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Paramedics Emergency/Trauma team Paediatric orthopaedic consultant Registered/Paediatric nurse Occupational therapist Anaesthesiologist (pre-op) Social worker Paramedics: The role of a paramedic is a vital role in the multidisciplinary team as it is the patient’s first point of care. The role of the paramedic involves: Assessing, treating and managing the patient’s medical condition. Performing intravenous canulation, administering pain-relieving drugs, providing fluids, managing…

Trauma encompasses a wide variety of insults to the body ranging from motor vehicle accidents, interpersonal violence, falls from great heights, contact sports, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and industrial accidents. Trauma accounts for 10% of deaths among men and women, and is the leading cause of death for those younger than the age of 40 years. Thoracic trauma comprises 10%-15% of all traumas.1 It directly accounts for approximately 25% of trauma-related mortality and is a contributing…

obstruction of the airway. The larynx provides a passageway for air between the pharynx and the trachea. The trachea is made up of mainly cartilage which helps to keep the trachea permanently open. The trachea passes down into the thorax and connects the larynx with the bronchi, which passes to the lungs. 3. Describe the mechanisms of external respiration including the interchange of gases within the lungs. The job of the lungs is to transfer oxygen to the blood…

Introduction Gastric volvulus is a rare but potentially life threatening condition that is defined by the pathological rotation of the stomach. There are many factors that contribute to the pathophysiology of this condition, for example laxity of the gastric ligaments. Gastric volvulus can be categorized according to the axis of the rotation and may result in an organoaxial, mesenteroaxial, or combined volvulus of the stomach1. This condition can be primary or secondary, with secondary being…

The Spotted Wing Drosophila, (SWD) scientifically known as Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, is not your average fruit fly. Going by multiple aliases such as the cherry fruit fly or the cherry vinegar fly, the SWD has made a rather unattractive name for itself. The Spotted Wing Drosophila’s Taxonomic Tree is as follows: Domain: Eukaryota, Kingdom: Metazoa, Phylum: Arthropoda, Subphylum: Uniramia, Class: Insect, Order: Diptera, Family: Drosophilidae, Genus: Drosophila, and Specieis: Drosophila…

Review of Literature: An Asthma action plan is defined as written or electronic record agreed between an individual patient (or their parent/carer) and their health professional(s) providing personalised guidance on what actions to take when their asthma symptoms or peak flow deteriorates.(13, 14) They have been found to an effective part of asthma self management in children and adults (7,8) Aspects of AAPs considered to be important for its use include essential information, readability,…

1. The different types of respiration are cellular, internal, and external. In external respiration there is an exchange between air and blood in the lungs and internal has exchange between the blood and body tissues. Cellular respiration is a chemical reaction inside the mitochondria of cells in and cellular metabolism is converting energy in food to become ATP. 2. The olfactory mucosa is the lines of the roof in the nasal cavity. The respiratory mucosa is lining the rest of the nasal cavity…

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major originate of chronic morbidity and mortality. The term COPD does not refer to a single disease but is an umbrella term for chronic lung diseases that irreversibly limits the flow of air in the lungs. CT imaging is able to perform in visualizing the effects of COPD. An advantage of CT over Lung Function Test (LFT) is that CT can differentiate between the different types of COPD, making it possible to classify the different subgroups of…

Mealworms, Tenebrio molitor Introduction: Mealworms are the worm-like larval form of a very dark brown beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species which belongs to the genus Tenebrio and the family Tenebrionidae. The animal has other common names such as “Yellow mealworm”, “Mealworm beetle”, “Darkling beetle”, and “Darkening beetle”. The larval form is the usable form in pet’s keepers. Distribution and habitats: Mealworms are found throughout most of the world in temperate regions, but primarily in the…

The critter that I have is the Danaus Plexippus, more commonly known as the monarch butterfly. Every monarch butterfly is bright orange with white spots on it. To the left is a picture of a monarch butterfly. It is also shown in its natural habitat, any type of tropical forest. They need to live in a tropical forest because they need to be in a warm climate in order for them to survive. Furthermore, accordinging to BioKids, “Monarch butterflies are found in North America, South America, the…