Respiratory Physiology – outline notes By at September 15‚ 2011 | 6:43 am | Print Respiratory System I. Functions: A. Provides area for gas exchange between air and blood B. Moves air to and from area of gas exchange C. Protects gas exchange surfaces D. Sound production E. Provides olfactory sensations to the CNS F. Capillaries in lungs produce angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) II. 4 Respiratory processes A. Pulmonary ventilation (breathing) 1. Move air in and out of lungs B. External
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) SARS is a flu like disease that is easily spread‚ and causes respiratory illness. It is caused by the Coronavirus pathogen. SARS can be a concerning disease due to how easily it can infect a population‚ but it can be also be treated by a Doctor. In the past there have been about 10‚000 reported cases of SARS and death rate of 9.6%. Most of the cases were due to the 2003 outbreak of SARS which are some of the last documented cases. SARS is not one of the world’s
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I have chosen to discuss “Electronic Distractions of the Respiratory Therapist and Their Impact on Patient Safety” by Peter Papadakos. According to Richtel‚ Peter is “an anesthesiologist and director of critical care at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York”. As a medical professional‚ Peter had witnessed the effect of electronics first-hand in Medicare and wrote the article about it. The article centers around characteristics of professionalism and socialization within the profession
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Supporting organizations of Respiratory Therapy There are several organizations that support Respiratory therapists. These organizations support respiratory therapists in many ways such as continuing education and research‚ certifying therapists‚ and setting standards for therapists these organizations give respiratory therapists the support they need to be successful. I am going to tell you a little about each of the 4 organizations that play a role in the success of respiratory therapists.
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Bio Lab: The Effect of Exercise on The Respiratory and Circulatory Systems Ellie Cookson Communication: 2. As the graphs show‚ both breathing rates and pulse rates spike significantly between the resting rates and immediately after exercise. Average breathing rates went from 26.7 breaths/min at sitting rate to 46.4 breaths/min during or immediately after exercise. Pulse rates also increased quite dramatically‚ going from an average of 65 beats/min at rest rate to an average of 100.3 beats/min
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Curiosity: What is the effect of temperature of saline on cardiac output? HYPOTHESIS: Cardiac output is higher in a hot saline and low in cold saline temperature parameters. Educated Guess Answer: Phenomenally cardiac output is supposed to rise in hot saline conditions and drastically go down in cold saline conditions. Normalising Data Table 2.1: Cardiac output normalised data of frogs in normal‚ hot and cold saline conditions Normal Hot Cold FROG SV(mV/beat) HR(beat/min) Cardiac output(L/min)
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Respiratory Case Study 1. Differentiate between hospital acquired (nosocomial) and community acquired pneumonia. Nosocomial pneumonia is acquired during a hospital stay. It happens when a patient is admitted into the hospital with a medical diagnosis that they are hoping to be treated for and contract the infection of pneumonia through the spread of germs. “Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) clinically presents more than seven days after hospitalization with new fever‚ pulmonary infiltrates‚ and leukocytosis
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different medical careers and came upon respiratory therapy. I have a family friend that works as a respiratory therapist and when I started asking questions I became very intrigued. I signed up to job shadow for a day and instantly fell in love with the work! Being a respiratory therapist ties in my passion of wanting to help people and the challenge‚ I enjoy of constantly learning new things.
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Background of the Study In the generation today‚ drastic advancement of technology brought a great impact to humans’ life in different aspects. It became one of the basic things that needs in people’s daily lives. The appearance of technology offers many advantages to us. Specifically‚ the main aim of technology is to make ones’ life easier and convenient by providing useful and profitable things. Living in a century of new technologies‚ it is almost
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forests‚ and other natural resources. Even as early as the middle ages‚ farmers in the East and what would become South America realized the need for crop rotation to prevent soil erosion. In Europe‚ the plague prompted improvements in the public health system‚ particularly to improve the water. Also‚ due to Englanders nearly depleting all of their forests‚ they switched to coal—a resource that would later cause many more health problems‚ especially in the larger cities. Beyond that‚ as health problems
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