part 1
Lanaya is 82 years old and was just involved in a terrible accident. She was driving her car down the Mass
Pike and suddenly large amounts of debris from a tractor trailer in front of her fell off the truck and went straight
into her windshield. She jerked the wheel to avoid some of the debris and went off the road hitting another car
and the guardrail in the process.
She is severely burned and has major trauma to her torso and head.
Her starting vital signs are:
HR - 150
BP - 60/40
RR - 35
Temperature - 101
Pain - 10
In this unit covering senses, you will complete the following writing assignment:
Write three paragraphs describing how trauma might affect the human body, specifically the sensory organs.
Comment on:
-specific senses that Lanaya may not have fully functioning after the accident (eg. causes by the debris)
-the source (and cellular pathway) of the pain she might be feeling as a result of the accident (broken bones,
pulled muscles, etc)
-Assuming the burn on her arm produced a third degree burn, utilize outside research to determine how the
levels of burn are related to pain
Submit the writing assignment under Coursework for Unit 11. *Utilize your three core concepts of homeostasis,
cell cell communication, and/or flow down gradients.
part 2
Mystery Patients- Senses (Nervous System)
Review the below patients. Once you decide on the diagnoses (for ALL the patients, not just one), research
those diseases and write up a brief outline (each bullet below should be about 1-2 sentences) for each patient:
Disease name
Why you think the diagnosis is this disease in particular based on the information that I provided to you.
Populations affected by the disease
Geographical regions affiliated with it, if any
Symptoms
Treatments including medications
*Remember, there is no expectation for you to diagnose a patient at a physician's level, the learning objective
is to learn/research the disease and understand in a general way how disease might alter the normal
homeostasis of the human body*
part 3
Complete Drawing Assignment in Coursework : A. Create a concept map for the process of sight, starting with
light entering the eye, B. Create a concept map for the process of hearing, starting with a sound wave entering
the ear.