Informative Speech On Prosthetics

Terry Fox is a brave man who ran a huge quantity of Canada, who inspired millions across the world. On July 28, 1958, our amazing hero, Terry Fox was born. He lived with a family who always encouraged and supported him. This includes: his mom, Betty and his dad, Rolly. Also, his siblings Darryl, Fred and Judith. Terry was an amazing athlete and played many sports, for example, baseball and distance running. However, basketball was the sport he enjoyed the most. In addition, he was chosen for his school’s basketball team. At the age of 18, Terry was diagnosed with cancer in the right knee and was forced to get it amputated. The night before the surgery, his basketball coach has given him an article about the first amputee to run across New York.

Prosthetic arms and legs give people the advantage of living a normal life without being less fortunate. For example, if someone is trying to attack you, and you only have 1 arm it’s not that much you can do to protect yourself. Or if a person is being chased, how would they be able to run away with one leg? Sometimes we may not think of all the possibilities of these event, but if they occur they can be well prepared. As the doctors are measuring the person’s amputations, it gives them a renewed hope that they can lead a normal life. Prosthetic arms or legs helps with well-being also. When creating the prosthetic limbs there are risks. One of which would be as the technician is cutting the mold, something could go wrong. For instance, the cutting machine would process the cast incorrectly and cause discomfort for the patient. They’re pro and cons for prosthetic limbs, but it’s nothing that can’t be fixed. Overall biomedical engineering in general is a thriving technology that will advance the world more than it ever has. As it continues to grow more things have been developed to help human’s live easier and more stable lives. In the future we can look forward to better prosthetic limbs in the area of natural feeling and physical appearance that can help in health and

Kevin is only one out of thousands who have bionic parts because of disorders, shooting, accidents and war. Amanda Kitts is a great example “The assembly is topped by a white plastic cup midway up Kitts’s biceps, encircling a stump that is almost all that remains from the arm she lost in a car accident in 2006.” Due to the car accident in 2006, Kitt has an arm with “… flesh-colored plastic…underneath are three motors, a metal frame, and a network of sophisticated electronics.” Although, Kevin wasn’t in a car accident he still uses bionic parts for his legs and arms. “…little Freak showed up one day with these shiny braces strapped to his crooked legs, metal tubes right up to his hips, why those were even more cool than crutches.” This quote directly from “Freak the Mighty” (pg. 12) proves that Freak has similar problems. Ever since he was born, Kevin has had problems

Amputation which often on the battlefield did save lives, because a crushed foot or arm would always lead to a fatal systemic infection, so it was simpler to cut it off other than to try and save it. Having to work very quickly, a very skilled surgeon would cut through the flesh that was saw completely through the bone and apply a piping red hot iron to fix off the stump’s raw surface and stop the bleeding of the cut. Sometimes the entire operation was performed in less than two minutes. By having a limb amputated the mortality risk was about fifty percent. But even with a fifty-fifty chance of living after this surgery was a better chance that most received, because if the person didn’t receive treatment they would most definitely die. The ability to eliminate pain during surgery was a huge medical breakthrough.

In future years the work we know and do will be changed. With current emerging technologies, such as the 3D printer, Wi-Fi, or mobile devices, jobs have already been impacted from what was done in the ‘olden days’ or before the introduction of these advancements. Three careers have been chosen to display how this information technology (IT) impacts on work, these careers being medicine, education, and journalism. They have been chosen based on how their careers have largely been positively impacted and changed because of these advancements. The examples below will demonstrate how IT has shown to be an overall positive addition to the work industry. Another form used to further persuade about the positiveness of IT, is how, despite its few disadvantages, mobile devices have improved and become of the most useful devices available.

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” (Joseph Campbell). Heroes dedicate their lives to contribute to the general welfare of society. Most of the time, the obstacle seems to big for them to handle, but they overcome it in the end. A hero can be anyone in the world. A neighbor, a child, a firefighter, or a politician. Heroes are determined, they never do anything for personal gain, and they always fight for good.

The Civil War was bloody, killing around 620,000 people. Most of these people were killed by disease and sickness, and medicine was important. The Civil War split the country pinning North against South over the issue of slavery. Many things such as the Kansas-Nebraska act and the election of Abraham Lincoln led to the succession of 11 southern states. The war lasted from 1861 to 1865, and eventually the Union (the North) came out victorious under Ulysses S. Grant. Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general was not killed or imprisoned, but the 13th amendment was ratified, ending slavery. During the war, there had to be some way to try and save those mortally wounded. A new era of medicine arose, with all new treatments, procedures, and practices.

