2.1.5 Telemedicine

PBS 2.1.5

Telehealth

Healthcare on the Go

• Review your schedule on PLTW
• Cass (16 yo female) is here with her parents

• Watch video together (healthcare on the go)

• Telehealth = “healing at a distance”

• Interact with flashcards in step 1

• Who might benefit from telehealth?

Telehealth

• Cass was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes @ 14 yo

• She’s traveling out of the country & wants to discuss managing her blood glucose while she’s traveling.

• Due to her diabetes, Cass needs to carefully monitor what she eats

Food is Fuel

• Our bodies need fuel to function
• We receive energy from biomolecules that we consume from the food we eat.
• What are the 4 biomolecules (AKA macromolecules)?

Food is Fuel

• These biomolecules must be further broken down by our cells to create ATP --> cellular respiration

• In order for this to happen, we must deliver the biomolecules to our cells.
• We will focus on carbohydrates (glucose)

Food is Fuel

• Our body prefers to make ATP from carbohydrates.

• As carbs are broken down in our digestive tract, glucose is released into the bloodstream.

• Now, this glucose needs to be transported out of the blood and into our cells!

• Pancreas produces insulin

Food is Fuel

• Go to PLTW 2.1.5 > Food Is Fuel
• Open up the animation in step 3
• Interact with the animation to learn how cells take in glucose from the bloodstream.
• Take notes on this process and pay special attention to the role of insulin in this process
• Complete the tasks under "laboratory notebook" beneath the animation and take the Glucose-Insulin Connection Quiz to test your understanding.

It’s Your Turn!

• What is diabetes?

• Difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Dilemma

• Go to PLTW 2.1.5 > Diabetes Dilemma
• Complete step 4 - Describe what occurs in the body of a type 1 diabetic after they consume a carbohydrate heavy meal. Include the following terms:
• metabolized
• glucose
• insulin
• cell receptors
• pancreas
• energy

Your Turn

• Monitoring & regulating blood glucose is important in maintaining your health.
• In people without diabetes, the body does this for you
• In people with diabetes, you must both monitor and regulate your blood glucose on your own

• Regulating homeostasis - positive v. negative feedback

Controlling Diabetes

Goal: Reverse the Change

• A stimulus causes homeostasis imbalance

• Body responds to reduce the effects of the stimulus to get back into homeostasis

Negative Feedback

Goal: Amplify the Change

• A stimulus causes homeostasis imbalance

• The body's response promotes the original stimulus

Postive Feedback

Use the statements provided to fill out the feedback loop template for blood glucose control. Blood glucose must be tightly controlled (via negative feedback)

• If it’s too high, the pancreas secretes ___________________
• What does this hormone do?

• If it’s too low, the pancreas secretes ___________________
• What does this hormone do?

Controlling Diabetes

• Open PLTW 2.1.5 > “A Day in Cass’s Life”
• Read through her diary entry #1
• Take notes on blood glucose target ranges for diabetics and non-diabetics
• Define remote patient monitoring
• Describe how a continuous glucose monitor works and how it could help Cass
• Read her diary entry #2
• Answer the reflection question beneath diary entry #2

• Review Cass’s blood glucose readings (step 6) & answer questions below
• Answer step 7 questions
• Answer conclusion questions

A Day in Cass’s Life

Class Discussion

As a class, review Cass's glucometer data (step 6)

Class Discussion

As a class, review Cass's glucometer data (step 6)

Class Discussion

As a class, review Cass's glucometer data (step 6)

Class Discussion

As a class, review Cass's glucometer data (step 6)

Class Discussion

As a class, review Cass's glucometer data (step 6)

Class Discussion