four. She developed pneumonia and checked in to Good Hope Hospital‚ Birmingham to be treated in the intensive care unit. While being treated for low serum potassium levels her nurse Mrs. Lisa Sparrow‚ RN entered an incorrect time frame on the infusion pump giving her a fatal amount of potassium chloride in one hour instead of over five hours. I will walk through this incident and illustrate the areas in which checkpoints that are set up for nurses should have been utilized to avoid this unfortunate event
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can be detected when people are placed in stressful situations. HYPOTHESIS: I think that when you are stressed‚ the body temperature will be affected because the more you are stressed out‚ the higher your blood pressure gets and then your blood heats up and the temperature changes. MATERIALS: Basal thermometer Participants Very‚ Very challenging test Stopwatch PROCEDURE: 1. Make a very‚
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How PPI (Proton Pump Inhibitors) Cause Anxiety? You might be feeling stressed and anxious at times and wondering why does it happening. I recommend you to check if you are taking proton pump inhibitors. Your doctor might have prescribed you proton pump inhibitors for your stomach related disease and you might be taking it for a long time. Yes‚ chronic use of proton pump inhibitors can show anxiety symptoms! When Do PPIs Prescribe? In digestive diseases like gastritis‚ there is increased secretion
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conditions of the aircraft. Fuel systems are classified according to the way the fuel is moved to the engine from the fuel tanks; the gravity feed and the fuel pump systems. The gravity feed system uses the forces of the gravity to transfer fuel from the tanks to the engine. This system is common on high wing airplanes with a carburetor engine. The fuel pump system has two
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The second goal was to measure the heat capacity of the constructed calorimeter. The third and fourth goal was to determine what reactions were to be investigated and what variations of the reactions would be studied. The two requirements that were kept in mind while creating the calorimeter were that it should be a good insulator‚ meaning that it does not allow for the transfer of heat between two systems in an environment‚ and that it should have the lowest heat capacity possible (ideally 0C) so
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experiment‚ the group were able to perform the following objectives; to compute the heat capacity of a Styrofoam-cup calorimeter‚ and also to compute the heat of neutralization of 1.0 M hydrochloric acid and 1.0 M sodium hydroxide‚ the heat of dilution of concentrated sulfuric acid‚ and the heat of solution of solid ammonium chloride The sixth experiment was named "Calorimetry" wherein it is the measurement of how much heat is gained or released by a system as a chemical reaction occurs within it. The
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It was in 2nd century B.C that the first bath houses were built and back then they were simple washing facilities for men only. By the time of Augustus there were 170‚ privately owned bath houses. As they became more popular in the imperial age‚ they became public bath houses and people went there to bathe‚ meet‚ or discuss business. However‚ men and women did have different bath houses.• You had to pay to use the baths. • You could buy refreshments at the baths. • Only the very biggest baths had
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SPECIFIC HEAT OF VARIOUS METALS M. L. C. G. Marasigan‚ R. R. Mella‚ J. M. M. Mendones‚ M. A. Miranda‚ R. P. Nool‚ C. P. R. M. Orpilla‚ K. L. Pascual College of Engineering‚ Adamson University Abstract THIS EXPERIMENT IS ABOUT THE SPECIFIC HEAT OF VARIOUS METALS. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS LABORATORY ACTIVITY ARE TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC HEAT OF METALS AND TO COMPARE THE EXPERIMENTAL RESULT OF SPECIFIC HEAT FROM THE STANDARD VALUE. ANOTHER PURPOSE OF THIS EXPERIMENT IS TO
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Whitten‚ R. Davis‚ R.‚ M. L. Peck‚ and G. Stanley. Chemical Thermodynamics: Heat and Thermochemistry Thermodynamics & Thermochemistry Thermodynamics is the study of heat and its transformations to and from other forms of energy Thermochemistry is a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the heat involved with chemical and physical changes Objectives 1. Define thermodynamics & thermochemistry 2. Define energy‚ heat and other thermodynamic terms 3. Define enthalpy 4. Discuss thermochemical equations
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minutes‚ using different materials to insulate the heat. The five materials that will be tested are: Aluminium foil‚ plastic wrap‚ newspaper‚ felt‚ and bubble wrap. Aluminium foil is a reflective material; this means that it bounces the thermal energy back to the foiled object. It also absorbs the heat. Not only does it stop heat loss‚ but Aluminium foil is also useful for protecting objects from gaining unwanted heat. Plastic wrap insulates the heat but makes it that it is too hot to touch. Plastic
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