the President is ultimately accountable to manage an emergency response that affects our country. It is standard practice that emergency response starts typically at the local government‚ with the state government only getting involved at the request of the local government‚ typically when the means of local government are at a great disadvantage. The federal government provides continuous support to state and local governments for emergency preparedness‚ it becomes involved in responding to a
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THE PRACTICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE/REVIEW ARTICLE Lean Thinking in Emergency Departments: A Critical Review Richard J. Holden‚ PhD From the School of Medicine and Public Health‚ University of Wisconsin–Madison‚ Madison‚ WI‚ and the Division of Ergonomics‚ School of Technology and Health‚ Royal Institute of Technology‚ Stockholm‚ Sweden. Emergency departments (EDs) face problems with crowding‚ delays‚ cost containment‚ and patient safety. To address these and other problems‚ EDs increasingly
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EMERGENCY NURSING Your guide in becoming an Emergency Nurse INTRODUCTION According to Emergency Nurses association‚ Emergency nursing is a specialty area of the nursing profession like no other. To provide quality patient care for people o all ages‚ emergency nurses must possess both general and specific knowledge about health care to provide quality patient care for people of all ages. Emergency nurses must be ready to treat a wide variety of illnesses or injury situations‚ ranging from
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Emergency contraception Mechanism Progesterone-only method‚ one dose‚ 1.5mg within 120 hours of unprotected sex Alternatively‚ Levongestrel in two doses‚ 0.75 mg‚ q12h Levonorgestrel ECPs prevent pregnancy by preventing or delaying ovulation. May also prevent fertilization of an eff by affecting the cervical mucus or decreasing the ability of sperm to bind to the egg **Note: levonorgestrel ECPs are NOT effective once process of implantation has begun‚ and will no cause abortion Classification:
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Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) have been operating in Europe for the last three decades. Their primary aim is to reduce the risks of disease transmission through unhygienic injecting practices‚ prevent drug-related overdose deaths and connect high-risk drug users with addiction treatment‚ social and health services. They also hope to reduce the occurrence of drug use in public places and to tackle the number of discarded needles and other public order problems linked with street drug using. Drug
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Triage and Emergency Department Experience Triage and the emergency department is not always as the movies picture it. However‚there are also other times that triage and the emergency department become a wild place for all kinds of people at varies degrees of danger. Many people cannot distinguish between a life-threatening situation and a situation that does not require emergency intervention while in an anxiety mode. Therefore‚ those people become angry and frustrated with the waiting and are
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787: 1. Provided a new structure for government of the Northwest territory 2. Bill of Rights 3. Established requirements for statehood 4. Abolished slavery 5. Brought order to western settlement and incorporated frontier Americans into an expanding federal system Articles of Confederation vs Constitution: 1. Congress could request states to pay taxes………Congress could levy taxes on individuals 2. No system of federal courts…………..Had courts to settle
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Case Study A 26-year-old woman went to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath over the previous three days that had increased in intensity (Nash & Goldfarb‚ 2006). The patient was at the hospital for over three hours before she was able to see a physician. The physician did a complete exam and ordered blood tests‚ a chest x-ray‚ lung scan and electrocardiogram.The patient waited for three more hours before the physician told her that he believed she had asthma and should follow
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[pic] PROCEDURE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE |Doc No: |Issue |Issue Date |Pages | |GEL-HSE-SOP-21 |1 |12-Feb-2011 |25 | |
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“How I deal with emergencies” 1. Explain what to do if your colleague suffers a deep cut it spurns bright red blood. Shout and call‚ or have someone call a first aid specialist. Ask the colleague to sit down. Check the wound‚ get a large bandage for the cut or simply press the wound and keep elevated the affected limb then check the colleague’s breathing and circulation and apply psychological methods to calm the colleague until the first aider comes. 2. Explain what to do if the fire
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