Summary of 1.1.1-1.1.6

In 1.1.1 we basically just learned about what medical interventions are. We made a poster with post-its, and wrote down all the medical interventions used today. Then, in 1.1.2 we were introduced to our first patient from the Smith family, Sue. Sue was at college and wasn't feeling well. She went to the college infirmary to get checked out and was shocked to see a lot of other students there with close to the same symptoms as her. This was just the beginning of our investigation of the outbreak on the college campus. In 1.1.3 we were taught how to identify pathogens using DNA. We learned how to use a PCR machine to copy DNA to run many tests on just one sample duplicated several times. We used the BLAST website to identify Sue's illness with her DNA strand. She was diagonsed with Bacterial Meningitis. We learned all about what this infection was and how it affected the body. Then in 1.1.5 we were taught what an ELISA test was. We did a lab on an ELISA test and used this for the patients including Sue. Basically an ELISA test can show you how much and long you have been infected with a certain antigen. Then finally to wrap up the lesson in 1.1.6 we identified each patient with a virus.