Septic shock is responsible for the death of over 215‚000 people each year and is ranked in the top 10 most common causes of death worldwide (Shiramizo et al.‚ 2011). The annual hospital cost for the care of patients with sepsis in the United States has recently been estimated at $14 billion. Once the deadly cascade of sepsis starts it is difficult to stop. The mortality rate of septic shock can be as high as 50%. The best way to prevent death from sepsis is to detect it early and intervene. It
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and first aider 1.2-Describe how to minimise the risk of infection to self and others You can minimise the risk of infection by using personal protective equipment. PPE includes: * Gloves * Face shield * Apron * Mask * Effective washing of hands 1.3-Describe suitable first aid equipment‚ including personal protection and how it is used appropriately. There is no definite guide to the content of a first aid kit but as a guide you will expect to see: * 2 sterile eye pads
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Suffering can often allow individuals to develop advantageous characteristics. These traits can prove to be very useful as people work to put an end to their miseries. Being the only legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester‚ Edgar is destined for a respectable amount of wealth and power. However‚ his timid nature allows his half-brother to easily undermine his position and push him out of Gloucester’s favour. In order to escape capture‚ Edgar disguises himself as a mentally-ill beggar and says: "Poor
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Group 7‚ the Halogens Revision Notes 1) Trends in physical properties of the elements • At room temperature‚ Cl2 is a pale green gas‚ Br2 is a brown liquid‚ I2 is a blue-black solid. • In Group 7‚ boiling point increases down the group because the molecules have more electrons and‚ therefore‚ stronger van der Waal’s forces which require more energy to overcome them • Electronegativity is the ability of an atom to attract the electrons in a covalent bond • Down Group 7‚ the
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White Porch: A Journey From Child to Woman The poetry of Cathy Song is a flowing collection of soft spoken and colorful imagery. She gently weaves her thoughts into an imaginative yet graceful story that has an overall sensual tone to it. Cathy invites the reader into her personal sanctuary of memories. She allows the reader to share in some of her most personal and critical moments in life. Some may think these things mundane but‚ when reading her poetry you can feel how utterly important they
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When looking back on the “Child is a Criminal or Criminal is a Child” assignment‚ I believe that my views have not changed from the views I possessed early on in this course. The views I had were actually solidified throughout this course in learning more about the juvenile justice system. I favored the “criminal is a child” model of approaching juvenile crime in the original essay and the key point noted was that juveniles are a product of their environment and should not be punished on a standardized
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world who abuse children whether they are infants or teenagers. The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)‚ maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provide information that younger children are more prevalent to child abuse than older children is and that the abusers are the parents or relatives. I am interested in the topic child abuse because I am a mother of two and the Media reveal so much of child abuse and neglect that people are unaware of how children
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A common theme throughout the novel The Kite Runner is suffering. Many characters deal with emotional pain in their lives especially Sohrab‚ who suffers the most out of all of them. Among the many characters who go through grief is Amir. The main issue he struggles with in life is the relationship he shares with his father. While Hassan is getting assaulted by Assef Amir comes to the decision not to help him in order for him to obtain the blue kite Hassan has. “Nothing was free in this world. Maybe
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learning: the humanities and the sciences. Language A1 (Group 1) Language A2‚ B‚ ab initio (Group 2) Extended Essay Theory of Knowledge Creativity‚ Action‚ Service Experimental Sciences (Group 4) Individuals and Societies (Group 3) Mathematics (Group 5) Arts and Electives (Group 6) 1 IB Language A1‚ April 1999 INTRODUCTION Diploma students are required to select one subject from each of the six subject groups. At least three and not more than four are taken at Higher Level (HL)
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also includes the many stories of people who have lived a prosperous life but have found it to be less rewarding than they expected. Portraying the same outlook of the disadvantaged reigning supreme over the advantaged is the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand. This novel follows main character Equality 7-2521 who realizes he’s quite a bit different from his fellow peers and must deal with the consequences of not being as his name suggests equal to them. Those who at first hold disadvantages in their society
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