Exercise 10: Acid/Base Balance Worksheet
Exercise 10: Acid/Base Balance Worksheet
Assignment Due: Week 1
Student instructions: Follow the step-by-step instructions for this exercise found in your text and record your answers in the spaces below. Submit this completed document by the assignment due date found in the Syllabus.
Please make sure that your answers are typed in RED.
Please type your Name and Student ID Number here: Michael Rowland 4035527
Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis
Activity 1: Normal Breathing
1. At 20 seconds, pH = 7.40 2. At 40 seconds, pH = 7.39 3. At 60 seconds, pH = 7.38 4. Did the pH level of the blood change at all during normal breathing? If so, how? yes, it went down by .01 pH 5. Was the pH level always within the “normal” range for the human body? 7.35-7.45 6. Did the PCO2 level change during the course of normal breathing? If so, how? No
Activity 2a: Hyperventilation – Run 1
1. At 20 seconds, pH = 7.48 2. At 40 seconds, pH = 7.56 3. At 60 seconds, pH = 7.69 4. Maximum pH = 7.59 5. Did the pH level of the blood change at all during this run? If so, how? ,yes it went up .08 from 20 seconds to 40 seconds then 13 after 60 seconds 6. Was the pH level always within the “normal” range for the human body? If not, when was the pH value outside of the normal range, and what acid/base imbalance did this pH value indicate? no, it indicated a rise in pH 7. Did the PCO2 level change during the curse of this run? If so, how? the max pco2 did not change but the minimum did. the min. went down by 8 then by 6 8. If you observed an acid/base imbalance during this run, how would you expect to renal system to compensate for this condition? by increasing pco2 level and decreasing pH levels 9. How did the hyperventilation trace differ from the trace for the normal breathing? Did the tidal volumes change? yes the tidal volumes were larger 10. What might cause a person to hyperventilate? stress and
Assignment Due: Week 1
Student instructions: Follow the step-by-step instructions for this exercise found in your text and record your answers in the spaces below. Submit this completed document by the assignment due date found in the Syllabus.
Please make sure that your answers are typed in RED.
Please type your Name and Student ID Number here: Michael Rowland 4035527
Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis
Activity 1: Normal Breathing
1. At 20 seconds, pH = 7.40 2. At 40 seconds, pH = 7.39 3. At 60 seconds, pH = 7.38 4. Did the pH level of the blood change at all during normal breathing? If so, how? yes, it went down by .01 pH 5. Was the pH level always within the “normal” range for the human body? 7.35-7.45 6. Did the PCO2 level change during the course of normal breathing? If so, how? No
Activity 2a: Hyperventilation – Run 1
1. At 20 seconds, pH = 7.48 2. At 40 seconds, pH = 7.56 3. At 60 seconds, pH = 7.69 4. Maximum pH = 7.59 5. Did the pH level of the blood change at all during this run? If so, how? ,yes it went up .08 from 20 seconds to 40 seconds then 13 after 60 seconds 6. Was the pH level always within the “normal” range for the human body? If not, when was the pH value outside of the normal range, and what acid/base imbalance did this pH value indicate? no, it indicated a rise in pH 7. Did the PCO2 level change during the curse of this run? If so, how? the max pco2 did not change but the minimum did. the min. went down by 8 then by 6 8. If you observed an acid/base imbalance during this run, how would you expect to renal system to compensate for this condition? by increasing pco2 level and decreasing pH levels 9. How did the hyperventilation trace differ from the trace for the normal breathing? Did the tidal volumes change? yes the tidal volumes were larger 10. What might cause a person to hyperventilate? stress and