...My colleague presented a case to me involving a man named “Bob”. The patient “Bob” is an only child that grew up in a religious household. His father was a warm and kind man that worked all the time. Bob only saw his father on the weekends when he was a child due to his father’s work schedule. Bob’s father died about a year ago. Bob’s mother was the disciplinarian and she was very strict. She worked as a janitor initially at his Elementary School and then she became his high school librarian. Bob seems to have a strained relationship with his mother. Bob attended college and studied psychology. He worked as a psych tech for 14 years. Bob seems cooperative at the session and admits to having no medical problems, but drinks occasionally with...
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... Bob, was an extremely wealthy man in his early forties, just won another million dollars from the state lotto. Bob was on a hot streak winning almost every ticket. Bob also like to bet on the horses. Bob has an addiction. One day bob lost, Bob was mad, He lost a lot of money on a sure fire horse.. Bob bet everything on this horse, The horse broke its leg out of the gate, Game over. Bob was broke, he had no money, just his car and nice house. Bob sold his house and his car, he bought a old ugly beater car. He again bet everything on another horse, and he lost again. Bob lives in his car, Bob is now in this fifties and still living in his car, Bob never reached out for help. Would you of helped Bob if he asked? Gambling is very addictive, there should be more publicly known programs, like AA, to help the people who have an addiction. The lotto should be harder to get tickets. More than a million adolescents are already addicted to gambling, starting at a young age (Grey). People with gambling addictions have problems, But it’s their own problems, They need to better manage their money, and not make everyone else feel bad for their mistakes. In stores and gas stations all around the united states there are machines just sitting there, filled with instant scratch off lotto tickets, All you do is put money in and pick the ticket you want. In gas stations where you have to ask the clerk to grab your ticket, have lower sales than the machines, The machines are convenient, you're...
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...High Blood Pressure and Your Kidneys About 65 million Americans have high blood pressure, but as many as one third—or three in 10—don't even know it. There are usually no signs or symptoms that your blood pressure is too high. That is why it is important to have your blood pressure checked on a regular basis, especially if you have a family history of the disease or are at risk for other reasons. (See “What causes high blood pressure?” on page 3.) Do you know these facts about high blood pressure? I It is called a “silent killer” because you can have it for years without knowing it. It is a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes and chronic kidney disease. Controlling high blood pressure reduces the risk of these complications. High blood pressure can often be controlled by losing excess weight, exercising more, not smoking and cutting down on salt. I I I What is blood pressure? Blood pressure is measured with a blood pressure cuff that is wrapped around your upper arm. The person taking your blood pressure (you can learn to do it yourself) pumps air into the cuff and then slowly lets it out while listening for the sound of your pulse. The top number in your blood pressure reading is called the systolic pressure and the bottom number is called the diastolic pressure. Your reading might be 120/80, which is said as “120 over 80.” The top number is the pressure when your heart beats. The bottom number is the pressure when your heart rests between beats. ...
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...Blood Disorders Shanna Strouble HCA/240 Jerrica Ampadu Blood is an important part of life and plays a vital role in the protection against infections, and the transportation of oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. “Other functions of blood include: the transportation of hormones, the regulation of the body’s acidity levels, and body temperature.” (What is blood? What does blood do? September 12 2014. p1)Last updated: 12 Sep 2014 It is made up of several different portions of what is referred to as blood components. Those components consist of blood cells, blood plasma and platelets. There are two types of blood cells; red and white, with both having to major functions that are important to sustain life. The red blood cells help carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body and then returns carbon dioxide from the body to the lungs so it can be exhaled. Due to a special protein called hemoglobin. They account for about 40-45 percent of the body's blood, which appears red because of its large number. There are two main populations of white blood cells, which are T lymphocytes and B lymphocytes. The T lymphocytes help regulate the function of other immune cells and directly attack various infected cells and tumors. The B lymphocytes make antibodies, which are proteins that specifically target bacteria, viruses, and other foreign materials. Blood plasma is another crucial essential to life because it is the fluid that carries blood cells, palates and other components...
