Stethoscope

Occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. Initially, everyone begins to feel anxious when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or making an important decision. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the internal changes of the human body of subjects by age. This science fair project was performed to evaluate the relationship between the age of a person and its effects. The movie called Don’t Breathe was viewed to assist in elevating the heart rate due to the…

Barbie: Career Girl. I spend hours perusing the colorful pages, gesturing excitedly at Barbie in each of her occupations. There is one in particular that seems to repeatedly capture my attention: Barbie is dressed in a long white coat, a black stethoscope adorns her neck. She is surrounded by jars of band-aids, soap and lollipops. She hands the patient a lollipop and cheerily pronounces them healthy. I was immediately sold. I wanted to be just like Barbie, but only because she appeared to have…

In 1918, the worst epidemic in United States history occurred and forced medical researchers to doubt all of their previous advances in medicine. Doctors were able to determine that it was some strand of influenza, but deadlier and spreading quicker than any virus they had ever seen before. This disease was later incorrectly labeled the Spanish Influenza and continued to puzzle doctors and researchers for close to the rest of the century. The “Closing in on a Killer: Scientists Unlock Clues to…

When I was younger I wanted to be many different things like a teacher, a veterinarian, a model and about everything else a little girl could want to be. After researching the right career for me I stumbled upon being a psychiatrist, after I looked into it I knew it was the right career for me.I chose this career because I love helping people, and being a psychiatrist is all about helping people. One of the main skills required for this job is listening and I am a great listener. In psychiatry…

(CDC). Two of the major contributors to heart disease are poor diet and lack of exercise, and obesity can increase the risk for a variety of diseases. Here are a few ways to improve heart health, suggested by the American Heart Association (AHA): stethoscope with heart, medical symbol, vectorIncrease physical activity. The AHA recommends 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week. This includes those morning walks around the park at a brisk…

judgment Denning LJ said that: ‘whenever they accept a patient for treatment, they must use reasonable care and skill to cure him of his ailment. The hospital authorities cannot, of course, do it by themselves: they have no ears to listen through the stethoscope, and no hands to hold the surgeon’s knife. They must do it by the staff which they employ; and if their staff are negligent in giving the treatment, they are just as liable for that negligence as is anyone else who employs others to do…

child’s day even just a little better is a feeling I want to have every day of my life and I know that becoming a pediatrician is the way to do so. I cannot wait for the day when I can turn in that literal and figurative Hello Kitty medical kit for a stethoscope, scrubs, and a nametag that says “Dr.…

To become a veterinarian is a process that requires serious dedication to a program of extreme rigor with the end goal of a lifetime of reward in the form of administering animal care. The hackneyed response given time and time again to the question of “Why veterinary medicine?” is always the same, “I love animals!” a mandatory precursor to the field, without question, but one that is not sufficient for the intensity and demanding schooling of veterinary medicine. To further elaborate, it is…

get a toy for the new baby but she doesn’t know what to get the little one. Her grandma mentions to her that she should go play with her favorite toys to see what good qualities to have are. When Doc aka Dottie goes up to her room she puts on her stethoscope and asks her toys what she should get the new baby. The toys then ask her why she has them still and that’s when she tells the stories of how she got each one of her toys. Doc says her first toy was Lambie, she remembers that her dad gave…

At a very young age, I always dreamed of playing an important role within the medical field. During playtime, my toys were always the instruments used on a daily basis by health care physicians and nurses such as stethoscopes, sphygmomanometers, and needles. Under my grandmother’s care, I would always pretend to measure her blood pressure and listen to her heartbeat all the time. As the years passed, and even before I started college, I knew that I belonged in the medical field, but the fear…