Introduction Stroke is a is a medical emergency and can cause permanent neurological damage and death.Risk factors for stroke include old age‚ high blood pressure‚ previous stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA)‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ tobacco smoking and atrial fibrillation.1 High blood pressure is the most important modifiable risk factor of stroke.1 It is the second leading cause of death worldwide.2 Trends of mortality from stroke Stroke was the second most frequent cause of death
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Title: Observing Bacteria and Blood Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to learn how to use a compound microscope and an oil immersion lens while observing prepared bacterial slides. Additionally‚ it will be necessary to prepare slides so as to observe bacterial cultures from yogurt as well as to observe the composition of blood (i.e. red blood cells‚ white blood cells‚ and platelets). Procedure: Exercise 1: Viewing Prepared Slides To begin this lab experiment I first constructed
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Forensics Mystery Blood Typing Lab Scenario: Police are called to a house where they discover a body near the back door. There is a fresh pool of blood by the victim’s head. Officers question the neighbors and learn that a plumber and an electrician made service calls to the house just hours before. They were able to trace both. They recover a shirt with a dark stains from the service van of the plumber and rags with similar dark stains from electrician’s van. Your forensics lab receives the
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Introduction In this lab experiment our group was given four different types of synthetic blood samples‚ along with three types of synthetic anti- A‚ B‚ and Rh‚ to help identify the ABO-Rh blood types. Its purpose of this experiment is to learn about the form and functions of the bloods components‚ as well as to examine and identify different blood types‚ as many already do so and apply it to real life events‚ whether its through forensics‚ crime scene investigations or at hospitals to help identify
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Blood Splatter Analysis Lab Independent Variable & Dependent Variable: Independent: Blood Spatter Dependent: Diameter (size of blood splatter) Problem Statement: What height did the blood at the crime science fell from Hypothesis: Anna Garcia might have tripped which caused her blood stain to reach the maximum height of the stool‚ which means her blood splatter fell lower than her height. Materials: Gloves Eye Droppers with blood Journal Yard Stick Clear ruler Blank piece
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contributing indicator of these ailments is high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood against your artery walls as it circulates through your body. When you have high blood pressure it can harden your arteries‚ which decreases the flow of blood and oxygen to the heart. This in turn causes chest pain‚ heart failure‚ heart attacks‚ and strokes. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ 67 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure which figures out to be 1 in every 3 adults
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High Blood Pressure Living a healthy lifestyle is the dream of every person but many of us facing the problem of high blood pressure known as silent killer. The research shows that high blood pressure is rapidly increasing and every third person is stuck with disease. High blood pressure refers to pressure of blood against your artery walls that leads to the heart disease and you need to arrest this silent killer before it strikes you as the research shows that above then 50 percent patients with
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Research Caffeine is a bitter white crystalline alkaloid. Its chemical formula is CaH10N4O2. Caffeine also affects the human body. It is widely consumed by people of all ages. In the last period a market of caffeine-containing products‚ particularly energy drinks and food supplements increased. Caffeine for years is under discussion‚ whether it has positive adverse impact on health. Children are a group of special anxieties. Caffeine is a stimulant of central nervous system and
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1. For each of the following (a through d)‚ indicate which is a variable and which is a constant: a. The number of minutes in an hour. Constant b. Patients’ systolic blood pressure Variable c. Pi (π) – e.g.‚ for finding the circumference of a circle Constant d. College students’ level of depression Variable 2. For each of the following research questions‚ identify the independent variable and the dependent variable within each case (a through e): Does a person’s age affect psychological
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Lab report As part of my module Nip1002 I was required to perform a set of observational skills which included; pulse‚ blood pressure‚ respirations‚ hand washing and urinalysis and then compare them to previous results. In this lab report I am going to discuss blood pressure in detail. Procedure * Explain the procedure to the patient and gain consent * Wash hands thoroughly following the hand wash technique to prevent the transfer of bacteria * Clean equipment e.g. blood pressure cuff
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