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    [pic][pic][pic] EDEXCEL LEVEL 3 BTEC ‘SPORT’ |UNIT NUMBER 2 | |UNIT TITLE THE PHYSIOLOGY OF | |FITNESS | |CREDIT VALUE 5

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    Nurses Role when caring for patients who have bariatric surgery; The good‚ the bad‚ the ugly Andrea K. & Jessie L. Montana State University Obesity affects more than one-third of U.S. adults (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Obesity is defined by World Health Organization as an individual that has a BMI greater than 30. Obesity alone can hinder a person’s daily living lifestyle. However along with obesity come several co-morbidities that can

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    PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Medical Diagnosis: Cholecystitis/Cholelithiasis Nursing Diagnosis: Activity intolerance r/t laparoscopic abdominal incisions AEB SOB during ambulation‚ increased respirations at 38‚ O2 sat 80% room air after walking 50 ft. Normal Physiology: The gallbladder is situated inferior to the liver. The gallbladder is a structure that functions as a storage space for bile that is produced in the liver. The liver produces and secretes bile

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    Showing cardiovascular and ventilatory responses at rest and during exercise Abstract Objective: The objective of this experiment is to analyse how the cardiovascular and respiratory parameters are affected by steady state exercise. Method: The experiment was split into two stages‚ rest and exercise. A spirometer‚ an ECG‚ a Douglas bag and a blood pressure monitor were used at rest on the subject. In the exercise phase a Douglas bag and the blood pressure monitor were used to measure the subject’s

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    Aging is something that continuously happens throughout life‚ which produces a lot of changes throughout the body. With that being said‚ many changes throughout the body affect the respiratory system. As individuals age‚ bones of the body become thin‚ weak‚ and change shape. The ribcage is affected by this change and can alter a person’s breathing as it becomes unable to expand and contract the way it used to. Muscles in the body also become weak. If the muscle that supports breathing‚ called the

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    Exercise 7: Respiratory System Mechanics: Activity 2: Comparative Spirometry Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 5 out of 5 questions correctly. 1. A normal resting tidal volume is expected to be around You correctly answered: d. 500 ml. 2. Which respiratory process is impaired the most by emphysema? You correctly answered: c. expiration 3. During an asthma attack You correctly answered: b. inspiration and expiration are impaired. 4. During moderate aerobic exercise‚ which

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    Healthy people 2020 objectives related to adolescent is to reduce use of cigarettes use by adolescents by 3.5 percent and the initiation of cigarette use by 2 percent. Another goal would be to reduce the number of adolescents that are exposed to cigarette smoke by 4.5 percent. Statistics from Healthy People 2020 show that in 2008 and 2009 19.5 percent of adolescents were current smokers‚ 6.3 percent had just begun smoking in the past 12 months‚ and 45.5 percent of adolescents who do not smoke were

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    A 60-year-old patient presents for a routine checkup. He is a former cigarette smoker with a 60-pack-year smoking history‚ but he quit smoking 5 years ago. He denies any chest pain‚ cough‚ shortness of breath‚ or weight loss. Which of the following is the most appropriate screening method for lung cancer in this patient? A: 3 consecutive sputum samples for cytology B: Chest radiography • The reason this is the wrong answer is because there is no mortality benefit that is associated with the yearly

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    HOLISTIC EDUCATION IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (OSH) AT UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG (UMP) M.I.Mohd Fadzil (Ph.D)‚ S.Ezrin Hani‚ A.J. Mohammad Ezuan‚ I. Norazura‚ M.Z. Mohd Zuzainy ‚ S.A. Afiza‚ S. Nurud Suria‚ A. Norhidayah Occupational Safety and Health Programme Department of Technology Management Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Management‚ University Malaysia Pahang‚ Lebuhraya Tun Razak‚ 26300 Gambang Kuantan‚ Pahang. INTRODUCTION Issues on Occupational Safety

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    Respiratory System Respiration: The primary function of the respiratory system is to obtain oxygen gas for cell metabolism and remove carbon dioxide waste. Describe each of the following general processes of respiration. Ventilation- air is moved into and out of the lungs so the gases there are continuously changed and refreshed external respiration- oxygen diffuses from the lungs to the blood‚ and carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood to the lungs gas transport- oxygen is transported

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