us |3.4 Breathing System and |Objectives | |Excretion |At the end of this sub section students should be able to: | |3.4.4 Lungs & Breathing |Draw and identify the breathing tract in humans
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Athletes are required to receive a preparticipation physical in order to identify the possibility of asthma. These evaluations obtain a history from the athlete‚ such as symptoms that they may experience‚ family history of asthma‚ or personal history of allergies or allergic rhinitis. However‚ because history alone is not always reliable‚ there are lung function tests used to determine if an athlete has asthma including spirometry testing‚ challenge testing‚ stress electrocardiogram‚ or upper airway
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Community Emergency Preparedness Disasters‚ whether natural or man-made can strike a community at any given time without notice. Year after year‚ hurricanes‚ earthquakes‚ oil spills‚ and other disasters make news headlines. As recent history has shown‚ it is critical that businesses‚ individuals‚ and organizations are prepared to respond during and after a disaster situation. Situations such as those that occurred during Hurricane Katrina‚ serve to highlight the need for citizens and businesses
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Everyone knows that smoking is bad for them even before they start but for one reason or another they still start smoking. People are also aware of how addictive smoking is before they even pick up a cigarette yet they still manage to start smoking. Out of the millions of people in our country that have smoked know the difficult that it takes to quit smoking. The process of quitting smoking is a psychological battle that the person who is trying to quit has to overcome. There are many factors that
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weight and can even be overweight. Hypoxemia is seen in both stages of disease but in patients with chronic bronchitis‚ cor pulmonale develops early. Treatment for COPD are monitoring the disease‚ smoking cessation‚ medications such as steroid inhalers and oxygen therapy. As well as‚ surgery and lung transplant. Just to name a few. Mr. C. is admitted to the hospital for shortness of breath. He has previously been diagnosed with COPD‚ hypertension‚ depression‚ obesity and sleep apnea. He has been
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CU2624 Administer Medication to Individuals and Monitor the Effects. 1.1. The Medicines Act Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations The Health and Safety at Work Act The Misuse of Drugs Act The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations Health and Social Care Act Essential Standards Data Protection Act Hazardous Waste Regulations The Care Act 2015 Training provided by my company and attending mandatory updating. Policies and Procedures in relation to medication that are online
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Prevention is the most important phase of treating medical emergencies‚ despite all the efforts of prevention emergencies will still occur. An emergency is a medical condition that requires immediate treatment. Emergencies do occur in the dental offices. A survey of 4‚000dentists conducted by Fast and others revealed an incidence of 7.5 emergencies per dentist over a 10 year period. Here are three steps to prevent medical emergencies in the dental office: Medical History‚ Patient Evaluation‚ and
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P3 - Explain relevant sections of key legislation and associated guidelines with regard to the administration of medicines This booklet will be explaining how Acts and regulations are applied to prescribing‚ dispensing‚ administering‚ storage and disposal of medication in care homes. Medicines Act 1968 + amendments The Act controls supply of the medications. This act states that medicines supplied or sold at a pharmacy under the management of a qualified pharmacist. Then again‚ a few medications
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Medication The aspirin or acetaminophen should be taken if the person has headaches or fevers. If it’s a bacteria bronchitis antibiotics may be prescribed to kill the bacteria‚ however if it’s a viral infection. The doctor will prescribe you with an inhaler if the person has been wheezing. There are also medications you can buy without prescription this will help to break up or loosen the mucus the medication is called (guaifenesin). Take plenty of rest This is to help the persons breathing improve
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Relievers are fast acting medications to treat acute symptoms and come in the form of short-acting bronchodilators known as albuterol. This medication is commonly known as a Ventolin inhaler. Preventers are used to reduce symptoms and asthma attacks as long-acting bronchodilators. They are also taken as an inhaler but in the form of corticosteroids and only once a
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