The Lungs: A Short Story

As I walked, the air of this haunted, dreadful and sorrowful land had sucked the life out of everything and roared as humanity began to disappear. As I carried on walking, I noticed that the small fraction of light was getting smaller and smaller, until it had been engulfed into a think black ash like smoke. Aggressively, the wind walked past the building with its cruddy feeling, blowing away all signs of life. Deeper and deeper into the land was a burning car door. The fire roared and crackled. The roaring and crackling of the burning car door merged with the aggressive air and created the loudest sounds ever heard on land. Growing darker, the skies made me feel nauseous. The fear of not waking up if a human fell asleep towered

There it was, the image many people imagine in their nightmares. I could feel the cold sensation running through my veins when I looked up to view the many windows broken. As I looked up again, I think I might’ve seen something move.

An excruciating feeling shot through her body, never in her life had she felt this much pain. It was unrelenting and seemed like it would never end. The girl wanted to scream, to try to stop this, but couldn't move, every flinch caused more pain to shoot through the moving limbs. Her eyes unclenched, colors spun around her head, crawling on her melting flesh and burning through it with it's acidic touch. Smoke filled her lungs with each attempt to breathe, it felt like everything inside her was to collapse at any moment, her lungs, her bones, her skin, her skull, everything was to fall to pieces and cease to exist. Her heart thumped loudly in her chest, it's speed decreasing as she ran out of fresh air. Her throat burned almost as bad as her

The respiratory system is a complex organ structure of the human body anatomy, and the primary purpose of this system is to supply the blood with oxygen in order for the blood vessels to carry the precious gaseous element to all parts of the body to accomplish cell respiration. The respiratory system completes this important function of breathing throughout inspiration. In the breathing process inhaling oxygen is essential for cells to metabolize nutrients and carry out some other tasks, but it must occur simultaneously with exhaling when the carbon dioxide is excreted, this exchange of gases is the respiratory system's means of getting oxygen to the blood (McGowan, Jefferies & Turley, 2004).

I would tell the doctor to stop if he didn’t start and grab a manual ventilator and try to find a replacement mechanical ventilator.

Diving is something that many consider as their hobby. This is given credit to Jacques Cousteau because he invented the Aqua-Lung. In the article “The Aqua-Lung—Bringing Ocean Exploration to New Depths” by Jess Therell, it informs readers about the invention of the Aqua-Lung and the development of the creation of this. The different inventions that are made before the Aqua-Lung was invented greatly impacted the creation of the Aqua-Lung. Some of these inventions were by Captain Yves Le Prieur and by Emile Gagnan. The contrasts between the Aqua-Lung and other inventions are that the Aqua-Lung controls with the air pressure unlike the other inventions and it can allow humans to remain underwater for a longer period of time.

The American Lung Association of the Mountain Pacific (ALA) serves Alaska, Hawai’i, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (ALA, 2016). The programming in each state varies due to the needs of the community. Despite these differences, the Mountain Pacific states support one another by assessing the overall progress and impact of the Mountain Pacific region to fulfill their mission of saving lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease (ALA, 2016).

Do I go confront it? Do I stay here an see if it finds me? Was it a burglar? It could just be a possum. I waited for a few moments, debating my own mind when it shuffled again. The curiosity got the better of me as my numb fingers unwrapped myself from my cotton cocoon. As soon as I stood up, bats screeched outside my window causing me to jump. I was sure to step lightly to be sure not to bring the intruders attention to me. I snatched my torch from the kitchen bench and shoved it into my dressing gown's pocket. Each step my stomach tighten more and more. Each step my fingers began to shake. I had made it to the hallway before the staircase, my back sliding against the wall to be sure nothing could grab me from behind. The ruckus upstairs became more violent the closer I came. I could hear items being thrown, banging against the walls with a loud thud that sent jolts down my spine. That's when the lights in the long hallway began to flicker.

I turned on my flashlight, it was the first thing that came to my mind. As, the bright light flashed its way on, were the “shadow” I saw a couple seconds ago was gone, it must have gone back into the house have to check this out. I decided to go into the “Haunted Mansion”, I walked in and every step I took, the wooden floor made a loud “CREAK!!!” The lights are so dim, that you can’t see anything far away into the darkness, this was literally a maze. I walked until I noticed there was a staircase heading up to this second floor. I took a couple steps towards the stairs then All of sudden, the most creepiest sound in history of sounds filled my ears, it was the sound of tiny footsteps of children running around… I took one step onto the stairs and it made a huge noise. Then the running noise stopped. I listen, my heart stopped……

I woke up just as miserable as the night before. As my eyes adjusted to the light streaming into my room, I saw a figure standing on the opposite end of my room, near my window. I blinked again and it was gone. I didn't think much of it, I had just woken up and was a bit disoriented.

The last thing I saw was a tunnel of bright white light. A tiny piece of me told me not to walk down it, but that piece was so minuscule and I was so curious that I walked toward the light. When I was about fifty feet from the light everything turned black.

Jason Spence, Ph.D. has grown 3-D models of various organs from stem cells, creating new ways to study disease. (Stock image)

Eventually, you’d welcome death… but an emphysema sufferer can go on living like this for years.

There was a staircase in front and two archways either side, there was a piano at the back and next to it a door. There was another crash and I quickly span around to leave, but before I did I felt something brush past my back, I turned around again and the door slam  shut, I tried to open but it was locked.......but how? At that moment I heard the rain drumming down on the roof. I stared at the chandelier, which constantly swung back and for, all of a sudden I felt the room go cold, and there was sharp crash from the piano....Probably a cat I thought and with that I glanced at the piano hoping I was right, the stool then moved back, as if someone was getting up from

The lungs are one of the most vital organ in the body. Without the lungs, the body will not be able to oxygenate the organs needed to sustain life. Oxygen is the primary driving force that living organisms need to oxidize food, produce adenosine triphosphate and metabolize energy. Despite the importance of this organ, millions of Americans acquire pneumonia which ultimately leads to injury and damage of this vital organ. Although, there are treatments for pneumonia, education is the most critical aspect we can teach our patients. Through education, we can enhance patient knowledge and promote self-care behaviors. According to Hinkle, “Influenza and pneumonia were the eighth leading cause of death in the United States in