The cracked shards crunched beneath my feet‚ the blood dripped from my hair onto my awestruck face. This is all seemed so real‚ so completely real. I walked around the cars‚ examining the wreckage‚ my sight vibrating from the pure adrenaline rush. Here it was‚ Every 15 Minutes‚ and I was the drunk driver. Beer cans scattered around the pavement; every step I took felt like an eternity‚ a lurch through some kind of dark matter. I kept thinking “this didn’t actually happen‚ this didn’t actually happen
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Psychology- Selye’s work with rats In 1936 Hans Selye was working in a hospital. He noticed that all hospital patients shared a common set of symptoms even though they all had different illnesses. He conducted hormone experiments on rats and noticed a generalised response. No matter what the rats where injected with they all produced a similar response. He suggested there was one internal mechanism for dealing with ‘noxious agents’ which he called ‘stressors’. Procedures Rats were exposed
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Two biological processes which control our stress response involve the hypothalamus and the autonomic nervous system. When a human is under threat‚ the sympathetic branch of the automatic nervous system becomes active and sends a signal to the adrenal medulla. Similarly‚ when the body is no longer under threat‚ the parasympathetic branch sends the body into a more relaxed state. Therefore‚ the human body will automatically react when the body is under threat or stressed and then help itself go back
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Access to an EpiPen is getting more difficult for people of lower income. Parents are having to decide whether to pay bills or to protect their children from death by anaphylactic shock. An EpiPen is just “$1 or so worth of epinephrine that is used in the auto-injection device. That device itself is believed to cost just several more dollars to make.”3 The EpiPen is overpriced and restricts accessibility to those who may have inexpensive insurance‚ can’t afford the out of pocket
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Price • Myoview- $325/vial • Cardiolite $350/vial • Myoview and Cardiolite are the only two options available‚ making it an oligopoly. Price competition is not desirable because it would lead to reduced revenue for both producers • According to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiolite demonstrates greater myocardial perfusion defect‚ reversibility‚ extent and severity then Myoview. • This may explain why Cardiolite is $25 more than Myoview • Other gamma ray emitting radionuclides
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Universit6 de Paris-Sud‚ Orsay (Received April 9/July 17‚ 1973) Extracts prepared from rat diaphragms incubated with or without theophylline and/or epinephrine have been tested for their total cyclic AMP content and for their ability to bind exogenously added cyclic ["]AMP. Less cyclic [3H]AMP can be bound inthe extracts after theophylline and/or epinephrine treatment indicating that the rise in cyclic AMP level was accompanied by a n increase in the quantity of cyclic AMP bound intracellularly to the
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a quick response is necessary to prevent serious complications of anaphylaxis. An epinephrine autoinjector prescription should be filled immediately. Anyone who is at risk of anaphylaxis should keep at least one epinephrine autoinjector with them at all times. Epinephrine is the best treatment for anaphylaxis and it works best if it is given within the first few minutes of a severe allergic reaction. Epinephrine rapidly treats all of the most dangerous symptoms of anaphylaxis‚ including throat swelling
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Impact of Neurotransmitters on Physical and Mental Behavior Physiological Psychology November 20‚ 2011 Neurotransmitters are powerful chemicals that regulate numerous physical and emotional processes such as mental performance‚ emotional states and pain response. Virtually all functions in life are controlled by neurotransmitters. They are the brain’s chemical messengers. Interactions between neurotransmitters‚ hormones‚ and the brain chemicals have a profound influence on overall health and
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ACLS PRE-TEST ANNOTATED ANSWER KEY June‚ 2011 Question 1: Please identify the rhythm by selecting the best single answer Agonal rhythm/asystole Atrial fibrillation Atrial flutter Coarse ventricular fibrillation Fine ventricular fibrillation Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia Normal sinus rhythm Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia X Pulseless electrical activity Reentry supraventricular tachycardia Second-degree AC block (Mobitz I Wenckebach) Second-degree AV block (Mobitz II block) Sinus bradycardia
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then experienced difficult breathing accompanied by swelling and redness to the region of trauma. With the patient’s symptoms and his paternal history of allergies to wasps‚ treatment of anaphylaxis should be done before any tests are done. First epinephrine is administered to stop the allergic reaction‚ and oxygen is administered to raise the patient’s blood oxygen levels. Injections of antihistamines and cortisone are also given to the patient to help reduce the swelling of the trachea reliving some
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