Blood Pressure Anatomy And Physiology Breven Sellers 11/3/2014 Arteries • Arteries are thick walled‚ yet they are elastic enough to stand pressure from the heart pumping at a fast rate. The arteries job is to transport blood away from the heart‚ usually only transporting highly oxygenated blood‚ having just left the lungs and on its way to the body’s tissues Arterioles • There are smaller branches of the arteries called arterioles‚ they connect to the capillaries. • Arterioles are the main
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undertaking pressure are care. Identify a range of aids or equipment used to relieve pressure. Pressure relieving aids include‚ propad mattress/cushion or an airflow mattress/cushion can be used for individuals to sleep or sit on if they are not very mobile. For an individual with good mobility it is important that they move around often to help relieve pressure. For something with poor mobility or bed bound it is important that they are repositioned regularly to relieve pressure to different
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breakdown AND the development of pressure sores. The skin is one of the largest organs in the body in surface area and weight. The skin consists of three layers: the epidermis‚ the dermis and the subcutaneous tissue. The skin has three main functions: protection‚ regulation and sensation. The skin is an organ has many functions 1. Protection. The primary function of the skin is to act as a barrier. The skin provides protection from: mechanical impacts and pressure‚ variations in temperature‚ micro-organisms
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placement‚ I encountered an obese elderly man with type 2 diabetes who was bed bound. His BP was 98/73 so I decided to do a manual blood pressure (BP) to make sure it was not a mechanical error from the automatic machine and recorded 99/75. His other vital signs were in between the flags. I asked my patient how he was feeling‚ he said he felt fine. I told him his blood pressure was a bit low and if this was normal for him. He said it has been low a bit recently. I asked him if he could have a glass of water
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Medway LEA Advisory Service Speeding up/pressure and moments 9K & 9L 27 min 27 marks Q1-L3‚ Q2-L4‚ Q3-L4‚ Q4-L5‚ Q5-L6 1. (a) E D A B C 1 all five letters must be in the correct order (b) to measure volume accept ‘to make sure they used the same 1 volume of water in each beaker’ accept ‘to measure amount of water’ accept ‘to measure the volume of salt or sugar’
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dream and reality‚ narration sets the pace and tone of the feature‚ with the audience being prompted by the omnipresent observations of the protagonist. Boyle’s efforts to elevate vocals to greater prominence is seen through Renton’s “Choose Life” monologue in Trainspotting (1996) or Richard’s expository interjections in The Beach‚ Damian’s saintly stories in
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almost failed to promote to next grade. From this story‚ we can see that teenagers always get influence by their peers. Peers’ opinions and choices affect them. They cannot free themselves from their peers and they can’t do away with peers’ pressure. Peer pressure is an important issue for teenagers. There are several reasons to explain this. First‚ teenagers enjoy being in a group of people who agree about things‚ they don’t want to be discriminated against and be pushed away from the group
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Peer pressure these days has had major effects on our children and young adults. Decisions are being made that are unheard of to parents and teachers. Don’t think that the adolescence making these choices isn’t struggling to grasp hold of the concepts of what they are doing. Unknowingly‚ our generation is making choices that will effect the rest of their lives. Whether or not it’s the way we dress or a decision in unprotected sex‚ it’s still a decision made based on the approval of our peers. Who
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requirements for her class. “Monologues will be due Monday morning.” I heard Ms. White say. My nerves could not catch a break. After class‚ I went home and wrote my monologue. I did not want to present my monologue to the class. I was shy and knew no one in my class. I told myself repeatedly that I could do it. Monday morning was here before I knew it. The feeling of dread filled me‚ and I wanted to back out‚ receive my zero with pride. When I arrived at school‚ my monologue clutched firmly in my hand
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The Pressures of Guilt Everyone sins. It is an inescapable fact. The magnitude of guilt for these sins‚ however‚ depends upon the creed‚ religion‚ or ideals of the sinner. In both The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ and The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ readers see the effect of the Puritan faith on guilt. Strong‚ as well as weak‚ characters face guilt in each book. Abigail and Dimmesdale take a coward’s way out‚ while Hester and Proctor wrestle with their guilt. By upholding the strictures
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