The Lungs: A Short Story

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.

The following case study is of a 37-year old Hispanic male weighing 145 lbs and 70 inches tall found unconscious by his girlfriend. According to her he was unconscious for about 15 hours and she was concerned because he would not wake or respond and was breathing shallow and slow. She then called 9-1-1. The patient entered the ER by emergency vehicle and on my initial assessment Pt had an altered mental status, was very unresponsive showing symptoms of a possible drug overdose. The girlfriend told the physician the Pt had taken 75 mg of methadone and an unknown amount of Xanex and other amounts of Benzodiazepines. On assessment, the doctor noticed his altered mental status and unconscious status. He had a gag

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).

Hello everyone and welcome aboard! I am S Y. with Voyage Health. Today, we will embark together in my mini-sub and we shall travel through the body of this young lady named Lola. In this journey we will enter her body through the femoral vein and travel all the way to her lung.

We all get out of the car BRING BRING my moms phone rings and all the sudden my mom starts crying and then I get scared. Then she got of the phone and…

In When Breathe Becomes Air, Dr. Kalanithi focuses on patient and not the problem. An example of this is when Melissa first introduces Dr. Kalanithi to Mrs. Garcia, who is a 22-year-old mother pregnant with twins. In the book, he went through Mrs. Garcia’s charts and realized that this was her second time giving birth and she had no prenatal care and had no insurance at all. He should have used more of that time to look into her problem versus seeing if she had insurance or not and comparing stuff from her last pregnancy. He decided that the only way the twins could survive was by having a C-section, although this was a in the moment thing, the mother was never asked what she wanted done. Although most mothers would want what is best for

Contaminations, allergies and smoking can bring a certain kind of lung malady or lung issue.

The water dragged and strapped her down from all possible sides. The more she struggled the more disorientated she became. Left, right, up, down she couldn’t make any sense of it all. She pushed with her arms and legs but she couldn’t find any leverage, for all she knew she was forcing herself further down. Her lungs craved for more air and even though she knew she wouldn’t receive enough, her body still took a final breath. Cold water filled her lungs, burning her throat as if hundreds of needles had pierced into it. Her muscles relaxed and she was oddly calm for a moment - then everything slowly faded too black.

A review of the medical records indicates that she was admitted to MMHS from 1/22 to 2/7/17 for shortness of breath and cough. She was diagnosed and treated for pneumonia with antibiotic therapy. She suffers from multiple medical illnesses includes chronic CHF with shortness of breath. She uses oxygen 2-3 L/Min, chronic stable HTN, Chronic poorly controlled DM and chronic anxiety.

“Damn. This. Stupid. Thing.” Freddy grumbled under his breath, wiping the beads of sweat that had begun accumulating on his brow. Frustrated, Fred interlocked his fingers behind his back, resulting in a loud CRACK from his spine. He sighed heavily as he dropped his hands to his side.

Desperately, my eyes search for light. My ears craving the sound of life, activity, even the mice scurry away from me. I am currently spending my first day in the heart of this ‘correctional facility’ as they say. I am sitting in an eternity of darkness and silence. The Warden can’t be serious about this, I’m sure any minute he;’s going to clarify what Tommy said about that hell forsaken inmate of his killing my wife. He has to believe me. After all I’ve done for him, he needs to just consider it. My lungs are craving the fresh air, the musty, damp cell is slowly suffocating me.

“I know and you're going to be ok.” I said even though I knew he wasn't going to be ok. We all knew he was going to die in a matter of a few minutes. And during those last few minutes we had with him we prayed to the lord that he would take care of the officer and watch over us during the rest of our journey ahead. I couldn't stand there looking at his dead body so we covered it with a blanket we found in a car. Next we heard more gunshots and they wouldn't stop. There were tons of cars around us getting hit with bullets and the bullets kept bouncing off.

The respiratory system is the process responsible for the transportation and exchange of gases into and out of the human body. As we breath in, oxygen in the air containing oxygen is drawn into the lungs through a series of air pipes known as the airway and into the lungs. As air is drawn into the lungs and waste gas excreted, it passes through the airway, first through the mouth or nose and through the pharynx, larynx and windpipe – also known as the trachea. At this point it then enters the lungs through the bronchi before finally reaching the air sacs known as alveoli. Within the lungs, through a process known as diffusion, the oxygen is transferred to the blood stream through the alveoli (air ducts) where it is then transported inside