Week 2 Day 1

Part 1      DAILY DIALOG                                          (Click to Open/Close)

Welcome to Week 2 Day 1 Part 1!

YOU WILL NEED GOOGLE CHROME FOR THIS FEATURE! (Click here to download.)

     Listen to the Avatar say the dialog a few times until you're comfortable with it. Then click on the little microphone icons and say each line. Practice until the words you say match the dialog.

Read each line out loud several times. Then, click on the little microphone and say it to the computer.  (The microphone icon is sometimes unresponsive, you may have to click it more than once to start it or reset it. Don't give up!)


1. SAY: Try to stay relaxed and comfortable.

2. SAY: You might feel a slight poke.

3. SAY: Here's the first tube...

4. SAY: Are you still doing okay? We're almost finished.

5. SAY: Now I'm going to untie the tourniquet.

Part 2      TODAY'S TUBE AND LINK TO WORKSHEETS                            (Click to Open/Close)

Welcome to Week 2 Day 1 Part 2!

Yes, it's another Plasma Tube!

     It's about to get a little more interesting. The remaining tubes get a little more complicated, starting with this one! The GRAY TOP tube has not one, but TWO additives. An anticoagulant (K+Ox) and an antiglycolytic agent (NaF).
What those do is

• (a) keep the blood from clotting and,
• (b) keep substances in the blood (i.e. glucose, or even alcohol) from being metabolized (consumed) by the blood cells.

     Mainly, though, the GRAY TOP tube is used to measure the metabolism of carbohydrates as glucose in the blood. The glucose tolerance test (GTT) is performed with the gray top tubes tubes (GTT). As many as eight tubes can be drawn from the same patient in the course of a morning! You will be learning this procedure in a few weeks!

     Visit this link and print and complete the relevant worksheet(s).

Part 3       PST! PRICELESS STUDY TIP                         (Click to Open/Close)

Welcome to Week 2 Day 1 Part 3!

...sponsored a "TEACHABLE MOMENT" recently? If so, "THANK YOU!"
If you haven't, there is probably still time...
A teachable moment results when someone messes up gets called out. No one really likes to be put on the spot, but if it happens to you, please don't take it personally.
We can all learn from "TEACHABLE MOMENTS." Teachable moments are timely and can be effective if taken the right way. If you get a "Teachable Moment" badge, wear it with pride! You helped the whole class learn something important, very efficiently!

Part 4      LAB SKILLS                                                    (Click to Open/Close)

Welcome to Week 2 Day 1 Part 4!

     Why don't you try the Great Gray Green Marble Green and Mint Matching Game at Quia! Here's the link! (Click on this text!)

Part 5      KNOWLEDGE BASE/TERMINOLOGY                 (Click to Open/Close)

Welcome to Week 2 Day 1 Part 5!

     Follow the link to our Quizlet classroom and study the flashcards for this section. Try to learn 20 to 25 new terms every day!