1a. What do the C and the F stand for in the Average temperature column?
2a. What column gives you information on the normal range of pulse rates?
3a. What row and column gives you information on the average respiratory rate for a 37-year-old man?
4a. According to this chart, newborn babies and the elderly are alike in one way and different in another. Explain the way they are alike and the way they are different.
5a. What do the terms average, normal, and abnormal mean? What does it mean to be out of the average range?
1b. When Schatz is well, what should his temperature be?
2b. How can you expect your pulse rate to change when you are 16?
3b. For which group is pulse rate generally higher—teenage girls or teenage boys?
4b. In general, does pulse rate and blood pressure follow a similar pattern over the years? Explain your answer.
5b. If Schatz's temperature had reached 44 degrees Fahrenheit, what would that have meant for him? How would you explain to Schatz how doctors and nurses use tables of information?
Table. In what ways do these tables make it easier to read and interpret the data presented?
1. Create a chart for Schatz that shows the Fahrenheit equivalents for at least ten different Celsius temperatures.
2. Write a product description for a thermometer that gives readings in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.
3. Write an editorial article for a newspaper, stating why a particular U.S. industry should use metric measurements instead of the traditional U.S. measurements.
Creating a Graph. Using the data in the table entitled Variations in Vital Signs by Age, complete the graph on your own paper. On the x-axis, copy the ages from the left-hand column of the table. Label the axis "Ages." Going up from the bottom of the y-axis, write the numbers 0, 5, 10, and so on, in increments of 5, to 80. Label that axis "Respiratory rate/min." Block in the ranges for each age level. What conclusions can you make about how respiratory rates fluctuate throughout life?
Language, Grammar, and Style
Correcting Common Usage Problems. Read the Language Arts Survey 3.45, "Correcting Common Usage Problems." Then choose the correct word from the two given in parentheses.
Example: (Between, Among) you and me, being sick is no fun. Between you and me, being sick is no fun.
1. Schatz had to click to select answer lay lie in bed because he had a high fever.
2. If click to select answer your you're feeling ill, you should get rest and drink plenty of fluids.
3. Schatz was afraid that he had click to select answer fewer less than eight hours to live.
4. His father's click to select answer advise advice was to stop worrying.
5. click to select answer Its It's sad that Schatz believed he was going to die.
6. He was click to select answer altogether all together exhausted from the ordeal.
7. Is click to select answer there their a medication that can cure a fever?
8. The boy said, " click to select answer Can May I get up and play now?"
9. He couldn't click to select answer accept except the fact that he was dying.
10. The doctor said to take click to select answer two too pills and call him in the morning.
Writing a Medical Skit. Using information provided in your textbook and other sources if necessary, write a brief definition for each of the words listed below. Then, work with three or four other students to write a short skit in which you pretend to be medical professionals working in an emergency room. In your skit, try to use in context each of the words you have defined. Perform your skit for the rest of the class.
Definitions:
1. artery
2. blood pressure
3. body temperature
4. diastolic pressure
5. heartbeat
6. left ventricle
7. pulse
8. respiration
9. systolic pressure
10. vital signs
Skit:
