an instant‚ a car accident can change a person’s life forever. Each year‚ many unsuspecting drivers‚ passengers‚ and pedestrians are killed on the roads of the United States. The main question we ask ourselves is why? Are people killed because of high speed crashes? Did the airbags not deploy at the proper time? Were the roads in acceptable conditions? Unfortunately‚ we can not always determine the causes of all accidents‚ simply because we were not on the scene of the accident. There are many
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CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT Cerebrovascular accident‚ termed as “brain attack‚” is also referred to as Stroke. Stroke is a sudden loss of function resulting from a disruption of the blood supply to a localized part of the brain. The mortality and morbidity of CVA in the Philippines is relatively low. There are two types of stroke: 1. Ischemic Stroke is a disruption of the blood supply due to an obstruction‚ usually thrombus or embolism that causes infarction of brain tissue. 2.
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Emergency management Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding both natural and manmade disasters. It involves preparedness‚ response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters. It may also involve preparedness training by private citizens‚ as by FEMA in the United States. All aspects of emergency management deal with the processes used to protect populations or organizations from the consequences of disasters‚ wars and acts of terrorism
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Road Accidents Malaysia Nowadays‚ road accidents are very common in Malaysia. Everyday we read newspaper we also can saw many news about there are many peoples involved in the road accidents. First of all‚ what is means by road accidents? Road accidents are means that when some automobile crash together or the vehicle crash on the side of the road or the peoples at the road. According to the sources from Royal Malaysian Police (n.d)‚ there is a statistic mentioning the number of the road accidents
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The question of whether emergency contraception poses a moral dilemma and/or a health risk has been addressed for many years throughout countries in the entire world. Although most moral issues have biased views based on religion‚ personal beliefs‚ and family standards‚ the more important objective question is how are people who choose to use emergency contraceptives putting their own personal health at risk. Today‚ emergency contraception can be used after a rape or sexual assault‚ any time unprotected
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Rita Hrycuna English Comp 1 Descriptive Paragraph 1-11-13 The procedure taken at my last emergency room visit took many steps. The evening began by entering in to an overly crowded waiting area. Every chair that lined the walls was filled with a warm body‚ many of whom where hacking‚ coughing‚ sneezing and such. I approached the registration window and was greeted by a kind intake worker who proceeded to evaluate my situation. He then sent me around the corner to have my vitals taken and
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Emergency Action Plan- leave the bolded part‚ the italicized part is instructions‚ the regular type is required info‚ so leave it. For your facility choose the last place that you participated as an athlete in the sport that you chose for your portfolio. DELETE these instructions before submitting. 1. Emergency personnel- Fill in the blank with WHO will do that task or fill it out with the appropriate information‚ then DELETE these instructions. Roles within the Emergency Team 1. Establish
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Traffic Accidents The world of today has a lot of accidents for many reasons‚ such as car accidents‚ fire accidents‚ or water accidents. Accidents are very common in big cities as there are many modes of transport and road are narrow and overcrowded. We hear of them and read about them in newspapers almost daily. There are few causes of traffic accidents. In Malaysia‚ one of the surest means of putting into practice the "Rakyat Diutamakan" (People First) policy of our prime minister is through
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A car accident is perhaps the last thing that you think could ever happen to you. But regardless of how careful a drive you are‚ you do not know just when you might come across a reckless driver and get into an accident yourself. Knowledge about your rights and the motor vehicle accident law might come in handy should you or anyone you know meet a road accident. In the unfortunate event that you get involved in road accident‚ you should contact a lawyer right away. A legal representative will
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Car accident injuries The most common type of personal injury suffered in car accidents is whiplash and it is estimated that as many as 250‚000 Britons are affected by it every year. Whiplash is basically the overstretching of the tissue in the neck and spine and can result in weeks‚ months or‚ in severe cases‚ years of pain and discomfort. Speed is not necessarily a contributing factor to a whiplash injury as it can be caused by a car accident at speeds of as little as 5mph. It is‚ instead‚ the
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