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    muscle in a woman’s uterus or womb helps to push out the baby out of the mother’s body. Smooth muscles in the bladder give people the ability to hold in their urine and help excrete urine. The last main muscle cell is the cardiac cell, controls the beating of the heart. Cardiac muscles continually contracts (become smaller) and relaxes (becomes larger), pumping blood around your body 60 to 70 times a minute, 100,00 times a…

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    the cardiac cell. Myofibrils, a collection of individual sarcomeres, enable contraction and relaxation of the myocyte. The sarcomere is the chief contractile unit of the cell. It is made up of two main proteins, myosin (thick filament) and actin (thin filament), as well as two regulatory proteins, tropomyosin and troponin. In order for the myocyte to contract and shorten it must receive a stimulus allowing myosin and actin to interact. This stimulus comes from the depolarization of the cardiac…

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    Cpr Informative Speech

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    Saving Lives, Outside the Hospital (Informative Speech) Bradley Dryden, Western Governor's University General purpose: To inform Specific purpose: To inform the general public of the need and efficacy of compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Thesis statement: Any attempt to perform CPR is better then no attempt at CPR. I. Introduction Imagine this situation. You are at a family dinner. Everyone is enjoying conversation after the meal, and you notice uncle Leroy with a worried look…

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    Wound Case Studies

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    Patients after Open Heart Surgery Wound infections can occur in adult patients who have open heart surgery, whether via bacteria or virus. According to the Hussain, Mannan, and Ali (2012), “sternal and mediastinal infection is a serious complication of cardiac surgical procedures performed…

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    opened his eyes, was sent to hospital, and was released a few days later. Another story includes Ralph Harms, 78, and his son Joe, and his friend Doug Green. After a great shot, he exclaimed “Yeah baby!” and collapsed right there on the course from cardiac arrest. Luckily four years ago, Joe was shown by Ralph how to do chest compressions. While Doug called 911, Joe continued, while performing CPR, Ralph’s heart started and stopped 3 times. He would not have survived and spent 3 days in a…

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    Cpr Persuasive Speech

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    they know what to do when a person goes into cardiac arrest. In school as long as the student has a year of training in CPR and as long as they can past a CPR written test and then pass a test performed on a manikin baby and adult manikin they will receive a certification in CPR. In order to graduate a student would have to take one year of CPR. If a child knows CPR they don’t have to feel helpless when a family member or another person goes into cardiac arrest they can perform CPR and save a…

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    Case Study on Sam the Runner Presented by: Jaclyn Kerby Meagan Greathouse Krista Young Erin Lofton Suzauna Adams Glossary Arrhythmia: occurs when the heart no longer beats in a pattern considered regular or normal. Cardiac arrest: the sudden loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness caused by abnormal or irregular heart rhythms (ex: ventricular fibrillation) Cardiomyopathy: a disease of the heart muscle (myocardium), may be acquired or hereditary…

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    defined as a core body temperature of 35°C (95°F) or lower. It should be treated as a medical emergency. Shivering is an early sign. Patients with severe hypothermia (core temperature less than 32°C) may appear dead or may have hypotension, apnea or cardiac arrhythmias. Hematologic, respiratory, renal and endocrine abnormalities are common in severe hypothermia.” 1 Hypothermia can result from many different scenarios. A common…

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    Essay On Stem Cells

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    us to gather new facts about the human body. Therefore, to completely understand how these cells affect our bodies, one must first be aware of the different types of muscles, which include skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles. Skeletal muscle is a muscle that is connected to the skeleton, while cardiac muscle, also called myocardial, is the muscular tissue of…

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    exercise can strengthen cardiac and respiratory variables by having them become more efficient (Salmon et al., 2003). As one exercises, work rate increases and the body must match the necessities of the respiratory and…

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