into the seat in front of me and the one behind me. I didn’t realize what had happened until moments later when someone said something. As I began to sit down I felt a sharp pain shoot through my body and my heart started to beat rapidly. The accident made me realize that nothing is for certain and you shouldn’t take anything for granted. I had always viewed riding a school bus has something that wouldn’t put me in danger‚ after all the drivers are trained professionals‚ right? What I never considered
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tRunning head: THE CAR ACCIDENT Running head: THE CAR ACCIDENT The Car Accident Catrina S July 22‚ 2011 It was one of the most terrifying days of my life‚ the day of my car accident. Disappointment‚ disbelief‚ and fear filled my mind as I was lying on my side. I was sandwiched between the cold dirt and the hot metal of the car. The weight of the car was pressed down on the lower half of my body with monster force. It did not hurt‚ my body was numb. All I could feel was the hood of the car
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Arturo Morales Mrs. Brown English 11B 13 September 2010 A Tragic Accident “Yeah! Let’s go‚ let’s go!” I said when they asked if I wanted to go watch the first race of the night. My heart was pounding and my adrenaline was pumping. Screech! They took off‚ the Mustang in front of the Srt-4. My heart started pumping faster hearing the blow off valve from the Srt-4 and the loud roar of the Mustang. “Who is going to win?”I thought to myself. It was close the Mustang won by about a half
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Accident Prevention We want to be safe when we travel and minimize any worries that could interrupt our vacation plans. As part of the service and hospitality industry‚ hotels set standards for basic safety and accident prevention. Being a savvy traveller or employee can help keep you safe on any of your stays away from home. Trips and Falls * According to Robert Kohr’s book on accident prevention in hotels and other hospitality locations‚ trips and falls are the most frequently occurring
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3. Brainstorm as many causes of accidents as possible in the following categories (include at least 10 examples of each) HUMAN: Speaking on the phone Texting Speaking to the passengers in the back seat No seatbelt Driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol Not being cautious of people crossing the road Distracted driving Ignoring road signs Unsafe lane changes Road rage VEHICLE: - Flat tires - Design defects - Equipment failure - Brakes - Tires ENVIRONMENT - Rain - Hail
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life-long learners that in turn must educate and counsel our patients in injury and disease prevention and awareness. We have learned that although it is the number one cause of adult disability‚ that a stroke is rarely‚ if ever an “accident” as we have strayed away from the term "Cerebral Vascular Accident". We now have the knowledge of controllable risk factors such as high blood pressure‚ smoking‚ Diabetes‚ CAD‚ high cholesterol‚ poor diet‚ obesity and
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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Definition of Total Quality Management (TQM) There are numerous‚ widespread‚ diverse and often fashionable initiatives that potentially help manufacturing organisations in implementing various best practices in operations management. Examples of these initiatives include total productive maintenance (TPM)‚ total quality management (TQM)‚ Kanban‚ 5S‚ six sigma‚ Kaizen and business process re-engineering (BPR) (Ashutosh Tiwari‚ 2007). These criteria is
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I used to be the kind of person who thought nothing could ever hurt me‚ until a usual morning turned into a disaster‚ which made me realize that life can be taken abruptly. My event is my car accident. After waving goodbye to my parents‚ I was off to work on a beautiful evening. It was August 2‚ 2002 I worked at Burger Kind which was in Perrysburg‚ Ohio. I remember listening that day to Alanis Morisette‚ looking at the beautiful wild daisies freshly blossoming on the side of the road. Then
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United States of America‚ stroke is the third leading cause of death and it kills almost 140‚000 people each year‚ more particularly on average one American dies from stroke every 4 minutes. Every year 795‚000 people in the United States have a stroke. In this‚ 610‚000 are first and new and 185‚000 are recurrent strokes. Nearly 75% of all strokes occur in people above the age of 65. The risk of having a stroke increases after the age of 55 but it can occur at any age. Stroke mortality rates are higher
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Kendra Turner ENG 100-02/ Davis 10/11/10 10/8 Essay “A Terrible Accident” On Christmas day in the year of 2006‚ I got a gas scooter. I was so happy when I got it‚ because all the kids in my neighborhood had one. After‚ I ate dinner on Christmas I got dress and put some warm clothes on so I could go ride my scooter. It was a cold and windy day‚ but the sun was shinning really bright. So‚ when I got finished getting dress I went outside and got on my scooter. I was riding down the street‚
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