Personal Academic Essay I don’t like to admit it‚ but I am the stereotypical college student. Like many of my peers‚ I enjoy the freedom I have during this time in my life: no longer living under my parent’s roof‚ but am not yet tied down with a family and career. Unfortunately‚ this situation puts many young adult in quite an unstable place‚ namely‚ financially. I lie about the amount of cheap fast food I consume. I quit smoking because I can’t afford cigarettes. M y car is currently (and
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Topic: The Process of Blood Donation General goal: To inform. Specific goal: To explain the process of donating blood Thesis Statement: I am going to be talking about the steps for donating blood‚ including the preparation‚ the drawing of blood‚ the recovery process‚ and what is done with the blood afterwards. Introduction: 1. As stated in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in 2004‚ “blood is the fluid that circulates in the heart‚ arteries‚ capillaries‚ and veins of a vertebrate
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Topic: Donate Blood. Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to donate blood regularly. Visual Aid: PowerPoint / Blood Donation Advertisement. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Step: A. Attention Getter: Are you at least 17 year old? Do you weight more than 50kg? Do you fairly healthy? If your answer is yes‚ you should donate blood every two months. According to the report in Arab Times newspaper Kuwait is in need of 250 blood donors every day‚ and the demand is likely grow to 400 in the next five
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BLOOD AND LYMPH SYSTEM THALASSEMIA Jeriser Edwards ASA College Medical Terminology Monday and Wednesday Professor Veloz Disease: thalassemia Thalassemia is an inherited disease blood disease in which the body makes abnormal forms of hemoglobin (wikipedia‚ 2014). Hemoglobin is the protein found in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The disorder results in destruction of the red blood cells‚ which then leads to anemia (wikipedia‚ 2014). Two main forms of thalassemia are beta thalassemia
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Gladys Martin July 2005 Indications for Blood Transfusions Goal of transfusing: Preserve oxygen delivery to tissues and avoid myocardial ischemia. One can do this by increasing the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood by raising the Hgb concentration of patients with acute/chronic anemia. Each unit will raise the Hct by 3 to 4 percent unless there is continued bleeding. Background: Transfusion trigger based on the 10/30 rule‚ give 2 units. However‚ with the discovery of transfusion-related HIV and
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Pre-transfusion Blood Tests: Title: To perform the following tests: ABO and RH grouping using the Diamed Gel Card system. Rh and Kell phenotyping (antigen typing) using the Diamed Gel Card system. Direct Coombs Test (DCT) using the conventional tube system. Direct Coombs Test (DCT) using the Diamed Gel Card system. Antibody Identifications (IAT) technique using the conventional tube system. Antibody Identifications (ETC) technique using the Diamed Gel Card system. Name:
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A hematocrit measures the percentage of blood that is comprised of RBC’s and can determine a needed transfusion. Fluid volume in the blood affects hematocrit values. Hematocrit levels rise with an increase in the number of RBC’s or a decrease in the plasma volume. An elevated hematocrit is most often associated with severe burns‚ diarrhea‚ and dehydration‚ where water in tissues decreases. The low level of plasma water concentrates the RBC’s leading to the condition‚ hemoconcentration. An elevated
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Every two seconds‚ a patient in the United States is in need of blood. In fact‚ about one of every seven people entering a hospital requires a blood transfusion. These startling statistics underscore the crucial nature of blood donation. Yet‚ only about 3% of the population currently gives blood. The number one reason these donors say they give is because they “want to help others.” This attitude of selfless giving supplies the 43‚000 pints of donated blood used each day in North America. There
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وقال تعالى : ( وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِي إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ) - البقرة وقال سبحانه : ( وَإِذَا مَسَّ الإِنْسَانَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهُ مُنِيبًا إِلَيْهِ.... ) - الزمر وقال عز وجل : ( أَمَّنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ.… ) - النمل وقال تعالى : ( وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ ) - الشعراء Thalassemia Thalassemia is a blood disorder passed down through
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Journal of Infection (2011) xx‚ 1e7 www.elsevierhealth.com/journals/jinf Improving the timeframe between blood collection and interferon gamma release assay using T-Cell XtendÒ J.J.M. Bouwman a‚*‚ S.F.T. Thijsen a‚ A.W. Bossink b a b Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology‚ Diakonessen Hospital Utrecht‚ The Netherlands Department of Pulmonology‚ Diakonessen Hospital‚ Utrecht‚ The Netherlands Accepted 9 October 2011 T-Cell XtendÒ; TSPOT.TBÒ; Lithium heparin; IGRA; Interferon
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