getting these diamonds have been heart wrenching. Between the billions of people killed by the rebels wanting control over the diamonds‚ and the erosion which has caused damage to the ecosystem by the mining‚ South Africa was forced into a Civil War. Before the issue was announced‚ we were unknowingly contributing to the Blood Diamonds by purchasing these conflict diamonds. With the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme‚ we have been able to slow down the blood diamonds from getting to the markets‚ and
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assignment was to measure‚ document and analyse six recordings of orthostatic blood pressure‚ orthostatic pulse and respiratory rate on my lab partner. Orthostatic Hypotension is a condition when there is a drop in systolic pressure of more than 20 mm Hg‚ or orthostatic pulse increases of 20 bpm or more which occurs due to a quick change to a standing position (Jarvis‚ pp. 163). Six recordings were taken over a certain period of time to better understand the trends of the vital signs. The readings of vital
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1 The heart is a muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system. The heart pumps blood throughout the blood vessels by contractions. Cardiac means “related to the heart”‚ and comes from the Greek. The vertebrate heart is made up of cardiac muscle‚ it’s an involuntary striated muscle tissue found only in this organ‚ and connective tissue. The male’s heart weighs 9-11 ounces‚ and the female’s heart weighs about 11-12 ounces. A person’s blood pressure has major effects on their heart;
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Running head: Heart Attack Heart attack: sudden illness Ridhima Katyal First Aid and CPR (HNES 210) December 6‚ 2008 North Dakota State University A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle itself — the myocardium
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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 is no substitute for human blood. Over 4.5 million
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minute of every day‚ someone needs blood. That blood can only come from a volunteer donor‚ a person like oneself who makes the choice to donate. When one makes a blood donation‚ they are joining a very select group. Currently only three out of every one hundred people in America donate blood. From its beginning‚ the American Red Cross has formed a community of service‚ of generous‚ strong‚ and decent people bound by beliefs beyond themselves. The American Red Cross blood donor embodies this principle
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deaths from heart disease approximately equals to the number of deaths from cancer‚ chronic lung disease‚ pneumonia and influenza‚ and others combined. One of the symptoms of coronary disease is angina pectoris. Unfortunately‚ a lot of people do not take it seriously‚ and thus not realizing that it may lead to other complications‚ and even death. The Human Heart In order to understand angina‚ one must know about our own heart. The human heart is a powerful muscle in the body which is worked
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Shams Ghulam Literature Mrs. Kosaka 2012/10/17 Same but different Cold Blood While the flow of the murdering story itself‚ one of the most interesting and important facts in the novel In Cold Blood is the characterization of Dick and Perry‚ the murderers. They are both demonstrated as cold blooded‚ but as the story come into possession of gleaning Dick’s and Perry’s background personality‚ it becomes conspicuous that Dick is mentally and emotionally cold blooded while Perry is physically
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systolic blood pressure measured in the auscultatory method is more accurate than that measured in the palpitation method because the palpitation method is prone to more human errors such as how strong the pulse is‚ where it is located‚ how hard the wrist is pressed during palpitation and a stethoscope which is used in the auscultatory method is more sensitive than feeling a pulse. Hearing the pulse involves less human error than feeling it. 2. The maximum pressure exerted when blood is ejected
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The blood fetish The blood fetish is a short story‚ which is written by Morley Roberts in 1908. The gothic genre was quite popular around the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century‚ and they were known for including horrific and supernatural elements. Gothic novels often takes place in creepy environments‚ as old castles‚ dark forests and abandoned houses. It is clear to see how The blood fetish fits into this genre‚ as it deals with superstition‚ living severed hands‚ mystery and gloomy
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