4. Fluid Transport

Fluid Transport

 

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Have you ever wondered where the natural gas that heats your home comes from? Or why most people in the hospital are connected to bags hanging from poles?
In this lesson we are going to examine how liquids are transported from one place to another. First, we will examine how natural gas is transported across Canada. Second, we will look at the technology that is used in hospitals to give ailing people food, water and medicine.

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Intravenous Delivery Have you ever watched any of those emergency medicine shows on TV? It seems one of the first things they when a person is really sick or injured is to put in an IV ( intravenous ) line. Why? Let's find out. Here is a list of questions that the interviewer in the video is going to ask the nurse at the hospital. After the video, record the answers in the space provided.

Exercise 5.4A: Health Care

Exercise 5.4B: Natural Gas