Dhmo Case Study

The last, but yet most important aspect one must look at is the fact that your long term health could be affected by smoke damage from the burns. The top five components of potential health hazards are: acrolein, benzene, carbon monoxide,

For decades, a substance known to cause burns, hospitalizations, and deaths has been found throughout the world. 3.41 million people die every year from issues related to this chemical, including over 200 children every hour. Approximately 80% of all diseases are either caused by the chemical or are somehow related to it. More substances dissolve into this substance than any other substance on earth, which is helpful for another usage of the chemical in nuclear power generators. Inhaling this substance causes suffocation, and eating too much of its solid form or drinking too much of its liquid form can cause intoxication and death. The name of this substance is Dihydrogen Monoxide, and despite its known dangers and prevalence across the United

Dihydrogen Monoxide is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred by some as Dihydrogen Oxide. No it shouldnt be banned because it's what's keeping us all alive. It also shouldn't be banned because its water people don't get hurt really. It should not be here because its basis is highly reactive hydroxyl which mutates. In conclusion that's why I believe it should not be banned.

Lastly, and most importantly, when I first started reading the information on DHMO.org I wasn’t even sure what dihydrogen monoxide was. However, a search of the name turned up a newspaper article that told of a California town that had attempted to pass legislature after hearing about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide (Wan, 2004). Luckily, the city council discovered that the term

Asphyxiates are the poisonous gases which include chlorine, phosgene, and diphosgene. Chlorine inflicts damage by forming hydrochloric acid when it comes in contact with moisture such as what is found in the lungs and eyes. It is lethal at a ratio of 1:5000 (gas/air), whereas phosgene is deadly at 1:10,000 (gas/air) - twice as toxic! Diphosgene, first used by the Germans at Verdun on 22 June, 1916, was deadlier still and could not be effectively filtered by standard issue gas masks.

Scarring, effects of poisoning such as vomiting, drowsiness or seizures. Respiratory problems from drowning, suffocation or poisoning.

Also depicted in this paper is the type of cancers caused by each chemical and other related health problems associated with each chemical. Finally, the role of government agencies such as FDA, EPA and OSHA in preventing excessive amount or zero amounts of toxic chemicals from entering the environment will be discussed. The last paragraphs will enumerate the inferred conclusion from my research on Agent Orange, DDT and Benzene.

The first phase occurs within 24 hours. It is caused by thermal damage and inflammation to the upper airway. Intubation should be considered early because of swelling and possible loss of airway. When mechanical ventilation is initiated it is important that burn victims have a higher than normal minute ventilation because they require a higher metabolic rate. The tidal volume should be at 6-8 kilograms per ideal body weight and respiratory rate should be 14 -16 breathes per minute. In the early phase, we also worry about carbon monoxide poisoning. Normal carbon monoxide levels in a healthy, non-smoking adult is usually around 5%, When CO levels are higher symptoms of headaches, dizziness, dyspnea weakness, impaired judgement, convulsions, coma, tachypnea, tachycardia, and hypotension may be present. This is caused by CO taking the site of oxygen on the red blood cell. This shifts the O2- HB curve to the left. To diagnose carbon monoxide poisoning a coximeter is needed. Treatment for CO poisoning is 100% FIO2 until CO level return to 5-10%. (There was not a carboxyhemoglobin reading for this patient all I could find was a pending reading. This would have been an easy noninvasive test that could have been perform quickly in the

DWDA allows terminally ill residents to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of lethal medications, expressly prescribed by a physician for that purpose. The law states that, in order to participate, the patient must meet strict criteria to be able to request to participate in the Act. The patient must make two oral requests to the attending physician, separated by at least 15 days and the patient must also provide a written request to the attending physician that is signed in the presence of two witnesses (at least one of whom is not related to the patient). Once these steps have been completed the attending physician and a consulting physician must confirm the patient's diagnosis and prognosis and determine whether the

It was not long after I started my job at a long term acute care center that I had a patient who came for vent weaning to our facility. This patient was unresponsive for a while and her oldest child had the durable power of attorney (DPOA). By the time the patient came to us, she was able to communicate by mouth wording or using the alphabet board. She was alert and oriented sometimes, and confused other times. Her problems started with stroke and respiratory depression, but doctors found out that she had very progressed form of cancer and not much chance of survival as they were treating her for stroke. The problem was that DPOA still wanted the patient to be full code and would not listen to the health care members to consider her mother’s

release of carbon monoxide into the atmosphere to reduce air pollution. Part of the law

There are many types of chemical agents that can be used for a variety of effects. Most are not meant to be lethal, but most chemicals at high concentrations can be lethal.

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience how to become more aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide and how to prevent exposure.

Since the Industrial Revolution, there has been an increased presence of pollutants and carcinogens in the environment, specif-ically in urban areas.1 The presence of airborne pollutants can lead to an increase in allergic reactions and asthma rates. A common airborne pollutant is carbon monoxide (CO), which is commonly found in diesel exhaust. It is an odorless gas produced from me-thane and non-methane hydrocarbon oxidation.2 The toxic gas eliminates and takes the place of oxygen in the form of carboxy-hemoglobin when it binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells. It also affects the binding sites of heme groups, which complicates the transfer of oxygen to tissues.3 The majority of deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning is brought on from car exhaust.4 Between the years 1979 and 1988, 57% of deaths from carbon monoxide poi-soning were brought from car exhaust. There tend to be higher rates of carbon monoxide poisoning from car exhaust in northern regions, where temperatures are relatively low (Figure 1). 5

Even for people without breathing conditions, breathing secondhand smoke for a brief period can be deadly.