Igor Spetic is a volunteer at the research center in the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He uses his left hand, which is his own flesh and blood, and his right hand, a plastic metal prosthetic (a consequence of an industrial accident). The prosthetic in his right hand uses the “myoelectric” device which is controlled by flexing his muscles in his right arm.

Cinder, is the first book in the series of The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. This is Marissa Meyer debuting novel that starts off The Lunar Chronicles, weaving a web between many childhood fairytales. Cinder is a retelling of classic fairytale of Cinderella. Cinder is set in the futuristic city of New Beijing. The World of Cinder is full of aliens and new age technology of spaceships, androids, and most importantly cyborgs. Linh Cinder is a sixteen year old girl with a murky past that lives with her stepmother and two stepsisters since her adoptive father had passed away from the plague called letumosis. Unlike the original Cinderella who becomes a maid to her family, Cinder is New Beijing’s top mechanic running her

I spend my observation hours in the training room this week. While in the training room, I learned a lot more about the e stem machine. I learned that e-stem is mainly used to reduce pain as opposed to actually healing the injured body part. The e-stem can also be used to help people recover from surgery. It is crazy thinking about all the resources we have now to help people return from injuries. We have come such a long way in helping people with technology over the years. I learned that ultrasound can help warm muscles up in spots that are hard to warm up.

Evolution - the gradual adapting and changing process that humans go through. Looking back from the past, now in the present, and into the future it is easy to see the we as humans have always and always will feel the need to adapt to our surrounding in order to survive. It is apart of what makes us human. In Juan Enriquez presentation over “What humans will look like in the next 100 year,” he explains this need for advancement through the use of prosthetics; saying that to some people they are a need, but with certain advancements they are becoming more of a want. The human race feels the push to advance in order to survive thus pushing us to view prosthetics as a way to change fundamental aspects of humanity. In the words of Yogi Berra, “It’s

The focus of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of task specific gait training compared to standard prosthetic gait training in reducing falls in individuals with a lower extremity amputation. The fall risk for individuals with a lower extremity amputation is comparable to that of individuals with balance impairments. Reported incidences of falls are 20% to 32% during rehabilitation and 52% within the community (). There can be many causes for a lower extremity amputation, the most common being poor circulation due to the damaging or narrowing of the arteries also known as peripheral artery disease. Other causes include trauma, tumors in the muscle or bone, infection and neuroma. The intervention investigated is task specific gait

Phantom limb syndrome is a neurological disorder that affects amputees and is characterized by phantom sensations that appear to emanate from the missing limb (Rugnetta). The phantom sensations can be painful or nonpainful in nature, so that the individual experiences pain, touch sensations, or changes in temperature (Rugnetta), despite missing the peripheral portions of the spinothalamic pathway and other pathways involved in relaying information to associated regions of the brain, and in particular to the somatosensory cortex. The mechanisms involved in phantom limb syndrome are not fully understood. However, it has been noted that following amputation there is a rewiring of parts of the brain associated with sensation (Purves, Augustine, Fitzpatrick, Hall, LaMantia, & White, 2012), including, “considerable reorganization

The next little clump of auburn hair spirals down, caught by the brisk breeze of the stand fan. It misses the tiled floor and lands on the leather handle of the wheelchair. I watch it as it performs a short waltz before sliding onto the floor. There is the sound of ripping velcro and I raise my arms as the barber’s gown falls off my shoulders, revealing my red wool sweater. I got the sweater on my 19th Christmas from Jared, my brother - 16 at the time. Now I look up and see the almond eyes off the reflecting glass; tired but focused. I push off and make my way out the door into

There are an estimated 1.9 million amputees in the United States and approximately 185,000 amputations surgeries performed each year. (McGimpsey) Many amputees are hit with the reality that they are unable to participate in many physical activities due to their lack of a limb. Science has come up with a way to make it possible for disabled people to walk, run, and jump with prosthetic legs. In the early 70s there were mostly prosthetics that allowed an amputee to pick up and hold things. Scientists and sport enthusiasts began their work to make it possible for more upper body accessibility with prosthetics. Now people can do almost anything just using fake arms.