First Blood

Cancers of the blood-forming organs are known are Leukemias, or “blood cancers”. Leukemia is a cancer that begins in the blood-forming tissue and floods the bloodstream with abnormal white blood cells. Most commonly, Leukemia will begin in the bone marrow or lymphatic system, both blood-forming tissues. Leukemia will involve white blood cells, which are normally responsible for fighting off infection. However, the white blood cells are abnormal, rendering them defective. First, the white blood…

devices in a flow loop system with specifications similar to that of a human cardiovascular system. Various designers of mock circulatory loops have come with their designs of the mock circulatory flow loop that represents the cardio vascular flow of blood through the heart. The parameters representing the true condition have to be accurate for better performance testing. Also the ability to simulate different physiological conditions within the loop should that are favorable for testing of…

it pumps blood out of the heart and then relaxes as the heart refills with returning blood. The Myocardium’s smooth outer membrane is called the epicardium and its inner lining is called the endocardium. The heart muscle like any other organ or tissue in your body needs oxygen-rich blood and nutrients to function properly. A system called the Coronary Circulation is part of its own Vascular System, which is when the blood is supplied to the heart through circulation of blood in the blood…

HOW TO ASSESS AND CARE FOR TRAUMA PATIENTS Introduction: Trauma nursing can be very scary, if you don’t know what you are doing, with this set of instructions I will allow you to gain confidence in your emergency nursing practice which enable you to be better prepared in a trauma situation. For documentation of these steps please follow your facilities guide lines, but there is an example of a trauma documentation flow sheet on the final page of these instructions. This is basic information and…

administration. A number of phases occur once the drug enters into contact with the gastro intestinal wall, these are described using the acronym ADME, starting with the mechanisms of absorption, which is the process by which a substance enters the blood circulation. Distribution, where the dispersion or dissemination of substances throughout the fluids and tissues of the body. ADME also include the process of metabolism, which is also known as biotransformation, it is inactivation of the…

measuring this, the first thing that is important to know is what a muscle is and how it works. According to Medicine net a muscle is “the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power.” A muscle is also used for movement and keeping body parts in their right positions. There are 3 different types of muscles, Skeletal which is generally the muscle connected to the bone. Then there is the Cardiac which is only found in the heart, it is responsible for pumping blood through the…

(in text) The illness can also spread through sexual contact, from mother to child, and through blood transfusion, although these forms of contact are not as likely. Symptoms that are associated with the Zika virus are very common to the dengue and chikungunya viruses , so individuals who are infected by the disease are not aware, and the virus can…

Tonsillectomies are among the most common surgical procedures performed on children. Children younger than 15 years of age receive more than 530,000 tonsillectomies each year in the United States.1 The most common surgical indications are recurrent upper respiratory infections and sleep apnea caused by airway obstruction.1 After the 1970s, indications of surgical necessity have gone from being associated with infections to being more commonly caused by upper airway obstruction.2 Tonsillectomies…

immune system initiates an antibody response of IgM and IgG antibodies against the virus. Thus, serological or blood test and ELISA is use to diagnose the disease. These tests look for the presence of immunoglobulins. Reverse transcriptase PCR is use in labs for diagnosis because the virus is an alpha virus, single strand RNA (WHO, 2015). Once infected, the virus first travels via the blood stream and lymph and multiplies in the lymph nodes, liver, spleen and muscles. Ultimately, the virus…

Every minute, the heart pumps about 1.5 gallons of blood through the body. The heart is “just above the diaphragm, between the right and left lungs” (Balaban 197). About two-thirds of the heart are located on the left side of the chest, while only about one-third of the heart is located on the right side of the ribcage. The cardiovascular system provides a transport system between the heart and lungs. The heart’s most important function is to indulge indispensable nutrients to the tissues and to…