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    tissues of the neck. This type of injury may result from: • Auto accidents. Rear-end collisions are the most common cause of whiplash. • Physical abuse or assault. Whiplash may also result from incidents of being punched or shaken. Whiplash is one of the injuries sustained in shaken baby syndrome. • Contact sports. Football tackles and other sports-related collisions can sometimes cause whiplash injuries. Signs and Symptoms They usually develop within 24 hours of the injury and may include: • Neck pain

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    Why Do Disabilities Define Individuals? Normal day‚ normal people‚ except for the kid with down syndrome walking down the street‚ going the opposite way as you. He is very close to you‚ about to pass you. Then‚ he trips… and falls. What would you do? Would you help him up? I don’t know about you‚ but my first reaction would be to aid him in any way. That’s just being a normal person‚ showing an act of kindness. It shouldn’t matter if the person appears different‚ a typical human being would. If

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    What defines us as humans? Calling ourselves human is our way of categorizing ourselves as a superior species.  Although we are distinctly different‚ we should accept that we are in the same family as chimpanzees. Acknowledging that fact doesn ’t mean you are calling yourself a chimp. For example‚ a dog isn ’t a wolf even though they are from the same family. We are humans. What is it about our physical and behavioral traits that enable us to develop uniquely human capabilities? Traits like language

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    by defining the word accident. If you are walking down the road on a clear sunny day and a baseball size hailstone falls out of the sky and kills you‚ that’s an accident. If you are under your T and it rolls off the jack and crushes you‚ that defines stupid. I have mixed feelings about stupid. Most often‚ stupid is avoidable‚ but then‚ it helps clean up the gene pool. Wheel Chocks: A rock behind

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    popular kid in school everyone looking up to you being drop dead gorgeous‚ amazing at sports‚ and a bright future ahead of you‚ then waking up one day to have your entire life flipped upside down. I don’t know If any of you know someone with a brain injury or head trauma but I have been influenced by it my whole life. My Aunt Terri was in a horrible crash‚ she was comatose for over three weeks‚ and woke up with the mind of a toddler‚ her story is in nothing short of a miracle. When my aunt was 15

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    fish terms

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    Aquatic vertebrates fish having a boney or cartilaginous skeleton spinal column a a large brain Fin is a thin component or appendage attaches to a large body Scales the skin of fish Fresh water fish fish that spend most of their live in non salt water Round fish swim in a vertical position and have eyes on both sides of their head Flat fish has asymmetrical compressed body swim horizontal and have eyes on top of their head Mollusk are shellfish characterized by soft unsegmented

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    Understanding Work Related Injuries By Debbra Murphy Axia College of University of Phoenix “Worker’s compensation is a social insurance program that provides medical care‚ cash benefits‚ and rehabilitation services to workers who are disabled fro a job related accident of disease.” (anglefire.com) Worker’s compensation started in the 1800’s in Germany‚ when it was seen that workers injured while working for a company needed to be taken care of so they did not suffer physically or financially

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    Phil Malvar Mr. Pires PAF30M 24 April 2014 Sport ’s Injuries: The Ankle Sprain Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Ankle sprain injuries are frequently caused by athletic activities that involve a rapid shifting movement when your foot is planted (figure 2). So what exactly is the ankle sprain? An ankle sprain happens when there is a stretching and tearing in an abnormal way of the ligaments surrounding the ankle joint. The

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    thought to what decisions could result in injury. For the most part‚ knew what could get me seriously hurt or what could have life-changing consequences in the future‚ but I when I decided whether or not to do something‚ an injury wasn’t the first thing that crossed my mind. It was normally already halfway in before that I realized I could get hurt‚ but‚ luckily‚ I had never broken a bone or been to the hospital and had never really had a significant injury that I can really remember. However‚ when

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    Term Euthanasia

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    involvement. Organizational Pattern: Topical I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Imagine waking up and seeing your self lying in an uncomfortable hospital bed with weeping family members surrounding your side. You notice that there is a long cord connected to your heart. You try really hard to move‚ but you are too feeble to get up. Would you want one of your family members to decide for you to no longer live or do you want the decision to live. B. Relevance: From award winning movies to

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