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...for Informative Speech Title: Blood of Life Speaker: Specific Purpose: At the conclusion of my speech, the audience will know what happens to blood from its’ creation in your own body, to the process of donation and subsequent use in transfusion. Central Idea: How blood is created in your body, and the process from donation to transfusion. Introduction I. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines blood as, “the fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins of a vertebrate animal carrying nourishment and oxygen to and bringing away waste products from all parts of the body.” II. Blood is the essence of life itself, created in our own bodies, in the bone marrow. III. Blood donation is a relatively simple process that can save lives. IV. We can trace our own blood supply from creation to transfusion; looking at how blood is created and used by the body, how blood is collected and donated, and what happens to it after donation. Transition: So, let’s get right to the marrow, inside the bones where it all begins. Body I. According to the Puget Sound Blood Center, blood is produced by the bone marrow inside your bones. A. Three kinds of blood cells are produced inside the marrow: red blood cells, disease fighting white blood cells, and blood clotting platelets B. From the bone marrow these cells enter the circulatory system, your blood vessels. 1. Here...
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...2. What were the specifi c eff ects of the Lasix, hot water, and alcohol on the couple’s blood pressure? 3. What could the body have done to reverse the decreasing blood pressure, if it had been possible? 4. Identify several procedures that might have helped save the couple if they had been found unconscious but still above water and alive. Essay Put yourself in the role of Detective Garrison. You must now write a report explaining what Renee might have said with regard to the above questions. You should use all of your knowledge about blood pressure and the information from this case to explain each of the following aspects of blood pressure and discuss their relation to the above questions. Describe the role of the nervous system, adrenal glands, kidneys and pituitary as appropriate to the relation of each of the seven factors listed below: 1. Peripheral resistance 2. Heart rate 3. Venous return 4. Stroke volume 5. Cardiac output 6. End systolic and diastolic2. What were the specifi c eff ects of the Lasix, hot water, and alcohol on the couple’s blood pressure? 3. What could the body have done to reverse the decreasing blood pressure, if it had been possible? 4. Identify several procedures that might have helped save the couple if they had been found unconscious but still above water and alive. Essay Put yourself in the role of Detective Garrison. You must now write a report explaining what Renee might have said with regard to the above questions. You should...
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...Heart failure is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood through the body. When this happens, parts of the body do not get the blood and oxygen needed for them to function properly. This can cause symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, and confusion. There is no cure for heart failure. However, following your health care provider's instructions about a healthy lifestyle and being treated with medicines can help you stay active and live longer. The types of medicine you are prescribed will depend on your symptoms and what is causing the heart failure. In some cases, you may need to take more than one medicine. It is important to talk to your health care provider about all the medicines you are taking, how...
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...I am taking a chemistry class and we have been asked to write a chemistry paper for the final assignment. When I started thinking about a topic the wheels started to turn. I than found myself asking the question, what is chemistry exactly? Chemistry is the scientific study of interactions of a chemical substance that are constituted of atoms or the subatomic particles that include protons, electrons, and neutrons. Atoms combine the produce molecules or crystals. Chemistry is often called "the central science" because it connects the other natural sciences such as astronomy, physics, material science, biology, and geology. The genesis of chemistry can be traced to certain practices, known as alchemy, which had been practiced for several millennia in various parts of the world. Then I wonder that a chemical reaction is. A chemical reaction is a transformation of some substances into one or more other substances. It can be symbolically depicted through a chemical equation. The number of atoms on the left and the right in the equation for a chemical transformation is most often equal. The nature of chemical reactions is that a substance may undergo the energy changes that may accompany it are constrained by certain basic rules, known as chemical laws. So what is a chemical law? Chemical laws are those laws of nature relevant to chemistry. The most fundamental concept in chemistry is the law of conservation of mass, which states that there is no detectable change in the quantity...
