Introduction A system is made up of different tissues and organs working together to perform a specific function in the body. Skeletal system: Skeletal system is the system of bones, associated cartilages and joints of human body. Together these structures form the human skeleton. Skeleton can be defined as the hard framework of human body around which the entire body is built. Almost all the hard parts of human body are components of human skeletal system. Joints are very important because
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