Health Academy Physics

What is physics ?

Mathematical explanations for how the world works

P = I V

VF = VI + at

F = ma

W = Fd

V = I R

D = vt

Physics is important in the medical field, in engineering, and helps develop your math skills!

• Data provided by Association of American Medical Colleges and the Law School Admission Council

Physics majors get the highest scores on the MCAT and LSAT (entry tests for admission into medical school & law school)

PALM connection: effects of motion on your body-

respiration & heart rate

Motion

• Demos:

Constant speed walk

Constant acceleration walk

Walk the graph

Lab: PASCO- spark learning systems

heart rate monitors

Lab: Domino lab

• Injuries:

shin splints

runners knee

stress fracture

muscle pull

ankle sprain

• founder

Projectile motion/ vectors

PALM connection:

Physics of blood spatter analysis

Newton’s Laws

G forces

PALM connection- why air bags work; effects of G forces on the body; zero gravity therapy

Forces on the body in a safety harness

Forces

• PALM connection:

blunt force injuries

blood pressure

Work & Energy

PALM connection: physics of joints

Kinetic & potential energy

• Edible car competition

Momentum & Collisions

PALM connection: injuries resulting from a car crash (leading cause of TBI)

• Article: “Headbanger Nation”

Time magazine Jan 31, 2011

Heat/ThermodynamicsPALM connections:

determining the calorie content of food

preventing hypothermia

preventing dehydration

thermal imaging

Electricity• PALM connections:

Physics of lightning

Results of electricity on the human body

ECG; artificial pacemaker; defibrillator

Action potentials

Magnetism

• PALM connection:

MRI

Magnetic therapy

Sound

• PALM connections: How the ear works

Ultrasound technology

20 week old female fetus

Light

• PALM connections: How the eye works

Uses of light therapyLASIK

Project

Choose a health related career

•Description of career

•Interview

•Education required

•how Physics is related to it

Orthopedic surgeon