Key Words: damage control resuscitation , hemostatic resuscitation , horizontal resuscitation , vertical resuscitation , 2-D resuscitation , 3-D resuscitation , and ethics of resuscitation Introduction Hemorrhage results from…
Key Words: trauma systems , quality improvement , vascular networks , performance indicators , and joint theater trauma systems Introduction While skilled surgical attention is critical in achieving the…
Key Words: vascular injury , trauma , epidemiology , military Introduction Epidemiology (from the Greek: the study of that which befalls the people ) is defined as the study…
Objectives 1. Understand the composition of gases from ambient air to the alveoli. 2. Describe the alveolar air equation and its use. 3. Define the alveolar carbon dioxide equation and…
Objectives 1. Explain diffusion limitation and perfusion limitation and their importance in gas exchange 2. Apply Fick’s law to the alveolar–capillary surface. 3. Describe the diffusion of oxygen and carbon…
Objectives 1. Describe patterns of particle deposition in the nose and airways and how they relate to lung defense and disease. 2. Describe the role of the nose in lung…
Objectives 1. Introduce the major functions of respiration. 2. Describe the components of the upper and lower airways. 3. Outline and briefly describe the components of the respiratory system including:…
Objectives 1. Provide an overview of the three basic elements of the ventilatory control system. 2. Explain the structure and function of central chemoreceptors and peripheral chemoreceptors and their interrelationship….
Objectives 1. Explain the circulatory and ventilatory changes associated with exercise. 2. Outline three ways that exercise testing can be performed. 3. Describe the five stages of fetal lung development….
Objectives 1. Explain the nine types of acid–base conditions. 2. Distinguish between acute and chronic acid–base conditions and compensatory mechanisms. 3. Explain respiratory compensatory mechanisms. 4. Explain renal compensatory mechanisms….
