On April 6, 2016 at approximately 11:45am, a local police station got a call about a hostage situation at a local pharmacy. When police and medical examiners got to each crime scene, they learned that all of the hostages were given drugs and had overdosed on them. Some of the pills, in powder form, were found near the victims. One of the victims was stable enough to tell the investigators that the power on the floor were the drugs they were forced to take. The medical examiner found out each hostage was given either unknown A or unknown B. Both being over the counter drugs. The medical examiner narrowed down the list of 5 possible pain relievers and 3 antacids the unknown drugs could be. The purpose of this lab is to identify what the unknown …show more content…
Unknown A is Excedrin because they both look like white powders and they were both soluble. When the universal indicator was added they both turned red, which indicted their pH level was 4.0. Then when we tested the pH with the pH strips they both showed the pH as being 3.0. After that, we added HCl or stomach acid and both drugs dissolved and were soluble. We tested the pH and it dropped to 1.0. This piece of evidence is not so compelling because the pH levels dropped for all drugs after the HCl was added because stomach acids neutralize the pH levels (“Painkillers & Acid Reflux Symptoms”). The most compelling piece of evidence is the color when we added the iron nitrate. They both turned black when the iron nitrate was added and no other pain reliever looked like those two. Unknown B is Bufferin because they both look like white powders and they were both insoluble. When the universal indicator was added they both turned orange, which indicted their pH level was 5.0. Later on the color changed to green, which indicated the pH was 8.0. Then when we tested the pH with the pH strips they both showed the pH as being 5.0. After that, we added HCl or stomach acid and both drugs dissolved and were soluble. We tested the pH and it dropped to 1.0. They both turned a brownish-yellow when the iron nitrate was added and no other pain reliever or antacid looked like those two. The only part that was irrelevant was the appearance of the drug. All but one drug looked like white powder. Even white medicines are dyes to look white (“Toxins in Vitamins and Medicine”). The appearance of the drug therefore does not help us identify what drug the Unknown drugs are. Our conclusion is irrefutable because Unknown A was the same as Excedrin in every category we tested and the same goes for Unknown B and bufferin. No other process would explain why Excedrin and bufferin were a perfect match for Unknown A and Unknown B. There are other
Experiment 7 In this experiment we configured several DC circuits consisting of an emf and a network of resistors. The circuits were composed of a power supply, two DMMs, a circuit board, an SPST switch, and an assortment of known resistors along with one unknown resistor. We measured the current and voltage of the entire circuit as well as the potential drops across each resistor to determine the parameters of the circuit including the resistance, voltage, and current for each component.
Medical biller is a position that will require you to take in medical claims and code them and bill out medical claims to insurance companies, Medicare and Medicaid on a daily basis. You will have to reconcile Explanation of Benefits (EOB) weekly. Verify if insurance companies require that patients get PA for certain procedure and products. Five requirements for Medical Biller position 1. How to bill claims 2.
In the article “Botched Execution Shows Perils of Lethal Injection Drug Shortage” discusses that the pharmaceuticals being used in today’s death-row executions are not being supplied to prisons. Drug manufactures are no longer supplying the lethal drugs, stating the drugs are being used against the company’s wishes. Furthermore, correctional centers are buying drugs illegally or trading drugs with other states in order to continue the lethal injection to death-row inmates. The author states that correctional facilities have been taken to court and are refusing to disclose information as to what compounds they are using on death-row inmates.
As a routine, tissues, and organs must be examined by a pathological and toxicological; however, the majority of Dr. Shipman’s patients did not receive these two examinations, but the 15 victims that did receive these test were able to convict Dr.
CSC pharmacists play a key role in the delivery of offender health services. They ensure that the medication is appropriate and has minimal risk in terms of side effects. This has become increasingly challenging due to the multifaceted health issues offenders face, which usually involve multi-drug
Previous Cases: For drug processing, we will examine a case that focuses on the supply of controlled drugs. With the help of Forensic Science Service (FSS), it has been engaged in the development of the framework that provides a consistent, robust, and a balanced approach to forensic science casework (G. Booth, 2002). FSS is seen in this case. The case will compare the wraps of two suspected people. The findings are based on the maximum value, clarity, and balance of the product.