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...Case 3.1 Your mother calls you in a panic. She tells you that your brother is in the emergency department of the local hospital being treated for “blood poisoning.” She knows that you have been doing your clinical rotations in Nursing school, and she wants to know what kinds of poison can get in the blood and whether they can be treated. 1. Is “blood poisoning” really the result of a poison? “Blood poisoning” is not a medical term. However, it is sometimes used to refer to the growth of microbes in the blood. “Blood poisoning” is the result of an infection of the blood, not poison. 2. What medical term would more accurately describe your brother’s diagnosis, rather than “blood poisoning”? Septicemia is the medical term that is used to refer to the growth of microbes in the blood. Sepsis, a related term, can refer to microbes OR toxins in the blood. Other related terms can refer to the specific type of microbe infecting the blood: for example, bacteremia refers to bacterial infection of the blood. 3. What type of microbes commonly cause blood poisoning? 4. Is blood poisoning a serious condition? How can it be treated? Once you explain more about this condition to your mother, she starts to calm down, realizing that your brother is getting good care at the hospital. But she still has some questions, and she asks you to come with her to the hospital to get more information. At the hospital, your brother and the attending physician explain...
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...The human body contains blood which is a liquid that constantly circulates through the bodies blood vessels, it provides the body with oxygen, waste removal, and nutrients. The average person's body contains about five liters of blood, this liquid is made up of numerous cells and proteins which makes it thicker than water. About half of the liquid content of blood is made up of plasma, plasma performs various functions such as transporting substances through the blood, and helping blood to clot with different proteins("Heart Health Center,” 2010). Plasma is made up of a protein and salt solution where platelets and red and white blood cells are suspended. There are a variety of functions that plasma serves, it maintains blood pressure and volume to supplying critical proteins for blood clotting and immunity. It also helps to maintain a proper balance in the body by serving as the medium of exchange for minerals vital and critical to cell functioning such as sodium and potassium ("About Blood - Blood Facts,” 2011). Red blood cells get their color from hemoglobin, a complex protein containing iron that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body. Delivering oxygen to different parts of the body and removing waste is vital to one's health because if red blood cells didn't do this, the body would slowly die. Oxygen is transported throughout the blood because as it passes through the lungs the hemoglobin picks up oxygen molecules and as the hemoglobin travels through...
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...Shakespeare uses the implications of blood and its effects in his play Macbeth to show the cycle of violence that repeats throughout the play. Shakespeare first introduces the character of Macbeth as a brave hero. In the first act messengers tell Duncan about Macbeth’s bravery in war. The bloody images used in this act show Macbeth as the hero of war who should be rewarded for his bravery. Thoughts of heroism and bravery fade quickly as plans to murder Duncan for Macbeth’s benefit and power gain arise. Blood quickly changes to a motif of guilt and fear because of the murder that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have committed. Surprisingly Macbeth keeps killing to calm his fear but sheds more blood in the process. The killings result in meeting the unnatural and bloody Macduff, who wants revenge and ends the cycle of violence....
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...Research | What are the cultural and economic values of the Basilica of the Holy Blood that the cultural tourists in Bruges attach to? | Tutor: Greetje KrijgsheldGroup: TM2LMembers: a. Tran Huy Thuc: 322938 b. Tran Le Viet Thao: 331287 c. Elena Loredana Sandu: 294594 | 1/14/2015 1/14/2015 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 3 Introduction 3 Problem statement 3 Overview of the report 3 Chapter 2: Literature review 5 Cultural heritage 5 Basilica of the Holly Blood visitor 6 Needs and demands 6 Cultural values (Intrinsic values) 6 Cultural values subsist the economic value 6 Economic value 7 Direct consumption 7 Indirect consumption 7 Beneficial externality 8 Economic value’s measurements 8 Contingent valuation method 8 Travel cost method 8 Choice modelling 9 Chapter 3: Research design/Methodology 10 Conceptual model 10 Research questions 12 Research method 12 Population and sampling 13 Limitations of the research 13 Chapter 4: Results and analysis 14 Research question 1 14 Research question 2 14 Research question 3 16 Chapter 5: Conclusion and recommendations 19 Appendices 20 Questionnaires matrix 20 SPSS 20 Reference list 26 Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction The Basilica of the Holy Blood is a Roman Catholic basilica in Bruges, Belgium and was originally built in the 12th century as the chapel of the residence of the Count. The uniqueness of the Basilica of Holy Blood lies in its...
