Cold Pack Investigation

An instant cold pack is a device which is composed of 2 sacks, one which contains water, and the other with another chemical. When the user wishes to activate the cold pack, she squeezes it, and breaks the boundary between the water and the chemical. This causes an endothermic reaction as the water dissolves the chemical. The reaction then lowers the pack’s temperature by absorbing heat from the surroundings. Cold packs typically utilize the chemicals ammonium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, or urea. A cold pack using ammonium nitrate will typically hit a low of 1.67℃ for 10 to 15 minutes. However, for the purposes of the first portion of the experiment, the chemicals being tested were ammonium chloride, sodium chloride, and calcium

An ice pack pressed behind the ears can offer immediate relief. If the patient can’t tolerate an ice pack, a rolled hand towel filled with ice cubes is a good alternative.

For example, as a nurse, I use those instant cold packs all the time. However, I didn’t know what caused them to turn instantly cold. When ammonium nitrate mixes with water, it creates the coldness

This device is used to reduce the risk of brain trauma or death following a cardiac arrest. Cooling the patient to a hypothermia state has a better chance for survival than doing nothing at all. The only problem was Arctic Sun was brand new to our hospital. We just had training a month ago, but it hadn 't been used yet.

A vacuum applicator is placed on the skin to bring it into contact with cooling panels.

may be most effective, and is simple and safe. Moderate hypothermia (28°C to 32°C) can

• Aggressive cooling is of utmost importance for hyperthermic patients (e.g., cooling blanket, cool intravenous fluids)

Imagine you sprained your leg and it hurts so bad you feel like you can’t even move, Imagine how amazing it would feel to get a cold pack put in your injury, Imagine the pleasure it would give you. I work for the Anaheim Ducks, I create cold packs to help with light injuries. I chose to use Potassium Chloride as my chemical since it had a major decrease than the Sodium Bicarbonate.

To test this question of what brand and insulation type allows for the longest ice retention, we are going to test six different brands coolers and see what performs the best. The way that we are going to test the ice retention part is simple. We will fill each cooler with the same amount of ice by volume of all of the coolers. For example, if we have a 60 quart cooler and we fill it with 60 pounds of crushed ice, then we would fill the one gallon cooler with one pound of crushed ice. This allows for their to be a constant. We will then leave all of the coolers that we are testing in the same place. Next, to check the temperature of the inside of the cooler we will open the coolers at the same time every

As it is known that after getting injured we all apply heat on the muscles to relieve pain or we sometime use some old heating pads to lessen the pain. These pads only heats up the air around us and the skin and do not reach the tissues. So, here arises the need of using infrared heating pads.

The purpose of this experiment is to determine which type of material provides the best insulation. The independent variables are the types of materials used, the dependant variable is the mass of the ice that has melted, and the controls are the temperature of the air in the room and the pressure. The reason for this experiment is to provide simple solutions for expensive insulation.

This ‘1992’ urban classic describes the entire day of a young man living in South Central Los Angeles. Ice Cube describes his perfect day: a pork-free breakfast, Yo MTV Raps!, gambling, and a sexual rendezvous. This song describes temporary free time, because it describes a single day and not a lifestyle. None of the lyrics suggest that he has any obligations and he was in a leisure spirit as he was cruising around in his low-rider. Realizing that obstacles that hassle him every other day are not on this particular day; making this a very special period. This song has importance to me because, it lets unprivileged kids know that you don’t have to have it all to have peace and enjoyment in your leisure.

Mild frostbite is an injury that does not result in tissue loss, whereas severe frostbite does. Much like a thermal burn frostbite can also be categorized into “degrees” of injury according to acute physical findings after freezing and rewarming (Freer & Imray, 2012). Frostnip, a superficial injury resulting in no frozen extracellular water or tissue loss, is associated with severe vasoconstriction that manifests in discomfort but usually resolves on its own within 30 minutes. First-degree frostbite presents with numbness of the effected tissue, erythema, and edema; like frostnip there is no tissue loss. Second-degree frostbite presents with clear or milky blisters on the skin surrounded by edema and erythema. This degree of frostbite typically looks worse than it is and will heal within 30 days. Third-degree frostbite presents with deeper blisters often containing purple-ish blood filled fluid. This degree of frostbite is severe and indicates that the injury has extended beneath the dermal vascular plexus and into the reticular dermis. The final and most severe is fourth-degree frostbite, usually presenting with relatively avascular subcuticular tissues causing mummification with muscle and bone involvement. This degree of frostbite typically results in tissue loss and/or auto or surgical amputation (Freer & Imray,

1. The system has a good structure design.2. Warm air makes patients feel warm and stop shivering.3. The system cannot cause burns and water leaks around electrical equipment are not a problem, as they are with water-circulating blankets.4. The disposable blankets eliminate the potential for cross-contamination among patients.5. The system

For those with tight muscles or injury a contrast therapy with the use of cold stone therapy can increase the benefit of stone therapy. Thermal therapy has a powerful effect on the body 's physiology. The use of hot basalt stones has a dramatic effect on