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The technique used in the interrogation varied from case to case according to the background information of the patient/suspect in question, the seriousness of their crimes, and the attitude towards both the narcosis and the doctor administering the drug (Bimmerle, G. 2007) When the it became obvious that the subject was lying about a certain topic, his denails were passed over and ignored and any key questions that were required would be reworded in a new approach. Several patients ended up revealing fantases, delusions, fears and much of which was very distingushible from reality, since these fantasies were obscure in the way only our deepest unconsciousness would make sense of (Bimmerle, G.
\section{Facility Static and Dynamic Control}\label{Calibr} The facility calibration is the transfer function between the oscillating gauge pressure $P_C(t)$ in the chamber (described in ~\autoref{Sub31}) and the liquid flow rate $q(t)$ in the distributing channel, i.e. the test section. Due to practical difficulties in measuring $q(t)$ within the thin channel, and being the flow laminar, this transfer function was derived analytically and validated numerically as reported in ~\autoref{Sub32} and ~\autoref{Sub33}. \subsection{Pressure Chamber Response}\label{Sub31} Fig.\ref{fig:2a} shows three example of pressure signals $P_C(t)$, measured in the pneumatic chamber.
The investigation was carried out to identify the presence or absence of biological molecules in serum 2216. If the concentration in each test tube of the dilutions carried out will be more concentrated then the concentration of the test tube before it, then the color will be at an equal concentration with the other dilutions performed. The hypothesis was wrong because of the difference in concentrations due to the different measurements within the dilutions done. The test for starch was to add a drop of iodine solution to the pipette in the spotting tile. A reducing sugar solutions is add inside a test tube with 3 drops to then add 3 drops of benedicts and plane in a water bath.
Doctors disputed that because of the amount of medication and types of drugs that were found in Patrick 's system showed she had intentionally poisoned her
The concept of therapeutic equivalence, as used to develop the List, applies only to drug products containing the same active ingredient(s) and does not encompass a comparison of different therapeutic agents used for the same condition (e.g., propoxyphene hydrochloride vs. pentazocine hydrochloride for the treatment of pain). Any drug product in the List repackaged and/or distributed by other than the application holder is considered to be therapeutically equivalent to the application holder's drug product even if the application holder's drug product is single source or coded as non-equivalent (e.g., BN). Also, distributors or repackagers of an 1 application holder's drug product are considered to have the same code as the application holder. Therapeutic equivalence determinations are not made for unapproved, off-label indications. FDA considers drug products to be
Leading Effects of Pain Medications We often feel comfortable about what medications doctors prescribe to aid us to a comfortable recovery. It makes us feel more comfortable of knowing that pharmacists put warnings of side effects on medication bottles, but we are still unaware of the true side effects and what we are putting into our bodies. When pain, fever, or illnesses take over our bodies it is set in our mind that immediately we need Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen or other related medications that will help us feel better. Although, pain medication is much needed at a point in everyone’s life, there are dangers in our everyday pain medications we take that are much more serious than what is printed on the warning label on the side
Caffeine is a central nervous stimulant that is in coffee beans, cocoa beans, and in tea leaves. In very large proportions, caffeine can be toxic. In large doses it can result into vomiting, convulsions, arrhythmia (a quivering heart), tachycardia, coma, and even death (Kerrigan & Tania, 2005). A person can have up to 400 milligrams of caffeine a day for adults. That is roughly about four cups of brewed coffee, 10 cans of cola or two “energy shot” drinks.
Why we pick Cleanup organizations ?? llegal medicine labs continue being a creating issue the nation over. Covert solution labs are found in homes, lofts, hotel and furthermore motel rooms, manufactured houses, storage facilities, storerooms, vehicles and even watercraft. These properties are seen as contaminated if they have been used for the unlawful collecting of a controlled substance, for instance, amphetamine, methcathenone, LSD, bliss, PCP, GHB and the most typically created prescription, methamphetamine.