ALM # 3 BURNS Case Presentation: 21 y/o male involved in industrial fire. Patient was welding a steel structure when a spark from the torch ignited a barrel of flammable material that was inadvertently placed in his work area. Patient sustained full-thickness burns over the upper half of his chest and circumferential burns to bilateral arms. Patient also sustained superficial partial-thickness burns to face‚ neck and bilateral hands. His entire abdomen‚ upper half of his back and front of
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for the fetus‚ it still functions well beyond that point. Red pulp is where the spleen stores 3 extra blood in case of severe injury to the body. The high amount of platelets in this tissue is beneficial to the body because it has coagulation factors that help stop bleeding (Laparoscopic‚ 2013). Not only does it contain platelets‚ but the red pulp also contains
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STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION Definitions Bacteriostatic Agent: An agent that inhibits the growth of bacteria‚ but does not necessarily kill them. Bactericide: An agent that kills bacteria. Most do not kill Endospores. Sporicide: An agent that kills spores. Definition STERILIZATION The process of freeing an article from microorganisms including their spores. By definition‚ it effects a reduction in the number of microorganisms (more than 99.9999% are killed). Methods
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Dengue fever is a disease caused by one of a number of viruses that are carried by mosquitoes. These mosquitoes then transmit the virus to humans. The virus that causes dengue fever is called an arbovirus‚ which stands for arthropod-borne virus. Mosquitoes are a type of arthropod. In a number of regions‚ mosquitoes carry this virus and are responsible for passing it along to humans. These regions include the Middle East‚ the far East‚ Africa‚ and the Caribbean Islands. In these locations‚ the
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Barrett’s oesophagus The oesophagus is the muscular tube or gullet that connects the oral cavity to the stomach. Food passes through the oesophagus‚ which is normally lined in the inner wall by flat cells. People who have a condition called Barrett’s oesophagus (also spelled Barrett’s esophagus) have abnormal cells lining the lower gullet. This is caused by chronic reflux of stomach acids into the oesophagus. Affected individuals have an increased likelihood of developing cancer in the oesophagus
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Cardiovascular System (Simplified) The cardiovascular system includes the heart and the blood vessels. The heart pumps blood‚ and the blood vessels channel and deliver it throughout the body. Arteries carry blood filled with nutrients away from the heart to all parts of the body. The blood is sometimes compared to a river‚ but the arteries are more like a river in reverse. Arteries are thick-walled tubes with a circular covering of yellow‚ elastic fibers‚ which contain a filling of muscle that absorbs
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Stroke Pathophysiology Sid Shah‚ MD Pathophysiology of Stroke Sid Shah‚ MD Page 2 of 14 Stroke Pathophysiology Introduction The two major mechanisms causing brain damage in stroke are‚ ischemia and hemorrhage. In ischemic stroke‚ which represents about 80% of all strokes‚ decreased or absent circulating blood deprives neurons of necessary substrates. The effects of ischemia are fairly rapid because the brain does not store glucose‚ the chief energy substrate and is incapable of anaerobic
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Anatomy study guide Final 2k14 Endocrine system: Function: releases hormones‚ regulates long term metabolic process and shares some function with the nervous system Hormones: chemical “messengers” that act on target cells Hormones: Growth hormone (GH): they increase cell growth and replication by increasing protein synthesis‚ interior pituitary Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH): development of follicle (females) stimulation of sperm maturation (males)‚ interior pituitary Cortisol: accelerate
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IDEAS AND TERMS A. Etymology Greek word‚ ‘eidos’ which means image Our mind contains ideas which are formed through our encounter with reality – with everything knowable through the human mind. Definition IDEA is defined as the representation of the essence of a thing in the mind. Expressed differently‚ an idea is a mental (intellectual) image or a picture of the object of the mind which is the result of comparison‚ reflection or abstraction. Being a representation of the essence of a thing in the
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Coagulation and flocculation are usually first steps. In this process into water are added positively charged chemicals. This positive charged is connected with negatively charged in order to neutralize all dissolved particles and dirt. After this chemicals
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