Decompression sickness

committed suicide on January 22nd, 2016. We will never be able to understand the true effects of depression unless we suffer first hand. Until then, we should allow for proper catharsis without prior judgment or criticism. Similarly, image number two, Sickness & Depression, also supports the idea that society underestimates the exact effects of…

High Altitude Training In fairly recent times, fitness as well as health and wellness has become rather popular. Along with this popularity has come methods and tools to provide for individuals who may not have access to the items or locations in which are prime for training. One particular training methodology is called “high altitude training”, and it is literally what it sounds like: training at high altitudes. The “official” ranges of altitude that are accepted are: sea level (0…

Life seems to have endless possibilities and opportunities. Some may be beneficial, whereas others may have no benefit to one’s life. In the book Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, the characters will have the opportunity to go up the tallest mountain in the world. Although their life will be at stake, the opportunity for the climbers is just too good to pass up. When reading this book, one will question the climbers’ ways of thinking and the decisions that they make. As you get further into the…

For my Field Study Day I had a confusing turn of events that caused me to go and a research paper on the movie Everest. My original plan was to volunteer at the Elks Lodge but when we arrived there we couldn’t find anyone and waited an hour and a half before leaving. We tried going to a few places nearby, like a church and a retirement home to ask if there were any volunteer opportunites to no avail. So as a last ditch effort we went to the movies and saw Everest. This movie is based on an…

Thalidomide is a sedative created in the 1950s by a West German pharmaceutical company called Chemie Gruenenthal. Originally it was produced to treat morning sickness, and was used a lot by pregnant women. It was advertised to be safe for both mother and child, because as they tested Thalidomide on rats nothing happened to them, no matter how big the dose of Thalidomide was they got. It was the new wonder drug and sold for 4 years in 46 countries across the world until it got pulled from the…

My paper will talk about Mt. Everest staying open or should they close it. I believe that they should shut it down for a little while. I believe they should shut it down for a little while because there has been like 16 people died there. Since 16 out of 25 people died there they should close it down until they make it safer. That’s some reasons they should close it down for a little while. The mountain is the biggest in the world and people want to climb it. People have the right to climb it…

Q1) State the normal values for the partial pressure of O2 at sea level (with barometric pressure of 760 mmHg) in the following a. Inspired air b. Alveolar air c. Arterial blood d. Venous blood 1a- 149mmHg 1b-100-104 PaO2(mmHg) 1c-95-100mmHg 1d-40-50 mmHg Q2) Interpret the probable underlying cause when a person becomes unconscious and dies on exposure to an atmospheric pressure of 200 mmHg. When the human body is suddenly exposed to this pressure…

many dangers that affect humans as they participate in this activity. Pulmonary embolisms and decompression sickness are just two out of many dangers, and they develop because of increased…

while under water; increase pressure from venturing to further depths for example, and how the gasses plus the pressure can harm the human body. Most people would know the common problems SCUBA divers face; the most commonly known would be Decompression Illness/Sickness or as SCUBA divers would call, it “the bends” (Due to the painful feeling in the joints caused by Nitrogen bubbles forming in the body). Other…

There has been a long history of animal experimentation especially in the cosmetic and medical industries. Approximately twenty-six million animals undergo painful suffering or death due to testing (ProCon). Many people argue we would not be where we are today if not for animal testing. However, with advancements in scientific and medical technology animal testing is no longer a morally defensible practice. Not only are there alternative methods, but animals are biologically different from human…