Potassium bicarbonate

According to ABC News there have been 31 school shootings in the USA since 1999. School districts don't need to be convinced that school shootings are dangerous. They were recognized as a problem long ago. But how can a fire extinguisher help with that? They can't stop them, but are amazing for self defense. So say a school shooting was to take place, the school would into lockdown. Then the shooter gets into a classroom. The teacher has no choice but to fight them in an attempt to save the students. if the teacher were equipped with a fire extinguisher this would be a much more successful attempt. Fire extinguishers are officially filled with potassium bicarbonate and carbon dioxide (CO2), not immediately deadly, but harmful and disarming. According to the Bureau of land Management the symptoms of concentrated inhalation of CO2 are dizziness, heavy breathing, distorted vision, nausea, and in severe cases death. With a fire extinguisher on hand the teacher could easily spray the shooter on their entrance into the classroom. The chemical mixture is undoubtedly enough to slow down, disarm, or even knock the attacker unconscious. And in desperate circumstances, the teacher could even just take advantage of the attacker's vulnerability and hit them with the actual fire extinguisher. A definite way for teachers to be equipped to defend themselves against…

According to Aoi and Marunaka (2014), regulation of body fluid pH is one of the most important physiological functions of homeostasis, because activity of most chemical reactions via enzyme proteins is dependent on fluid pH. After the homeostasis has maintain, the lungs and the kidneys have to work together to keep the blood system in the normal range to help maintain the blood by affecting the components of the ammonia. The function of bicarbonate buffer is important because, the bicarbonate…

Acid-Base Case study 1 The acid base balance of the body is mainly regulated by respiratory and renal system together with the body ‘buffer system. For the body to function normally, the hydrogen ion (H+) needs to be concentrated within a narrow range, represented as pH, which determines the acidity and alkalinity of a solution. Changes in the bicarbonate (HCO3) concentration causes metabolic acidosis or metabolic alkalosis while changes in the rate of alveolar ventilation and carbon dioxide…

Alka-Seltzer pill has completely dissolved, the solution becomes a homogeneous mixture. A homogeneous mixture is used to describe a mixture with a composition that remains consistent and has a single phase throughout the mixture. A homogeneous mixture is made up of only one uniform. The ingredients of an Alka-Seltzer pill consist of 324mg of aspirin, 1625mg of sodium hydrogen carbonate, 965mg of citric acid anhydrous, dimeticone, calcium silicate, docusate sodium, sodium benzoate sodium…

Metabolic alkalosis is when the blood had too much bicarbonate. This can occur from prolonged vomiting. What causes metabolic alkalosis? metabolic alkalosis is prevalent when your body loses an abundant amount of acid and gains too much base. This can occur due to access vomiting in result of this you will lose some electrolytes over use of diuretics, adrenal disease and losing large amounts of potassium and sodium amongst other conditions. The symptoms can vary as always non-serious conditions…

alkalosis that is hyperventilation. There are two main common causes also, these include panic attacks and anxiety. Other possible causes are heart attack, pain, drug use, asthma, COPD, infection, pulmonary embolism, and pregnancy. Some symptoms that occur with someone who has this condition are dizziness, bloating, light-headedness, numbness, muscle spasms, confusion, dry mouth, tingling in arms, heart palpitations, and feeling short of breath. Compensatory Mechanisms. In respiratory…

overdosing, and cardiac arrest. Treatment for acute respiratory acidosis will include finding out the underlying cause and then treating the underlying cause. A really good example would be if the person had an airway obstruction causing acidosis. The person would need to have the airway cleared and possibly be placed on a ventilation for respiratory relief. The ventilation would certainly give the body time to correct the unbalance homeostasis with adequate amount of oxygen and balance of pH in…

com/ki/journal/v38/n5/index.html. The reason I chose this article is because we have been going over potassium and action potential in class I have been extremely interested in potassium, part of this is because hyperkalemia is one of the few electrolyte imbalances we can start treatment for in a pre-hospital setting. The article was very informative and allowed me a new learning opportunity, it was fun to learn that some of the physiological process behind the treatment of hyperkalemia expanded…

Sciences, Indore (MP) ABSTRACT Effervescent tablet generally contains in addition to active ingredients, mixture of acids/acid salts (Citric, Tartaric, Malic acid or any other suitable acid or acid anhydride) and carbonate and hydrogen carbonates (Sodium, Potassium or any other suitable alkali metal carbonate or hydrogen carbonate) which release carbon dioxide when mixed with water. Occasionally, active ingredient itself could act as the acid or alkali metal compound necessary for effervescent…

reabsorbed molecules are: - Glucose which was already filtered out - The amount of water the body requires to uphold a constant water level - The amount of ions the body requires to uphold a continuous balance of water and mineral ions The reabsorption of water happens by the process osmosis. Osmosis a specific type of diffusion where molecules move from a level of high concentration to a level of low concentration. Active transport is when the vital substances for the body from the tubules…