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Many people say that certain colors affect your mood. Some p…

Many people say that certain colors affect your mood. Some people even carefully plan the colors they paint on the walls in their home in an attempt to create an environment that puts them in a certain mood, such as calm (purple) or energized (orange). To test this idea, Sasha visited 15 doctor’s offices. She painted the waiting rooms in 5 of them blue, she painted 5 of them red, and she painted another 5 green. Afterwards, she had the doctor’s offices give surveys to every patient after they had been in the waiting room for 10 minutes. The surveys asked the patients to circle words that represent how they are feeling. The options included: calm, distressed, energized, joyful, frustrated, content, and bored. What is one controlled variable?

You are anesthetizing a 24 lb, 3 month old, male pittie mix…

You are anesthetizing a 24 lb, 3 month old, male pittie mix for a neuter procedure.  You need to perform his anesthesia calculations in order to get the prep room ready.  Calculate his reservoir bag size, I/R oxygen flow rates, M oxygen flow rate, hourly fluid rate, and drip rate.  Assume his fluids will run at 5 ml/kg/hr and that you have access to a macro drip set (15 drops/ml).  Assume that you have access to 0.25 L, 0.5 L, 1 L, and 2 L reservoir bags.  Fill in the blanks with the correct answers – make sure to include correct units.   Reservoir bag size: [bag] Induction/Recovery O2 Flow rate: [IR] Maintenance O2 Flow rate: [M] Hourly fluid rate: [hourly] Drip rate: [drip]