Math and Medicine What some of us don’t know is that math has a lot to do with everything we do, it is essential to our daily life. We use mathematics every day from buying a car, or the amount of pie to make for thanksgiving depending on how many family members coming. All of these basic things contributes to how we use math daily. Some of us don’t realize the importance of math, and how it’s a necessity that helps us more than we know. When it comes to people that are trying to lose weight or their just trying to watch what they consume regularly. One main thing people don’t normally notice while on a doctor’s visit is that, when checking their weights, heights and etc, doctors uses those factor in order to write patient’s prescriptions. They use math to determine the amount of dosage of the medication to prescribe to you. Mathematics is an essential and vital element that will all need to do and understand to its complexity. Mathematics is used in medicine from calculating a patient 's BMI which is the (body mass index), screening of a CAT scan and also making sure they write the correct amount of prescription to patients so that they don’t overdose on their medication. Areas of medicine where mathematics is used more often are within writing prescriptions, calculating BMI (body mass index), and looking at screenings of a CAT scans. We all know that all medications comes with a specific instruction on the amount of dosage a person can take depending on
One example of how math has been used in war occurred during World War II. During World War II, the Allies reached a hard conclusion: the Germans’ tanks were more superior to their own. In order to hinder the devastating effects of the superiority of the German tanks, the Allied forces had to figure out how many tanks the Germans were producing. At first, the Allies
All staff at Gap know that this should be strictly adhered to as the aim of the policy is to protect us and the children against medication errors. The dose and frequency of a child’s medication should be very clearly stated and must always be followed exactly, this is because there is considerable risk of harming a child if they are given medication that has not been prescribed to them or if the medication they do need is given to them at the wrong time or in the wrong amount. If a member of staff were to issue a child with incorrect medicine then they could well face losing their job or end up entering a lawsuit, especially if a child becomes seriously ill.
Dosages of the drug vary from one extreme to another based upon the patients needs.
Why is it important that a pharmacist knows each medication that a person is taking before they provide a new drug?
Due to the large number of consumers being prescribed multiple medications, and the complexity of managing those medications, it is of a major safety concern that systems are in place for clinicians to reconcile patients medications to resolve any discrepancies in what the patient is using, or should be using, and newly added ones.
drugs can be potentially dangerous for a patient, particularly if they are receiving medications from different clinicians who are not communicating with each
First, the medical assistant should convert the doctor’s prescription into layman’s terms for Doris. Medication A is two teaspoons by mouth every four hours. Medication B is 2.5 milliliters by mouth three times daily (Fulcher, Fulcher, & Soto, 2012, p. 1b). Doris should be cautious of confusing her medication dosages as that could lead to possible overdose. If Doris is afraid of mixing her medications, the medical assistant should convert to the unit that Doris is more comfortable with. For example, if Doris prefers milliliters, she should take around 9.8 milliliters of medication A. Alternatively, medication B could be taken at .5 teaspoons (Fulcher, Fulcher, & Soto, 2012, p. 131). Patients taking multiple medications should have a medication
Pediatric patients specifically have a propensity to be exceptionally soft to most medications, from this time they need to figure the bigger percentage of their pharmaceutical doses by weight. The minimum erroneous conclusion could prompt an unfriendly medication impact. More grown-up this is including the elderly, then again, are limited to, numerous doctor prescribed medications for their endless sicknesses which require examination to hold away from contraindications. On the other hand, paying little mind to whether the patient might be at danger of encountering a pharmaceutical mistake or not, all drug organizations should in a perfect world take after the "seven rights" which incorporate "the right patient, right prescription, right measurement, opportune time, right course, right reason, and right documentation". (Bonsall,
The sheer amount of terminology and conceptual knowledge required for anatomy and physiology can be overwhelming for students. Educational games are one approach to reinforce concepts. In this activity, students work in teams to review anatomy and physiology concepts by creating arrays of descriptive tiles to define a term. Once guessed, students use their spatial knowledge to locate the structure or process within the body. The game challenges students to think about course vocabulary in a different way and to pool their knowledge to get their classmates to guess the words. Pre-/post-test data reveal that students achieve statistically significant learning gains after playing the game, and a survey of student perceptions demonstrates that the game is helpful for learning vocabulary as well as fun to play. The game is easily adaptable for a variety of courses.
In addition to this, math is captivating because of the various ways I am able to apply it in real life. Construction workers use a mixture of algebra and trigonometry when creating building. The size of a building and the area it covers is important for construction workers to keep note of when designing new buildings. In addition to this, chemist manipulate algebra when finding the weight of an element based on the conditions around the element, as well as how many atoms it contains. Math applications used by chemist increase their understanding of elements or molecules they are trying to
2015). So many strategical methods can be applied to achieve a safety use of the off label medications, such as collaboration of the regulatory agencies, the provider/prescribers and the pharmaceutical companies in determining a common and safe guideline. Also, using the patient’s height and weight to calculate appropriate dosage needed. In addition, a small starting dose should be prescribed and increased dosage gradually as tolerated as long as the liver and kidney functions are within normal range. Finally, parents should be instructed to stop the medication and report to the health care provider once an adverse reactions are
The math focuses more on the figuring out angles triangles it has a lot of Pre Cal in it. Dealing with the Unit Circle, and has some physics in it. Finding the mass, volume, solving for potential energy and kinetic energy. Just about in every event there is some type of math problem. The math also helps with the Engineering Process when deciding how much or how long something needs to be Engineering and Math comes together. An example that math is used a lot in one of the events is Chemistry the math part that I have seen frequently asked questions is balancing chemical equations which isn’t very hard but sometimes they equations can get very
b.ii. The dosage will depend on the age, weight, and other health issues of the person.
Mathematics, like every creation of man, have evolved without really knowing how far you can get with them: the scope of the computer, physics, chemistry, algebra, all are evidence of this. Every aspect of our culture is based in some way or another in Mathematics: language, music, dance, art, sculpture, architecture, biology, daily life. All these areas of measurements and calculations are accurate. Even in nature, everything follows a precise pattern and a precise order: a flower, a shell, a butterfly, day and night, the seasons. All this makes mathematics essential for human life and they can not be limited only to a matter within the school curriculum; here lies the importance of teaching math in a pleasure, enjoyable and understandable way. Mathematics is an aid to the development of the child and should be seen as an aid to life and not as an obstacle in their lifes.
Mathematics is the one of the most important subjects in our daily life and in most human activities the knowledge of mathematics is important. In the rapidly changing world and in the era of technology, mathematics plays an essential role. To understand the mechanized world and match with the newly developing information technology knowledge in mathematics is vital. Mathematics is the mother of all sciences. Without the knowledge of mathematics, nothing is possible in the world. The world cannot progress without mathematics. Mathematics fulfills most of the human needs related to diverse aspects of everyday life. Mathematics has been accepted as significant element of formal education from ancient period to the present day. Mathematics has a very important role in the classroom not only because of the relevance of the syllabus material, but because of the reasoning processes the student can develop.