RYAN CLARK
• Professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers• Playoff game at
Denver• Last time he played
there, he had to leave the game at half time• Lost spleen & gall
bladder
SIMULATION
• You are a sports medicine doctor at a clinic in Denver, where the air pressure is lower than in Chicago due to the higher elevation. Ryan Clark comes to you complaining of shortness of breath during practice.
• What do you think you should do? What test should you run?
Pressure (mm Hg)
Saturation (%)
Oxygen Saturation Curves for Patients
Ryan Clark
Ben
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L E FT S I D E = B E N , R I G H T S I D E = RYA N C L A R K
BLOOD MICROGRAPHS
BLOOD MICROGRAPHSB LO W N U P P I C T U R E S O F B E N & RYA N ’ S R E D B LO O D
C E L L S
C A R R I E S OX Y G E N T O T H E R E S T O F T H E BO DY
HEMOGLOBIN STRUCTURE
HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS
ATGGTGCACCTGACTCCTGAGGAGAAGTCTGCGGTTACTGCCCTGTGGGGCAAGGTGAACGTGGATGAAGTTGGTGGTGAGGCCCTGGGCAGGCTGCTGGTGGTCTACCCTTGGACCCAGAGGTTCTTTGAGTCCTTTGGGGATCTGTCCACTCCTGATGCAGTTATGGGCAACCCTAAGGTGAAGGCTCATGGCAAGAAAGTGCTCGGTGCCTTTAGTGATGGCCTGGCTCACCTGGACAACCTCAAGGGCACCTTTGCCACACTGAGTGAGCTGCACTGTGACAAGCTGCACGTGGATCCTGAGAACTTCAGGCTCCTGGGCAACGTGCTGGTCTGTGTGCTGGCCCATCACTTTGGCAAAGAATTCACCCCACCAGTGCAGGCTGCCTATCAGAAAGTGGTGGCTGGTGTGGCTAATGCCCTGGCCCACAAGTATCACTAAGCTCGCTTTCTTGCTGTCCAATTTCTATTAAAGGTTCCTTTGTTCCCTAAGTCCAACTACTAAACTGGGGGATATTATGAAGGGCCTTGAGCATCTGGATTCTGCCTAATAAAAAACATTTATTTTCATTGC
ATGGTGCACCTGACTCCTGTGGAGAAGTCYGCNGTTACTGCNYTNTGGGGCAA GGTGAACGTGGATGAAGTTGGTGGTGAGGCCCTGGGCAGGCTGCTGGTGGTCTACCCTTGGACCCAGAGGTTCTTTGAGTCCTTTGGGGATCTGTCCACTCCTGATGCAGTTATGGGCAACCCTAAGGTGAAGGCTCATGGCAAGAAAGTGCTCGGTGCCTTTAGTGATGGCCTGGCTCACCTGGACAACCTCAAGGGCACCTTTGCCACACTGAGTGAGCTGCACTGTGACAAGCTGCACGTGGATCCTGAGAACTTCAGGCTCCTGGGCAACGTGCTGGTCTGTGTGCTGGCCCATCACTTTGGCAAAGAATTCACCCCACCAGTGCAGGCAGCCTATCAGAAAGTGGTGGCTGGTGTGGCTAATGCCCTGGCCCACAAGTATCACTAAGCTCGCTTTCTTGCTGTCCAATTTCTATTAAAGGTTCCTTTGTTCCCTAAGTCCAACTACTAAACTGGGGGATATTATGAAGGGCCTTGAGCATCTGGATTCTGCCTAATAAAAAACATTTATTTTCATTGC
Ben Rothliesberger DNA sequence
Ryan Clark DNA sequence
Write an essay explaining Ryan Clark’s disorder and make a recommendation whether or not he should play in the playoff game in Denver. You must include an introduction, a paragraph explaining each of the pieces of data, and a conclusion. You may start with the macro data (oxygen saturation data) and move to the micro data (DNA strand) or vice versa, but the explanation should flow together and make sense. The following words must be included in your essay, DNA, RNA, transcription, translation, oxygen saturation, blood micrograph, hemoglobin, protein, amino acid, and mutation.
Sports Medicine Simulation Essay
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