1. Acid-base imbalance and organ regulation is important to the…

1. Acid-base imbalance and organ regulation is important to the functioning of the body. The lungs and kidneys are two main organs that control the ratio of carbonic acid to bicarbonate. The lungs regulate the carbonic acid, which carbon dioxide is a part of, and the kidneys control the regulation of bicarbonate. Compensation occurs when one of these two organs have to adjust to even out the ratio of carbonic acid to bicarbonate.
What are the two types of acid-base imbalances?
What is the difference between metabolic acidosis and respiratory acidosis?
What is the difference between metabolic alkalosis and respiratory alkalosis?
What blood test is used to determine acidosis and alkalosis and whether is metabolic or respiratory?
QUESTION 2 You are called in to help out in the emergecy department where three UPS workers have just arrived by ambulance. They were involved in a package being dropped and discharging a white powder into the air. Two of the workers inhaled the powder and got it on their skin and uniforms. Victim 1, who was catching the box when it dropped, is in respiratory distress, with coughing and wheezing. He states he may also have swallowed some of the substance when the box broke open. Victim 3 was a little farther away unloading the van and only inhaled some of the substance. you are to triage these three clients and decide who the healthcare provider sees first, second, and third. which order would you have the clients be seen and what level would you triage the victim?
what is your interpretation of the condition of each of these clients?
what interventions do you suggest for victim 1?
what interventions do you suggest for victim 2?
what interventions do you suggest for victim 3?
what are three pathogens that can be used by terrorists as biological weapons that are also pathoges that can cause human disasters?