How Electric Bandages Accelerate Healing

What is one of the greatest tasks of modern-day science? Traduzir

Qual é uma das maiores tarefas da ciência moderna?

None of the options

Better wound treatment

Clumsy people

Finding cheaper wound treatment

What unexpected solution is being tested? Traduzir

Que solução inesperada está sendo testada?

Electricity

None of the options

Fire

Glue

What three types of wounds were mentioned? Traduzir

Quais são os três tipos de feridas mencionados?

Abrasion, laceration and perforation

Abrasion, laceration and puncture

Scrape, laceration and perforation

Scrape, cut and hole

What is fibrin? Traduzir

O que é fibrina?

A type of yarn

A protein in the blood clot

A blood clot

A group of red blood cells

Why do diabetics usually have chronic wounds? Traduzir

Por que os diabéticos costumam ter feridas crônicas?

It is a side effect of their medication

They have to prick themselves multiple times a day

Elevated blood glucose

None of the options

Why are biofilm infections so dangerous? Traduzir

Por que as infecções por biofilme são tão perigosas?

They cannot be detected

They are instant killers

They don´t respond to regular antibiotics

They lie dormant in the body for years

Why is electricity effective against biofilms? Traduzir

Por que a eletricidade é eficaz contra biofilmes?

It electrocute the bacteria

Electricity has sanitizing properties

It fries the bacteria

How do electric bandages work without an external power supply? Traduzir

Como funcionam as bandagens elétricas sem uma fonte de alimentação externa?

Mini batteries

Silver and zinc in the fabric

Solar power

Silver and ink patterns in the fabric

What other advantage does electricity have? Traduzir

Que outra vantagem a eletricidade tem?

It replaces the human immune system

It is anti-aging

It boosts the human immune response

It can replace caffeine

Why are electroceuticals so important? Traduzir

Por que os eletrocêuticos são tão importantes?

Wound treatment puts a strain on the system

None of the options

They are the only way to heal wounds

They have aesthetic benefits

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