Voyage to the Lungs Trevor Frederick HS 130 Unit #4 – Assignment Kaplan University February 26‚ 2013 Welcome aboard! So glad you are all able to witness this extraordinary endeavor into the amazing human body. What you are about to witness is a feat seldom seen by the average individual. Frantic reports coming in are alarming; a foreign bacterium has invaded the right lung of our subject and is currently causing some severe damage. Shrunken to a mere eight microns in length‚ our state-of-the-art
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A Voyage to the Lungs Kierra Lewis HS130‚ Section# 04 Unit 4 Assignment Kaplan University April 14‚ 2013 Welcome to the Fantastic Voyage! Today we are going to be entering the right femoral vein of a healthy female. I am your pilot Kierra Lewis. While we embark on this journey‚ make sure that you keep your hands and feet inside the submarine at all times. Fasten your seat belts and let’s start our journey! We will begin our journey in the femoral vein. As you can see the femoral vein is
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Decreasing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections Urinary Tract Infections are one of the most common hospital-acquired infection and many are associated with an indwelling catheter. For each day a catheter is in place the risk of developing a CAUTI increases 3%-7% (Kahnen‚ Flanders‚ & Magalong‚ 2011 ). Although indwelling urinary catheters are widely used in hospitalized patients and can provide an appropriate means of therapeutic management‚ they are often used without clear indications
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Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections Catheter acquired urinary tract infection is one of the most common acquired nosocomial infections (Nicolle‚ 2008). According to Newman (2010)‚ they constitute 40% of all hospital-acquired infections‚ and 80% of these infections are attributable to indwelling urethral catheter (IUC) use. The incidence of bacteriuria is 3%–10% per catheter day (Furfari & Wald‚ 2008). Catheter-associated infections have
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The elderly are more prone to catheter associated urinary tract infections. In long term health care facilities the chance of an elderly person developing a urinary tract infection from a catheter is greatly increased. Elderly patients with urinary retention problems receive indwelling urinary catheters which typically remain in place for 30 days or longer. Indwelling catheters cause a patient’s chance of contracting bacteremia to increase by 30 times. The longer a patient has a long term indwelling
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The Fantastic Four have assisted in the development of history since 1961 by highlighting two key points of history since that year‚ Racism and divorce rates. 1961 was a difficult time due to high divorce rates and segregation of whites and blacks. Stan Lee‚ the author who created the Fantastic Four had seen the issues and put this group of heroes together to battle the rival Justice League in the battle of Popularity. (Linder‚ Vital statistics of the United states‚ 1961)‚ (St. James Encyclopedia
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Activity of Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscle: Worksheet Please Ensure That You Have Completed The Calculations In Tables 1-3 Before You Answer The Worksheet Questions Table 1. The effects of phentolamine and atropine on the contractile response to nerve stimulation (20 Hz) in the isolated rabbit ileum | |Contraction amplitude |Contraction amplitude with the |Effect of nerve stimulation on the contraction amplitude | | |pre-nerve
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urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infection is also known as a (UTI). A urinary tract infection is a condition that can affect the urinary system where the kidneys‚ ureters‚ bladder‚ and urethra can become infected. In most cases urinary tract infections are caused by bacteria that come at the opening of the urethra and travels to the bladder. It may often spread to the kidneys from the bloodstream. “The signs and symptoms that occur when someone has a urinary tract infection
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must examine multiple sources. We can look at two forms of sources‚ primary and secondary. Primary sources are sources of information that come from individuals who were present or were involved in the affair. In the case of examining the Zheng He voyages‚ we can assume that primary sources would come from Zheng He himself and the people he brought along with him on the expeditions. Secondary sources on the other hand would be individuals who had read about the events from a primary source. They then
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I believe that I should be selected to experience the Voyage of Discovery 2016 because it will allow me to follow my ultimate dream of being assimilated into the one of a kind Italian culture that my ancestors have known for generations. Being able to see Italy is a goal of mine that is strongly driven by my passion to learn about the culture and language of my family’s home country. Taking Italian classes in both language and culture is something that I take great pride in‚ because I know I am beginning
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