CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION A careful and detailed clinical assessment is essential in order to assess the likely cause and severity of symptoms‚ arrange appropriate investigations and referral‚ avoid unnecessary investigations‚ and to assess individual risk of cardiovascular disease or cardiomyopathy. PREPARATION OF PATIENT • Room that is warm & “quiet” • Examining table positioned so you can stand on the patient’s right side • Explain the procedure to
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Cardio vascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Australian. Cardio vascular Disease is a range of diseases of the heart and blood vessels including coronary heart disease‚ cardiomyopathy‚ peripheral disease‚ congenital heart disease‚ stroke and heart failure. In 2012‚the deaths recorded as a result of CVD were 43‚946 this is approximately 30% of all deaths in Australia for that year (Health.gov.au‚ 2015). There are many risk factors that contribute to CVD these include being overweight
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Physio Cardio Lab Report Answers Activity 1 Questions: 1. Explain how the body establishes a pressure gradient for fluid flow. Pressure gradient is the flow rate of a liquid through a pipe. This is directly proportional to the difference between the pressures at the two ends of the pipe and inversely proportional to the pip’s resistance. The pressure gradient is directly dependent upon blood vessel radius which essentially controls blood flow. The bigger the blood vessel radius‚ the more
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Cardiovascular System: The Heart Laszlo Vass‚ Ed.D. Version 42-0006-05-01 Lab Report Assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions‚ diagrams if needed‚ and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by
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Task Five Explain how the digestive‚ cardio-vascular and respiration systems are interrelated‚ and how they function in a specific task/job. Internally in the human body‚ has to be well-controlled and organised with different progressive systems in which they must interconnect and interrelate in order to perform their role efficiently and successfully. There are different types of systems in the body (mainly 10) in which they all function in different ways and interrelate. An example would be the
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Information systems (IS) focuses on the system making use of technology and information technology (IT) focuses on technology and how it can help in disseminating information. Usually Information system are build using the information technology. Information system referring to system designed to create‚ store‚ manipulate‚ communicate and disseminate information. Information systems typically include an IT component but are not purely concerned with IT‚ focusing in instead‚ on the end use of
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Hockey Vs. Soccer Have you ever realized the vast differences between soccer and hockey? There are so many differences; the sports are pretty much polar opposites of each other. They are different in things such as the team size‚ the surfaces played on‚ equipment‚ periods‚ penalties. In soccer the teams have 11 players‚ including the goalkeeper on at all times; While hockey teams have 6 players including the goaltender on at all times. Soccer teams are swapping out players on and off the
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Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows The operating systems Linux®‚ Macintosh® (Mac) and Microsoft® Windows® are the main software to every computer system to run properly along with other hardware. These operating systems (OS ’s) are very different in several ways‚ but they also have some similarities too. Linux‚ Mac and Windows use memory management‚ process management‚ file management and security management to operate the computer systems correctly
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Aerobic vs Anaerobic Cardiovascular vs Resistance Training I’ve heard the terms aerobic and anaerobic a lot. What do these terms actually mean and are they important for my exercise program? ANSWER: Strictly speaking‚ the terms "aerobic" and "anaerobic" refer to the presence and absence of oxygen‚ respectively. Most of our cells prefer to get their energy by using oxygen to fuel metabolism. During exercise with adequate fuel and oxygen (i.e.‚ aerobic)‚ muscle cells can contract repeatedly
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There’s many different opinions on the matter‚ and some methods that work for most people‚ but in the end‚ you have to find what method works best for you. A lot of people think the best way to lose weight and get fit the quickest is to just do lots of cardio. But‚ it’s actually the opposite. The number one thing to lose weight is of course diet‚ but after that‚ it’s weightlifting. When it comes to weight training‚ it is important to remember a few key points. First‚ you will not get big from lifting
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