Arterial blood gas

role in the human circulatory system. The large organ pumps the blood through arteries, veins, and capillaries to distribute oxygen and nutrients to the body. The circulatory system also plays a part in removing our waste products. Humans have double circulation, meaning the blood passes through the heart twice before completing one round; this allows for the blood to be “re-pressurized”. Once the right side of the heart receives blood from the body, it pumps it to the lungs. This is known…

disease refers to a range of diseases that affect the heart and the blood vessels. Among the common ones are heart attacks – blockage of the blood flow to a part of the heart, and ischemic stroke –blockage of a blood vessel that feeds a part of the brain. Other types of cardiovascular disease include heart failure, arrhythmia and heart valves problems. This paper…

difficulty keeping food or liquids down. She states she has been “taking more than the recommended dose of antacids to help with nausea symptoms”. She has become dehydrated, so an IV has been placed and fluids have been started. She also has had an arterial blood gas (ABG) drawn that has shown acid-base deficits. This paper will discuss how a focused history, physical exam, nursing diagnosis and the nursing process of care is important in helping this patient get better. It will also discuss the…

types of blood vessels? Which vessels carry blood towards the heart? Which carry blood away from the heart? Where does gas exchange occur? The functions of the cardiovascular system are: pumping blood to body tissues and organs; maintaining homeostasis; and transport gases, waste, and hormones. The different types of blood vessels are: arteries, capillaries, and veins. The vessels that carry blood towards the heart are veins and the vessels that carry blood away from the heart are arteries. Gas…

Permissive hypotension, hemostatic resuscitation and damage control surgery are the tools used in trauma-bay resuscitation. Hemostatic resuscitation is further subdivided in massive transfusion, targeted warming, near patient coagulation testing and arterial blood gas analysis. The target is to achieve as soon as possible normothermia,…

respiratory system in this process and its relationship with the cardiovascular system is best explained in 4 main steps. 1. “Uptake in the lungs 2. Carrying capacity of blood 3. Global delivery from lungs to tissue 4. Cellular use of oxygen” (Treacher &…

the systolic and diastolic pressure. The systolic or top pressure is defined as the amount of pressure exerted on the blood vessels when the ventricle is contract (systole). The pressure is due to the force produced as the blood is ejected contacted with the blood vessel’s wall. On the other hand, the diastolic or bottom pressure is defined as the amount of pressure of the blood vessels when the heart is at rest (diastole). DISCUSSION A) Pulse pressure In simplest words, the pulse pressure…

Introduction: Photosynthesis is the process used by plants, algae and some bacteria, to use the energy from the sunlight to transform carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. The equation for photosynthesis is: carbon dioxide + water light energy glucose + oxygen. Chloroplasts are an organelle found in the leaves of green plants and are essential in photosynthesis as they are responsible for producing the glucose and storing the energy. Photosynthesis is vital for all life on…

Procedure: Before beginning each experiment, remove all clutter from the workstation and read the directions for the experiments thoroughly. Part 1: Warm slightly more than 300 mL of water to approximately 70 degrees Celsius. Measure out 150 mL of water into the coffee cup calorimeter. Take the temperature of this water in the coffee cup calorimeter once it has reached a steady temperature. Then, add an ice cube approximately the size of a large marshmallow. Stir the ice and water and measure…

This reaction involves very intricate and steps that are critical to understanding the concept of equilibrium as a whole. First, an important concept to understand when describing any reaction is the idea of collision probability. When we examine gas molecules in a 1 cm3 container, there can be billions of collisions per second between neighboring molecules, and even then, maybe only one of these collisions result in a reaction. If any one collision occurs, the only way they will react to form a…