Skills and Class Topics
In 1.1.4: The Evidence, in this class we have learned how crime scene investigations work. To begin, we learned how to determine substances by appearance, texture, and reactions to indicators. Next, we learned how to test blood types for blood found at the scene by using Anti-A and Anti-B serums. Followed by determining differences between hair. Lastly, we determined difference between fingerprints by first determining ridge patterns then carefully looking at over ten of the same minutiae between the two fingerprints. It would not be possible to determine how a person died or who killed them without Biomedical and Forensic science.
1.3.2: HIPAA Document
In 1.3.2: HIPPA Student Response Sheet or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability, we learned about information protection. Doctors can not talk about a case anywhere in public it must be in private and only if they are both working on the patient's case. They must inform and answer questions of parents about minors or if people are in the room with the patient at the time because the patient can stop them. Doctors must also notify public health services about some illness or injures if its a concern of the public. HIPPA laws are important to any person in the Biomedical field if they work with clients or patients with confidential information.
In 1.2.3: DNA Analysis, we learned how gel electrophoresis works. Restriction enzymes and gel electrophoresis allow people to see DNA fragments. Gel electrophoresis is done by placing the different DNA samples into holes on one end of the gel. Then because of opposites attracting an electric current is produced. This makes the DNA move and will give the information needed, the shorter the strands are the quicker they move. This is an important skill to know for Biomedical because DNA is used for crime scene evidence and in the future it could be used to clone organs for medical practices.
In 2.1.1: Diagnosing Diabetes, we learned how Glucose Tolerance Testing works. The test works to tell if a person has diabetes by examining amounts of blood sugar levels. You have the patient drink a sugary liquid and see if it spikes up, levels, then goes back down. If it does not it means the person has diabetes. The Glucose Tolerance test is important to Biomedical science because it can help if a person has diabetes or not.
In 2.2.1: Food Testing, we learned how to test foods with chemical indicators. The first step is to create a control. Then put the indicator, water, and test sample together and stir. Let it sit if it does not match the unknown substance then it doesn't contain the same food. Testing is important because it tells what the person had in their stomach. It is important to Biomedical science because it can show how a person died.
4.1.1: Path of Blood in the Heart pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
In 4.1.1: Path of Blood in the Heart, I learned how blood flows through a mammals heart. We used a heart box to show how the blood flows and how it creates a lub dub beat because the heart works in more then one part at a time. We also memorized the parts of the heart to understand where deoxygened and oxygenated blood flows. Knowing how the blood flows in a mammals heart is extreme important to know how or why something goes wrong and how to fix it. In Biomedical Science knowing how the heart flows can save many lives and have a better understanding of how the body works.
4.1.2: Anatomy of the Heart pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-9
In 4.1.2: Anatomy of the Heart, I learned that Arteries have to be thicker then veins because they take oxygenated blood to different parts of the body where veins are much thinner because they take deoxygenated blood back to the heart. I also learned how to identify the different parts on a mammals heart while we were doing dissections. The tricuspid has three leaflets. Left ventricular hypertrophy is an enlargement of the heart. Knowing the anatomy of the heart is important to Biomedical science to distinguish what may be wrong in the heart or if nothing is wrong.
5.1.4: Gram Staining pages 1, 2, 3, 4
Gram staining is used to help determine if a bacteria is gram positive or negative. It can be seen by the color difference between the two. gram positive is purple and gram negative is pink. This is used to help determine what a bacteria is in order to treat it in a patient. In Biomedical Science it is used to help decrease possible bacterias from others. Which is possible because of the outer protein of the bacteria.
4.1.1: Path of Blood in the Heart pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
In 4.1.1: Path of Blood in the Heart, I learned how blood flows through a mammals heart. We used a heart box to show how the blood flows and how it creates a lub dub beat because the heart works in more then one part at a time. We also memorized the parts of the heart to understand where deoxygened and oxygenated blood flows. Knowing how the blood flows in a mammals heart is extreme important to know how or why something goes wrong and how to fix it. In Biomedical Science knowing how the heart flows can save many lives and have a better understanding of how the body works.
4.1.2: Anatomy of the Heart pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-9
In 4.1.2: Anatomy of the Heart, I learned that Arteries have to be thicker then veins because they take oxygenated blood to different parts of the body where veins are much thinner because they take deoxygenated blood back to the heart. I also learned how to identify the different parts on a mammals heart while we were doing dissections. The tricuspid has three leaflets. Left ventricular hypertrophy is an enlargement of the heart. Knowing the anatomy of the heart is important to Biomedical science to distinguish what may be wrong in the heart or if nothing is wrong.
5.1.4: Gram Staining pages 1, 2, 3, 4
Gram staining is used to help determine if a bacteria is gram positive or negative. It can be seen by the color difference between the two. gram positive is purple and gram negative is pink. This is used to help determine what a bacteria is in order to treat it in a patient. In Biomedical Science it is used to help decrease possible bacterias from others. Which is possible because of the outer protein of the bacteria.