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    had all left. Heather and I prepared the body to go to the next destination, the morgue. I could tell that this was troubling Heather, so I offered her some advice that had been given to me on my first dead on arrival call as an EMT. “what you see here is nothing more than a vehicle, the occupant has left and is no longer in this vehicle.” As we are securing the final toe tag to the shroud the nursing supervisor and a security guard arrived to remove the body. Heather and I both left the room…

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    I pulled my Taser out of the holster with my left hand, and pressed it into DJ's chest. At this time Officer Braslin moved in and secured DJ's right hand. I told DJ several times to turn around or he was getting tased. DJ continued to not comply with my orders. DJ once again grabbed my right wrist with his left hand, and I told him to get his hand off of me. DJ hit the Taser away form his chest with his left hand. I put the Taser back towards his chest area, and he attempted…

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    Follow the instructions for this reading assignment! Define 4 words from the text that you had to look up. Use each of the 4 words in a sentence. succulent - food that is tender, juicy, and tasty The succulent meal left the guests begging for more. denizen - a resident of a particular place He is a denizen of a small town in Kentucky. incredulous - being unable to believe something After my elaborate lie, my mother let out an incredulous laugh. punctilious - paying close attention to detail…

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    contact, while the ball left the hand at 19.7 m.s (Tant, Greene et al. 1993). Comparing this to my jump phase can show major imperfections with the first being that there was no arm swing and there is no control in the jump, this may be compounded from the run up phase. In order to improve this a new excitation on the run up needs to be performed and to gain the control and stability my arms need to swing into position within the takeoff and also after my feet have left the ground. Also the…

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    Brain Lateralization

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    comprehensive, bilateral symmetry in both structure and performance. Handedness is not a single variable, but can be placed in a spectrum of 4 separate categories; left-handedness, right-handedness, mixed-handedness, and ambidexterity (Annette, 2002). However, handedness for simplicity can be defined as the hand that performs faster or specifically on physical tasks (Broca, 1979). Broca suggested that…

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    “right-brained” or are “left-brained”, this statement means that if you are logical or analytical then you are left-brain dominant, while the creative and artistic types are right brain dominant. I believe this is a myth because the brain does use one brain region more than another for certain functions but does not support the statement above. For example, speech spreads from the left side of the brain for most right-handed people. Within the first source used, “Evaluation of the Left Brain…

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    AN ATHLETE 'S HEART Everyone knows normal daily exercise is beneficial to the heart. It helps reduce the risk of heart disease, reduces weight, lowers blood pressure, and improves cholesterol. A difference in the appearance of the heart can be seen between normal exercise and those of highly trained athletes. Athletic hearts undergo cardiac remodeling of chambers and physiological changes because the heart is working harder to pump blood to the rest of the body during extreme physical activity…

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    Physiology Lab Summary

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    Cardiac output is the amount of blood pumped through the left ventricle per unit. This is found by multiplying the heart rate and stroke volume. Increasing the heart rate would increase the cardiac output. Sympathetic stimulation releases NE and this shortens repolarization and speeds up depolarization, which…

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    org/posts/archives/1999-08/933633819.Me.r.html, Heart murmur is the sound that is made because the blood passing through the heart’s valves and chambers make a sound. Sometimes, the valve doesn’t open entirely, and the blood goes back to the chamber it just left. When that happens, it makes a swishing noise, making it easy to find. Generally, heart murmurs are not exactly dangerous, unless it is abnormal. Abnormal heart murmur is caused, in children, by congenital heart disease. Adults may get…

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    Tetralogy Of Fallot Essay

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    defect in adults. Pulmonary stenosis is the deciding factor in determining the severity of the defect. Mild pulmonary stenosis would result in left to right shunting and no cyanosis, whereas severe pulmonary stenosis would restrict flow to the lungs resulting in right to left shunting with a degree of cyanosis. Newborns show signs of cyanosis at birth and if left untreated, half will die by age 6. But that does not have to happen. With long developed techniques and technology, patients with…

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