Geoffrey Rushlau

Mr. Schurtz
English 12 AP Period 3
4 March 2010

Epinephrine and the Adrenaline Rush

 Epinephrine

? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ?
? ? ?
(Barker)
(Acdx)
Check me out,
I’m
molecular
(Sbrools)
Epinephrine is
in
ALL of
us!

(Siegenthaler)
(United States Federal Government)

(NASA)
 (Gladding)

Fight…
or

flight
(Kimball)
 Key Indicators -
Cardiovascular
• Faster Heart Rate

• Vascular
Constriction

• Recognizable
Sensation:
Thumping Heart
(Davis)
(Heikenwaelder)
Key Indicator - Respiratory

• Faster and deeper

breathing

• Recognizable
Sensation:
Panting (Davis)

(Häggström)
Key Indicator - Muscular

• Muscle Tension

• Recognizable
Sensation:
Shivering (Davis)

(Häggström)
Adrenaline Rush: The
Experience
3 Types of People

3
 

(Scared Kitty 2)

(Brar)
 Interview: Type 1 1/2
• Experiences • Why skydiving?
– Skydiving
– “bucket list kind of
– sports all through high
school and college – thing, say I did it
playing in front of a before I die, but not
crowd gets your heart IMMEDIATELY
pumping
– public speaking
before I die! As in
dying while doing it”
• Mindset
– “what if we screw up on • After
take off”
– “did it, never doing
– “there could be a real
problem here” it again!”
 Class Activities
• A – After learning about the 3 different
hypothesized types of people, go around
the classroom and ask people which
category they think they fit in and why.
• B – Questionnaire on what was presented.
• C – Go around the class and see who wants
to share stories about their adrenaline rush
experiences and relate those experiences
with what was presented.
 Works Cited: References
• Brymer, Eric, PhD. “Creating Active Futures: The Role of Extreme
Sports in Lifestyle Enhancement and Wellness.” 26th ACHPER
International Conference. PDF file.
• Curtis, Brian M, MD, and James H O’Keefe, Jr, MD. Autonomic Tone
as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor: The Dangers of Chronic Fight or
Flight. Mayo Clinic, 2002. PDF file.
• Davis, E, R Loiacono, and R J Summers. “The Rush to Adrenaline:
Drugs in Sport Acting on the Adrenergic System.” British Journal
of Pharmacology (May 2008): n. pag. Web. 2 Dec. 2009.
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.>
• Rouvalis, Cristina. “Risk-taking Can Be a Two-faced Monster.”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. N.p., 14 June 2006. Web. 2 Dec. 2009.
 Works Cited: Pictures (A-G)
• Acdx. Epinephrine structure with descriptor. 16 Oct. 2009. Wikimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3
Mar. 2010.
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/‌wiki/‌File:Epinephrine_structure_with_descriptor.svg>.
• Barker, Nicole. Biology. N.d. Flickr. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌imdreaminggreen/‌268473436/>.
• Brar, Gurbir Singh. I’ll be Back! N.d. Flickr. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌gurbirsinghbrar/‌2954476575/>.
• Geoff Paintballing. N.d. Personal photograph by author. PNG file.
• Geoff Snowboarding. N.d. Personal photograph by author. PNG file.
• Gladding, Bryan. punch sequence. N.d. Flickr. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌muckme/‌487743335/>.
 Works Cited: Pictures (H-N)
• Heikenwaelder, Hugo. Heart. N.d. Wikimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/‌wiki/‌File:Heart.jpg>.
• Häggström, Mikael. Lungs. N.d. Wikimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/‌wiki/‌File:Lungs.gif>.
• - - -. Muscles posterior. N.d. Wikimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/‌wiki/‌File:Muscles_posterior.png>.
• Kimball, Ben. running away from your fears. N.d. Flickr. N.p., n.d. Web. 3
Mar. 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌benkimball1/‌2478226228>.
• NASA. MRI brain. N.d. Wikimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/‌wiki/‌File:MRI_brain.jpg>.
 Works Cited: Pictures (S-U)
• Sbrools. Epinephrine-3d-CPK. N.d. Wikimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3
Mar. 2010. <http://wikimediafoundation.org/‌wiki/‌File:Epinephrine-
3d-CPK.png>.
• Scared Kitty 2. N.d. LOL KITTYS. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<www.lolkittys.com/‌images/‌scared_kitty2.jpg>.
• Siegenthaler, Beat. epinephrine. N.d. Flickr. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar.
2010.
<http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌beatsiegenthaler/‌3402674066/>.
• United States Federal Government. Illu adrenal gland. N.d.
Wikimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/‌wiki/‌File:Illu_adrenal_gland.jpg>.