Acid-Base Balance for Paramedics
MedicTests.com's Quick and Dirty Guide to Acid Base Balance Acid Base balance made simple. pH is a measurement of acidity. It just measures how acidic something is. When referencing acidity, we're talking about excess hydrogen ions (H+), but we're just going to use the general term "acid." Its a scary foreign phrase, but it just means "percentage of acids" Acid isn't always a bad thing like in movies. The pH scale goes from 0-14, so neutral is 7 (water is neutral.) The body needs a pH of 7.35-7.
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