This edition has updated material on the National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, National Response Framework, and National Fire Protection Association Standard 1600; coverage of the World Trade Center Site litigation and effects on responders; more on post-traumatic stress disorder; expanded and updated material on the history, ...
Mesocycles are typically 3 to 4 weeks in length but can be a bit longer. Two very common mesocycles are 21 and 28-day training blocks. I will provide an example of a training plan with 21-day mesocycles in my next post.
The term macrocytic is from Greek words meaning large cell. A macrocytic class of anemia is an anemia in which the red blood cells are larger than their normal volume. The normal erythrocyte volume in humans is about 80 to 100 femtoliters. In metric terms the size is given in equivalent cubic micrometers. The condition of having erythrocytes which are too large, is called macrocytosis. In contrast, in microcytic anemia, the erythrocytes are smaller than normal. In a macrocytic anemia, the larg