Drug Overdose What is a drug overdose? A drug overdose (OD) is where a person consumes an excessive amount of a drug and the body is unable to cope with it leading to certain overdose signs‚ symptoms and complications (acute toxicity/poisoning). The drug or its byproducts (as a result of drug metabolism) is toxic to the body‚ especially in large quantities associated with overdose‚ and may lead to death. An overdose may be accidental and this is frequently seen in addicts who require higher doses
Premium Opioid Morphine Methamphetamine
A disaster hotspot is an area with a vulnerable population at risk from 2 or more hazards. The Philippines are considered a disaster hot spot. The Philippines are exposed to more than 2 hazards‚ geophysical and hydro-meteorological such as earthquakes and tropical storms these hazards are more affective as he Philippines is known for having a vulnerable‚ poor‚ population meaning it has a lower capacity to cope. The Philippines are largely affected by geophysical hazards‚ mainly by tectonic hazards
Premium Philippines
Running head: BSRN - 340 - PHARMACOLOGY – DIPHENHYDRAMINE - OD Diphenhydramine Overdose in a 26-year-old Woman BSRN – 340 – Pharmacology for Nurses April 24th‚ 2009 Diphenhydramine Overdose in a 26-year-old Woman Paramedics were dispatch to the apartment of a 26-year-old woman who reportedly ingested two full bottles of diphenhydramine 45 minutes prior to the arrival of emergency medical services. According to the paramedics’ report‚ they found the patient unconscious with a respiratory
Premium Poison Gastric acid
Constitution is one of the greatest and longest running set of rules and regulation of any country. So‚ how is it that after hundreds of years we still have the same constitution that our forefathers created? The answer to this and why the constitution can be considered a bundle of compromises is quite simple. The constitution was built around compromise because all the constitutional writers believed in a system of checks and balances which resulted in a government based on the people. When the
Premium United States Constitution United States Articles of Confederation
The Renaissance Man What do Sir Thomas More‚ Steve Jobs‚ and Viggo Mortensen all have in common? They are all considered to be multifaceted talents known as Renaissance men. Traditionally‚ a Renaissance man is an expert in many different fields of study. When most people hear the phrase Renaissance man‚ they think of those that lived exclusively during the Renaissance that started in the fourteenth century. This includes men such as Sir Thomas More‚ an Englishman most known for writing his iconic
Premium Renaissance Florence Italy
As to not provide further conflict between the Southerners and Northerners‚ the Southerners should be considered citizens and be allowed the right to vote‚ for they were once part of the union. If we were to take their rights as citizens away‚ this would surely cause rebellion in the future‚ even if the Southerners are at fault for the Civil War. The best way to leave this incident behind us is to revive the relation between the two sides and have no discrimination. However‚ there should be a slight
Premium American Civil War Southern United States United States
day‚ secular politics. Niccolo now wore the title of “father to political science”. Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ is considered to be the first modern book on political science because was innovative; it promoted a secular society and contained a concept of realism. Having an original idea is what makes something new and modern‚ and Machiavelli’s The Prince can definitely be considered an innovative
Premium Political philosophy The Prince Florence
revolution for freedom. Beginning in Tunisia‚ protesters in other countries of the Middle East gathered in a popular movement‚ known as the Arab Spring. Although the purpose of the Arab Spring movement to obtain freedom can be considered successful‚ the political situation in the countries associated with this type of movement isn’t the best. As mentioned in the article‚ a leader of opposition in Tunisia was assassinated recently‚ on top of the several killings that
Premium Egypt Middle East Arabic language
Name: Duong Le Date: February 19 Loyalists and Traitors in American Revolution American history has traditionally considered loyalists as traitors and American patriots as heroes during American Revolutionary War. As the history had written‚ loyalists or “Tories” as their opponents called them‚ were traitors during American Revolutionary War. However‚ is it moral when American patriots called those people are traitors while they betrayed the people who first discovered America‚ which is the
Premium American Revolution American Revolutionary War United States
Roosevelt‚ who took up a post at 42. He was also the first Catholic president and the first president born in the 20th century. With his inaugural speech he inspired Americans to be more active citizens. "Ask not what your country can do for you‚" he said. "Ask what you can do for your country." Kennedy was a popular advocate of civil rights. In foreign affairs he recovered from the Bay of Pigs fiasco to demand successfully the withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba (the Cuban Missile
Premium United States President of the United States United States Declaration of Independence