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...In Bram Stoker's Dracula, the most blatant and powerful symbol is blood. He takes the blood that means so much to the believers of this legend and has it represent more than even they could imagine. Blood is the main object associated with vampires and vampirism. From a mythical standpoint, it is the basis of life for the vampires as they feed off of the blood of young, vibrant souls. From a more scientific standpoint blood is what would drip out of the corpse's mouth when family members would dig up their dead kin to check for the dreaded disease. Stoker takes the significance of this symbol and puts his own unique twist to the meaning of blood. He combines the traditional folklore of vampirism and the immense sexual undertones of the Victorian era to create a simply horrific tale which completely confuses the emotions of his readers. Stoker knew bloods importance in vampire history and used the overwhelming symbolism to convey his own personal lust and sexual obsessions. The scenes where Lucy is receiving transfusions; first from Holmwood, then from Seward, and the unforgettable vampire baptism between Dracula and Mina all have these very erotic, sexual feelings associated with them. What makes these so powerful is the combination of violence and sex. As a reader, you know that what Dracula is doing are horrific and wrong, but because they are so sexually described and associated you think you should enjoy them, but you can't. This is the confusion which stoker implements into...
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...headquarters and, after reading the medicals examiners complete report, began the process of writing his own explanation of what happened to the Underhill couple. As he wrote, he thought about all that had happened and began to wonder about the physiology associated with the couple’s death. The level of alcohol found by the medical examiner was high but was not necessarily sufficient to cause their death, but was it a contributing factor? Sam knew that Lasix was used to treat high blood pressure and that both alcohol and heat will reduce blood pressure, but he was unsure about the mechanism. He decided to go to The University of Houston and talk to Rene Volenbach, a physiologist in the biology department. Renee patiently explained her answer to each of the following questions posed by the detective. Questions: 1. How does the body regulate blood pressure? * The body has certain mechanisms that help it keep a stable blood pressure or change it when needed. It contains sensors that monitor blood pressure within the walls of arteries that send input signals to the cardiovascular center which sends output signals to the heart and blood vessels to adjust accordingly. 2. What were the specific effects of the Lasix, hot water, and alcohol on the couple’s blood pressure? * Alcohol and Lasix medication should not be mixed due to the effects of sudden drop in blood pressure that could get to the point of orthostatic hypotension, which is caused by standing after sitting or lying...
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...Eugene’s Story A. What are electrolytes and why is the doctor concerned about them with respect to Eugene’s heart and brain? An electrolyte is an ionic compound that breaks apart into positive and negative ions in solution. In solution, electrolytes can conduct an electrical current. The doctor could be concerned about Eugene’s electrolytes because they are critical for controlling water movement throughout the body, maintaining acid-base balance, and conducting nerve and muscle impulses. B. Why would administering bicarbonate to Eugene be advisable if his blood pH was too low? What is the bicarbonate going to do to adjust Eugene’s blood pH? Bicarbonate can act as a weak base. Administering bicarbonate to Eugene should remove the excess acidity from his blood thus bringing his blood pH level to normal. C. Compile the information you currently know about Eugene. What are his vitals? What history do you have? What exam results do you have so far? What further information would help you determine if Eugene’s loss of consciousness was from a chemical imbalance or something else? Eugene’s vitals are pulse rate of 110 bpm, blood pressure 135/80, respirations 25/min, and blood oxygen saturation 97 percent. Eugene is a chronic alcoholic and he is also a diabetic. He also has pancreatitis. CBC and chemistry results show that his electrolytes are below normal. His blood pH is 7.28 which is acidic. His blood glucose levels would be helpful because if that was normal...
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