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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BLOOD 1. The important components of blood include plasma‚ erythrocytes‚ and leukocytes. Red blood cells or erythrocytes account for 45 % of the blood. Leukocytes or white blood cells‚ aid in protecting the body from disease as well as platelets. Platelets function to inhibit excessive bleeding from the body. The plasma layer is another layer that constitutes the majority of blood. 2. The Plasma is straw coloured. It has 90% water‚ 7%proteins and 3% other substances. The Plasma protects the
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Blood a journey through the body. You might find yourself asking‚ what does blood have to do with digestion‚ respiration and circulation? Hopefully‚ after the presentation all of your questions will be answered. When a person thinks of digestion they usually think about what happens in the stomach. A lot has happened to digest the food way before it gets to the stomach. It starts in the mouth or oral cavity. It is a process called mechanical digestion. First‚ Mastication begins. Mastication
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Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation (ABG) Arterial Blood Gas Analysis is used to measure the partial pressures of oxygen (PaO2)‚ carbon dioxide (PaCO2)‚ and the pH of an arterial blood sample. Oxygen content (O2CT)‚ oxygen saturation (SaO2)‚ and bicarbonate (HCO3-) values are also measured. A blood sample for ABG analysis may be drawn by percutaneous arterial puncture from an arterial line. The ABG analysis is mainly used to evaluate gas exchange in the lungs. It is also used to assess integrity of
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Juan Villacis COMM 1402-02 December 9‚ 2013 Title: MORE PEOPLE SHOULD DONATE BLOOD. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: How many people have donated blood before? Does anybody know how many people can be saved by one donation? One donation can help save the lives of up to three people and since blood is an essential substance that cannot be manufactured‚ It can only come from volunteer donors (RedCrossBlood.org.‚2013) B. Tie to Audience: Many people feel scared when they see needles and most
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Normal What is normal? In my opinion‚ there is no definite answer to this question. Normal is a word that is relative to time and space. Normal is‚ and always will be‚ in a constant state of change‚ today’s normal is not the same as twenty years ago‚ and it will be different ten years from now. However when you consider the way this word came about‚ you may be surprised. Normal comes from the Latin word normalis‚ which refers to a carpenter’s right angle. When you think of a right angle‚ it is
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MANUAL BLOOD PRESSURE ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE 2 Abstract: Taking a blood pressure reading is very important in the medical field. It is a way to detect cardiovascular health and treatment effectiveness. Blood pressure readings are one of the most popular tests being done in the healthcare setting. Recording a blood pressure consists of a number of steps‚ which were recently revised by the American Heart Association in the past few years. Because of the endless amount of misled readings and
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Blood In Blood Out Thesis: Trying to prove people wrong about where your true roots are it sometimes might not be as easy as we might expect. Many of us have gone through many obstacles trying to be accepted with people of our own ethnicity and at times this fails either because of your physical appearance or the way you’re perceived by others. What is the context of the film? Blood in Blood out directed by Taylor Hackford‚ focuses on half brothers Paco and Cruz‚ and biracial cousin
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The Normal and Lognormal Distributions John Norstad j-norstad@northwestern.edu http://www.norstad.org February 2‚ 1999 Updated: November 3‚ 2011 Abstract The basic properties of the normal and lognormal distributions‚ with full proofs. We assume familiarity with elementary probability theory and with college-level calculus. 1 1 DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSITIONS 1 Definitions and Summary of the Propositions ∞ √ Proposition 1: −∞ 2 2 1 e−(x−µ) /2σ
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use it to produce nutrients for the cell. During this process‚ water molecules are broken down into oxygen and hydrogen atoms which are then released in the air. In the very early days of life‚ Earth was populated only by anaerobic bacteria that didn’t need oxygen to survive. When cyanobacteria first made their appearance and started engaging in their photosynthetic reactions‚ large amounts of oxygen were suddenly released in the atmosphere. This lead to what is known as the Great Oxygenation Event
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