The thought of alcohol being involved in fatal crashes brings about an emotional response. Recently‚ there has been a movement based on emotion rather than logic to change a certain drinking and driving law. This involves lowering the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) from 0.10% to 0.08% nationwide. However‚ this attention is misdirected. By looking at my personal experiences‚ statistics‚ and current laws‚ it is clear that there is no need for lowering the BAC. First off‚ I do not drink. Yet‚ I’ve had
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Blood gases and acid base balance Normally we do venous/capillary blood gases. Arterial blood gases are only done in the very sick children‚ who have been intubated/ventilated and have arterial lines in situ (usually in the theatre prior to transfer to the PICU in Newcastle. Here is a stepwise approach to blood gas analysis. STEP 1: [pic] STEP 2: Look at pCO2 [pic] STEP 3: Look at Bicarbonate & Base excess (BE) [pic] Base excess (BE): Base excess is the
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Jazmin Castro Mrs. Clement AP Language and Composition‚ Period 7 10 April 2014 Entry 1‚ page 5 “But afterward the townspeople‚ theretofore sufficiently unfearful of each other to seldom trouble to lock their doors‚ found fantasy re-creating them over and over again—those somber explosions that stimulated fires of mistrust in the glare of which many old neighbors viewed each other strangely‚ and as strangers.” I found this quote to be a sad truth. It is
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RUNNING HEAD: PAIN MANAGEMENT IN A PATIENT WITH MASSIVE BLOOD LOSS Pain Management in a Patient with Massive Blood Loss Without the Use of Analgesia and Sedation due to Severe Hypovolemia Mollie Meador NSG 441 May 7‚ 2010 Introduction A twenty three year old female was admitted to the ICU at South Central Medical Center following uterine rupture and massive blood loss. The patient was ten weeks pregnant and experienced a miscarriage as evidenced by spontaneous vaginal bleeding
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How to Properly Take Blood Pressure Step 1 - Choose the right equipment: What you will need: 1. A quality stethoscope 2. An appropriately sized blood pressure cuff 3. A blood pressure measurement instrument such as an aneroid or mercury column sphygmomanometer or an automated device with a manual inflate mode. Step 2 - Prepare the patient: Make sure the patient is relaxed by allowing 5 minutes to relax before the first reading. The patient should sit upright with their upper arm positioned
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Representative for the Clutter’s Members of the jury‚ I am here today representing the Clutter family who on November 15‚ 1959 were brutally murdered by the two men standing before you‚ Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. This poor innocent family had never hurt a fly. They lived their ordinary‚ simple lives on their farm in Holcomb‚ Kanas. They were a very valued member of the society and this death has had a great impact on everyone in Holcomb. I can see no reason why such a kind and humble family
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1. For each of the following (a through d)‚ indicate which is a variable and which is a constant: a. The number of minutes in an hour. Constant b. Patients’ systolic blood pressure Variable c. Pi (π) – e.g.‚ for finding the circumference of a circle Constant d. College students’ level of depression Variable 2. For each of the following research questions‚ identify the independent variable and the dependent variable within each case (a through e): Does a person’s age affect psychological
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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is 1966 nonfiction novel that follows the Clutter killings of 1959; specifically‚ it is a novel that follows the killers of the Clutter family‚ Richard “Dick” Hickock and Perry Edward Smith. In writing In Cold Blood‚ Capote intended the novel to be both objective and sympathetic. To write a nonfiction novel in an objective and sympathetic manner‚ especially one concerning a topic such as murder and the death penalty‚ is no easy task. In Cold Blood was true to Capote’s
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symptoms indicate a TBI. Cushing’s Triad indicates a raise in Intracranial Pressure (ICP). Cushing’s triad consists of Increased systolic pressure‚ Decreased pulse rate (bradycardia) and Irregular respiratory pattern (Leon-Villapalos‚ 2012). Tom’s blood pressure Increased from 150/90mm Hg to 170/100mm Hg within only 10 minutes. His heart rate went from 70 to 55 and his respiratory rate has increased from 18 to 22 and has stayed irregular. This shows that the Cushing’s triad is happening to Tom‚ meaning
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LABORATORY REPORT Activity 5: Blood Glucose Regulation Name: Instructor: Date: MATERIALS AND METHODS 1. Dependent Variable Plasma levels of glucose‚ ketones‚ insulin‚ and glucagon 2. Independent Variable Food and beverage intake 3. Controlled Variable physical activity‚ caffeine and alcohol intake‚ gender‚ age BMI 4. Why were physical activity and caffeine and alcohol intake the controlled variables? Because you can control on the amount of time you spend doing physical
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