Before/After Class Assignments

• Which of the following is the body's first line of defense against an acid-base imbalance?

   Chemical and protein buffers 
• In regards to acid-base imbalance, what does "compensation" mean?


  It is the body's attempt to correct the acid-base imbalance
• The following places a patient at risk for a state of acidosis?


  -A patient rescued from a drowning

  -A patient with severe diarrhea

  -A patient with kidney failure
• In general, respiratory alkalosis is due to what?


  Breathing too quickly and/or deeply