Michael E. DeBakey Essays

  • The Pros And Cons Of Animal Testing

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    First Draft Is animal testing so bad, if it saves millions of human lives and even other animals? Who would you rather be put at risk: Your relative or a common rat? In my opinion, animal testing is necessary because without it, human lives would be at risk. The main reason for animal testing is to cure humans from diseases. This is beneficial to us because we get cured and the experiments are not done to us! Rats and mice are used 95% of the time for animal testing. This is because they reproduce

  • A Career as a Cardiothoracic Surgeon

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    War ll, when four surgeons carried out a successful operation for mitral stenosis resulting from rheumatic fever. A major historical event that affect this job market is Obesity from eating too much saturated fat from foods especially fast foods. Michael ...

  • Anesthesia Research Paper

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    Throughout my childhood, my choice of career changed like the direction of the wind. Daydreams as an astronaut, actor, or musician were all too common, with me never feeling satisfaction from doing that line of work for the rest of my life. However, during the summer of my freshman year in high school, that would change as I felt at an early age the temporal fragility of life that can take us down unexpected paths we would have not previously considered. During a routine examination, a large mass

  • Music in Education

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    Why Music Is Important To Having A Complete Education With school budget cuts, and no music instruments, more and more people are beginning to realize the benefits of having music in education. Providing music as part of education helps develop intelligence that leads to greater success in school and in life. Everyone from VH1 Save The Music to The National Association For Music Education agree that, “Every student in the nation should have an education in the arts.” These two companies are doing

  • What is a Heart Transplant?

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    Heart transplant is a surgical procedure to remove a person’s diseased heart (orthotopic approach) and replace by a healthy heart from an organ donor. Less commonly, heart transplant can be carried out without the removal of diseased heart and a healthy heart will be positioned (heterotopic approach) to encourage the recovery of the diseased heart of the recipient. Cardiac surgeons will only perform heart transplantation, if only congestive heart failure was diagnosed in the patient. And there are

  • Ensure Technical and Academic Rigor of Programs

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    technical skills offer another strategy for ensuring program rigor. Students learn best in the context of real life experiences. Sussex Technical High School in Georgetown, Delaware; William H. Turner Technical Arts High School in Miami; and Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professionals in Houston are three schools that combine rigorous academic coursework with career and technical education through hands-on activities set in real-world contexts (Roberts 1999). In this way, "students can

  • The Benefits of Space Exploration

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    para.3) We in our everyday lives are surrounded by a vast amount of technologies developed for space exploration. For example, the artificial heart resulted from experiments on the space shuttle and a partnership with renowned heart surgeon Dr. Michael Debakey. The hand held Jaws of Life used to save victims from car wrecks originated from the system used to separate the space shuttle from its booster rockets. Even the insulation that keeps our homes warm and energy efficient is based on the technology