A chemical that is used every day by almost every person around the world is ethylene glycol. Many people know this chemical by its common name of antifreeze‚ but it is also used as a solvent and in hydraulic brake fluids. This liquid chemical is clear and colorless with primary threats to the environment through penetrations of soil and groundwater systems. Ethylene glycol can also cause acute and chronic health problems if exposed to. (Ethylene Glycol) There are three main routes of exposure
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Final Project Public Awareness Melissa Silvia HCA 240 Instructor: Marnie Bingham 8/29/2010 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is the condition in which the heart can ’t pump enough blood throughout the body. Heart failure does not mean that your heart has stopped working or is about to stop working‚ it is just an indicator that your body is no longer functioning at its full potential. CHF is most common among people 65 years old and over. The causes however‚ depend very much on the individual
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CPD Page 60 Patient assessment multiple choice questionnaire CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Page 61 Read Rose Gallacher’s practice profile on depression Page 62 Guidelines on how to write a practice profile Promoting the 6Cs of nursing in patient assessment NS750 Clarke C (2014) Promoting the 6Cs of nursing in patient assessment. Nursing Standard. 28‚ 44‚ 52-59. Date of submission: March 10 2014; date of acceptance: April 17 2014. Abstract Recognising the deteriorating patient
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THE EFFECT OF HYDROGEN BONDING ON RESISTING FLOW Design Investigating a factor affecting the viscosity of a mixture of liquid Research Question The effect of hydrogen bonding on resisting flow of five different liquids Background Theory Viscosity is the resistance of a fluid to flow‚ either within itself‚ or to moving past an objects moving through it. A liquid with high viscosity is thick and flows slowly. A liquid with a low viscosity is thin and flows quickly. Different liquids
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Moreover‚ Beverley did not just have a mental illness where she would hurt herself‚ but she also began to put her patients lives in danger‚ which ended up in murder quite a few times. In 1990‚ Mary Reet‚ a started working with Allitt at the hospital. Reet said‚ “Beverley was looking for a job‚ but was not qualified‚ she needed more then two years of training.” Regardless of her lack of experience she was hired and started working night shifts by herself. Then‚ on February twenty-first her first victim
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Health Building Note 15-01: Accident & emergency departments Planning and design guidance April 2013 The College of Emergency Medicine Health Building Note 15-01: Accident & emergency departments Planning and design guidance i Health Building Note 15-01: Accident & emergency departments © Crown copyright 2013 You may re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium‚ under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence‚ visit
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Chapter 67: Nursing Management: Shock‚ Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome‚ and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 78-kg patient with septic shock has a urine output of 30 mL/hr for the past 3 hours. The pulse rate is 120/minute and the central venous pressure and pulmonary artery wedge pressure are low. Which order by the health care provider will the nurse question? a. Give PRN furosemide (Lasix) 40 mg IV. b. Increase normal saline infusion to 250 mL/hr. c.
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DRUG | ACTION | INDICATION | CONTRAINDICATION | SIDE EFFECTS | NURSING RESPONSIBILITY | Ampicillin SulbactamUnasynClassifications:antiinfective; antibiotic; aminopenicillin Prototype: Ampicillin Pregnancy Category: B | Bactericidal action. Active against: Streptococci‚Penumococci‚Enterococci‚Haemophilus influenzae. Binds to bacteria cell wall‚ resulting in cell death‚ spectrum is broader than that of penicillin. Addition of sulbactam increases resistance to beta-lactamase‚ enzymes produced by
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Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica A Research Paper on the Disease Introduction Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica defined by Medcinenet is “a condition that is associated with excessive parathyroid production (hyperparathyroidism)‚ in which bone tissue becomes soft and deformed.” Several articles will be reviewed in order to form an in-depth understanding of the disease and specific cases studied. Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica(OFC)‚ has existed centuries before it was first discovered in 1931 by a scientist who goes by
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1.Understsand the role of the paediatric first aider 1.1 Identify the responsibilities of a paediatric first aider. The responsibility of paediatric is to doing everything you can to save someone’s life without putting yourself in danger. Remain calm at all times Appear confident and reassuring -Conduct a scene survey Assess the situation without Endangering my own life. 1.2 Describes how to minimise the risk of infection to self and others. I should always wash my hands before and after giving
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