real time utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and speech-recognition software. Another technology being developed is a "smart" bandage that can detect the presence of bacteria on your skin. Scientists are now determining if the same technology can be utilized to detect pathogens on food packaging or cutting boards. The bandage looks just like a normal bandage but within a minute or two of being placed on a wound can tell a person if he has one
Premium Computer Medicine Rooms
Oral report on Lymphedema …. Lymphedema is known as lymphatic obstruction‚ this condition can and will cause fluid retention and tissue swelling. This is caused by a compromised lymphatic system. The 1st incident of lymphedema noted on the records was by Sir William Osler for William Milroy‚ an American physician‚ who described a case in 1892‚ though it was first described by Rudolf Virchow in 1863. It is also known as Milroy disease‚ Nonne-Milroy-Meige syndrome and hereditary lymphedema. In later
Premium Medicine Lymphatic system Lymphedema
First Aid is the temporary help given to an injured or a sick person before professional medical treatment can be provided. This timely assistance‚ comprising of simple medical techniques‚ is most critical to the victims and is‚ often‚ life saving. Any layperson can be trained to administer first aid‚ which can be carried out using minimal equipments. Basic training in first aid skills should be taught in school‚ in work places and‚ in general‚ be learnt by all‚ as it is mandatory to our modern and
Premium First aid
Lab One: Design a Research Project Hypothesis: Jewelweed juice speeds up healing of the rash caused by Western Poison Ivy. Research Proposal: This study is extremely valuable for the sole and simple reason that approximately 85 percent of the population will develop an allergic reaction if exposed to poison ivy‚ or poison oak according to the American Academy of Dermatology. As a researcher for a pharmaceutical company‚ this information will aid in the validity of the claim and marketing
Premium Allergy Research Experiment
limping into the kitchen. My mom went and got wet paper towels to clean up the blood. I hopped up onto the counter and brought down the bandages. She cleaned off the blood and looked into the cut. “You may need stitches‚ but dad will have to check‚” She put all the bandages around my toe like a cocoon around a caterpillar. Then she put a soft covering over all the bandages to protect it. “Make sure you have socks and shoes next time you go out‚” she said. I hopped down on one foot to go upstairs to get
Premium Baseball Baseball rules Baseball positions
uses about 3‚500 boxes of sterile bandages per month. The annual carrying cost rate is $2.90 per box per year. A typical box of sterile bandages costs $14.50 to purchase. The ordering cost is $25 each time an order is placed‚ regardless of the order quantity. There is storage space for at most 1‚500 boxes of bandages at any time. The hospital operates 365 days per year. Peace Care Hospital would like to use the EOQ model. (a) How many boxes of sterile bandages should be ordered each time an order
Premium Petroleum
Sarah Jacob How to Apply First Aid Demonstration Speech Introduction: I know all of us at some point have gotten a cut or scrape and started bleeding or you just freak out and don’t know what to do. All though out life we go through different experiences that leave us with all kinds of injuries‚ weather it be cooking in the kitchen‚ riding your bike or just walking down the street‚ accidents can happen. And though all my personal experiences I’ve learned that there is a proper way of taking
Premium First aid Hygiene Blood
Perform First Aid for an Open Head Wound Conditions: You see a casualty who has an open head wound. The casualty is breathing. You will need the casualty’s emergency bandage or field dressing and a canteen of water. Standards: Apply a dressing to the wound following the correct sequence‚ without causing further injury to the casualty. Properly position the casualty and secure the dressing without applying unnecessary pressure. Performance Steps 1. Check the casualty’s level of consciousness
Premium Blood Surgery Medicine
You cant just sit down you have to move your injured area in the 48 hours. If you can not put weight on the injured area use crutches. Compression - You have to use bandages on the injured area to reduce the swelling. Ex: elastic wraps before you apply the bandages ask a doctor of how to perform it correctly Elevation - You have to be able to keep the injured area Ex: ankle knee or wrist placed on the pillow which has to be above the level of the heart so it can
Premium Association football Knee Ligament
During my placement in the community with the district nurses I had the opportunity to observe at leg ulcer clinic. At this clinic I had the opportunity to observe the dressing of a venous leg ulcer. Wound expert (2006) suggests treatment should consist of keeping the ulcer infection free‚ absorbing the excess discharge and managing the patient’s medical problems. The aim of the patients care plan is to promote healing. A Zoologist named George Winter (1927 – 1981) studied wound healing in a
Premium Wound healing First aid Healing