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Project 1: No Pulse heart article: in the article "No pulse heart" they talked about the Machine known as the Heartmate 2, this machine was first tested in a calf, instead of hearing a heart beat, all you heard was a whirling sounds, the pump pushes blood through from one chamber to the other. Rahel Elmer Reger was the first person to have the Heartmate 2 put in a person. The Heartmate had to be hooked up to a small back pack containing Lithium-Ion batteries, that connected through a wire in a hole in her skin. Her cousin once accidentally disconnected the batteries while learning how to switch them, Reger passed out for 10 seconds however, when she regained consciousness it was like nothing happened. I think that this was a very important step in medicine, although it isn't ideal to carry around a back pack, it is much more convenient than being hooked up to a loud heart & lung machine. However it is important that we continue to develop this technology because the supply for hearts isn't as abundant as it was before, so instead of these heartmate's being "bridges" they will need to become a dependable source for life, that will last a long time. Once this happens, the demand will not decrease, but it will be easier to get people the transplants they so desperately need. Over all I found this article very interesting and am excited to see what new advances they will be coming up with in the future.

Project 2: Drug user information in a form of a Prezi (commercial included): I have also e-mailed it to you just in case the link doesn't work. http://prezi.com/x00kwdfepqmc/present/?auth_key=s3kghaa&follow=qer6axds9oxg

Project 3: Knee injury prezi, also e-mailed to you http://prezi.com/gdfskgmx3pcy/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy