Torrey Canyon 1967 Widely regarded as the world’s first major marine oil spill‚ the Torrey Canyon incident began on 18 March 1967 when the ship‚ with a capacity of 120‚000 tonnes‚ struck Pollard’s Rock between the Cornish coastline and the Isle of Scilly. A catalogue of errors by the captain and crew were later exposed. A slick formed measuring 270 square miles‚ killing many thousands of seabirds and polluting hundreds of miles of coastline around Cornwall and France. This damage was contributed
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Patient Safety/Quality Care/Improvement Case Study 1. Overview of what are medical errors and possible consequences of such errors? The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines medical errors as “the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim.” Medical errors do not all result in harm or injury. Medical errors that cause injury or harm are sometimes called preventable adverse events – that is the injury is thought to be due to a medical intervention
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During the early 19th century‚ we did not have the medical knowledge we have today and that resulted in using extreme methods which ended in the patients dying. However as time went by more and more discoveries allowed us to have a closer look into our own health and we experimented on new technology and medicine. It is important to retrace the steps in order to move forward with science. There were much advances during the 1800s that led us into the field that we have now as well as new information
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further‚ poor road condition is considered a major reason for road casualties. For example‚ narrow roads and sharp curves often force even law-abiding drivers makes mistakes. Therefore‚ it should be noted that drivers alone cannot be blamed for such mishaps and giving them stricter punishments in these cases is no solution. A more effective strategy by the government would be to straighten accident prone curves and widen narrow roads. Larger number of road signs and proper traffic signals can also
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A battery powered‚ self-balancing scooter. A hover-board. The invention that soon became an enormous fad throughout the country. A transportation device created in China in 2014‚ consisted of a platform centered between two wheels and steered by leaning in the desired direction of the user became one of the most wanted items during the holiday season. Used by numerous individuals ranging from all ages‚ the hover-board portrayed as something new that has unlimited enjoyment. In 2015‚ China shipped
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patient‚ in order to alleviate the patient’s fears and to make them feel comfortable as they are awake and aware of their surroundings. The anaesthetic practitioner then handover to me all the patients documents and necessary information to avoid the mishaps‚ then will check again with the scrub nurse if we have the right patient for the procedure listed and also check with the patient if they have metal implants. Most importantly check if the consent has been signed both by the
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Title II. - CONTRACTS CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Art. 1305. A contract is a meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself‚ with respect to the other‚ to give something or to render some service. (1254a) Art. 1306. The contracting parties may establish such stipulations‚ clauses‚ terms and conditions as they may deem convenient‚ provided they are not contrary to law‚ morals‚ good customs‚ public order‚ or public policy. (1255a) Art. 1307. Innominate contracts shall be
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I stood in trauma room number one with my FFA official uniform on with my heartbroken mother by my side. When I got up that spring morning‚ I was shaken with nerves because I didn’t feel prepared enough to say a speech at my FFA contest that my chapter was leaving for that morning. That turned out to be the least of my worries that day. I had only been at school for fifteen minutes when I received a call from my mother that my Mamaw BJ‚ her mother‚ had passed away. We rushed to the hospital. I stood
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Surgery‚ though crude and painful‚ did exist in the time of the Renaissance. Early Renaissance surgeons were ignorant of the human body and surgical procedures were almost never successful. They were continuously trying to unveil the mysteries of the body. How and why it functioned‚ its purposes‚ and its needs. Dissections uncovered the most knowledge of the body. However‚ dissections were rare because they were illegal and very risky. If a surgeon was going to dissect someone he did it at night
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Introduction The Biopsychosocial Model is a general model theorised by George L. Engel which emphasises that in order to understand health and illness‚ biological‚ psychological and social factors must all be taken into account. According to this model‚ a person’s genetic make up or biology; personality‚ synonymous to psychology and social environment or factors all contribute to a patients’ experience of health and illness. The biological component refers to aspects such as genetics‚ infection
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