Chemistry Investigation on Fuels

A fire extinguisher is a portable container usually filled with chemicals for putting out fires. (Merriam-Webster, 2004) An active fire protection device used to extinguish or control fires. Fire extinguishers are mostly used in emergency situations, and is not intended for an out of control fire. Fires that get out of control normally need the expertise of a fire department. Trying to put out a fire by yourself, can only cause you harm

After assessing the victim?s airway, now you should check for breathing. To check for breathing, place your ear over the mouth looking toward the chest. This will allow you to listen for air movement, feel for air movement on your cheek, and look for chest rise. If the victim is breathing adequately, you should roll him or her on their left side. By doing so this puts them in the recovery position and permits him or her to breathe adequately. This also prevents aspiration if the victim vomits. If the victim is not breathing, give two breathes, watching for chest rise. Give breathes over a second, wait a second, then give another breathe. While doing so, you should not hyperventilate the victim.

Dry chemical extinguishers put out fire by coating the fuel with a thin layer of dust, separating the fuel from the oxygen in the air. The powder also works to interrupt the chemical reaction of fire, so these extinguishers are extremely effective at putting out fire. It is very effective with a low risk of re-ignition.

The most common source of heat for the purpose of firefighting comes from chemical reactions. When something burns, it is the result of a chemical reaction where heat is being released. Pyrolysis is the "decomposition or transformation of a compound caused by heat."(Coleman, et al. 81)

A test engine called Research Octane Number (RON) grades the gasoline performance (Torque, 2014). The higher the octane number is, the greater the fuel’s resistance is to knocking. Knocking happens when the air/fuel mixture detonates too early and decreases the engine efficiency (EXXON, 2014). The Motor Octane Number (MON) simulates more severe operation that might be incurred at high speed or high load. An average of RON and MON or R+M/2 is the octane of a gasoline (Refining Online, 2014).

Check for normal breathing, taking no more than 10 seconds: Look for chest motion, listen for breath sounds, and

If the fire is really small, you could also throw baking soda on the fire. Baking soda will neutralize the flames.

With a patient that has a full airway obstruction the patient would be unable to breathe, speak, or even cough enough to dislodge the offending obstruction. The patient will be in obvious distress and be displaying forceful efforts to breath with no successful respirations taking place. On closer observations one will see the patient presenting with attempted intercostal respirations along with supraclavicular retractions. [Joynt 2015] As can be expected with the complete compromise of the airway the patient will only have a rapidly exhausted supply of oxygen and will soon lose conciseness and any effort to breathe will cease. The result of the lack of oxygen causes the patient to experience cardiac arrest and death if the obstruction is not removed. As paramedics there is varied ways to deal with this type of situation from very basic procedures to fairly advanced interventions. On first contact with a conscious patient experiencing a complete airway obstruction the first intervention would be to perform a abdominal thrust. The abdominal thrust also know as the Heimlich maneuver is basically accomplished by standing or kneeling behind the patient and placing your fist just above the naval with the thumb facing inward .You then thrust in an up in repeated attempts until the object

Seal the nose and mouth and give two breaths - using just enough air to make the chest rise

IGNITING THE BAD BOY:First rule of putting out a fire--take a firm grip on a fireman--er, the hose. Second rule depends on what kind of fire we're talking about.

Salt - Salt suffocates heat by minimizing the oxygen that it needs. All fire extinguishers include salt and baking soda. Adding water to the salt will cause the fire robbery smothered and turn into ashes.

Gasoline is a flammable liquid that is made from the refinement of petroleum or better known as crude oil. It helps fuel cars, farm machinery, planes and other type of engines. What is petroleum? It’s a fossil fuel that supplies energy around the world than any other source out there. Petroleum, including gasoline is primarily a mixture between hydrocarbons and small amounts of other substances. In 1994, its known that the United States used up to 7,587,00 barrels of oil a day which concludes that America is the worlds largest consumer in oil. The majority of today’s crude oil is located along side the Persian Gulf Basin with some amounts in Alaska and in

We will be using 6 different fuels to heat up 100ml of water, and find out the changes of the temperature. We will measure the temperatures of the water before and after the experiment. We will burn heat the water for exactly 2 minutes, and check the changes in temperature. The change in temperature will allow us to work out the energy given off the fuel by using this formula:

Energy is the ability for something to do work, create heat, or emit light. By this definition, energy can be anything from a sandwich to uranium. However, for the sake of simplification, this essay will focus on the United States’ consumption of fossil fuels (oil, coal, and gas), which constitute eighty-six percent of American energy (Lehrman 2). That is a lot of energy, however it becomes an even larger amount when taken into consideration that even though America accounts for only five

If there are no signs of life, place a breathing barrier (if available) over the victim's mouth.I would usually use an air mask that EMT's carry with them in the ambulance or in their side pocket. Give two rescue breaths and make sure to keep the air way open. Breathe slowly, as this will air go in the lungs not the stomach.Every time you give rescue breathe, keep your eye on the victim's chest.If the rescue breath goes in, you should see the chest slightly rise and also feel it go in.Then give a second rescue breath.If the breath does not go in, re-position the head and try again.After you successfully gave two rescue breaths, prepare for the hardest physical part of CPR.