... and resuscitation on patients who have been in a traumatic injury and are at risk of hemorrhage. EPR uses the technique of induced hypothermia, which protects tissue from ischemic injury. Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation Trauma, or unintentional (accidental) injuries, is the leading cause of death in individuals in the age groups 1-44 and is the fifth leading cause of mortality in the United states (Heron,2010). The major cause of preventable deaths from these traumas was caused ... a period of ischemia. Inducing hypothermia stops the process of ischemia from affecting the other...

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... smoking, high salt intake, obesity, family history of high blood pressure, kidney disease and stress. Smoking is not a major factor in high blood pressure and only raises blood pressure slightly. The nicotine in cigarettes restricts blood vessels and raises the blood pressure. This is because the heart has to work harder to pump blood to all parts of the body. When the salt content of blood goes up, it attracts water from ... . There is salt as sodium outside every cell in the body. When the salt content of the fluid around your cells goes up, it attracts water from the blood and swellin...

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