paper I plan to evaluate the scenario concerning Bobby‚ ACE Sports‚ the Nurse‚ the Surgeon and City General Hospital. I plan on explaining why each party should be found negligent‚ what type of negligence they should be charged with and how the Emergency Medical Treatment &Labor Act (EMTALA) could have prevented the loss of Bobby’s hands. ACE Sports In the scenario Ace Sport engineers are liable for charge with Product Liability. This is because they installed the backboard and rim without carefully
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appropriate‚ outside help should be sought from campus or community services and professionals as well as the parents of the member. If someone is injured in the Kappa facility or on Kappa property‚ the house corporation may be held liable if appropriate
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Introduction Informed consent for medical treatment is much easier to state than to apply. It’s defined as "the voluntary agreement‚ by a patient‚ to medical care with full understanding of his or her condition‚ the nature of the proposed treatment‚ alternative treatments‚ risk that may be associated with treatment‚ and risk of no treatment at all" (Diaz‚ 2004‚ p. 181). The attainment of informed consent of minors can be very complicated due to the specific requirements‚ which often vary from
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Dianna Cotton CPR Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates of these three steps to take when responding to a medical emergency. Central Idea: When responding to a medical emergency you should take three steps- scene safety‚ contact emergency medical services‚ and start CPR. Introduction I. “Imagine that you’re at home with your family sitting around the table laughing and joking while eating Sunday dinner when all of a sudden your grandmother suffers a mild heart attack. II. Do you
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Emergency Medical Technician When one hears the word “hero” the first thing that comes to mind might be Superman‚ Spiderman‚ Wonderwoman‚ or any other characters from DC or Marvel Comics that possess some kind of superpower. In reality‚ heroes can be an average person who helps people in distress. For instance‚ workers in the field of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This profession can be split into three categories; Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)‚ Advanced EMT‚ and Paramedic. The first and
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SYSTEMS Rural Trauma and Emergency Medical Service Challenges in a Sample of Western States Jolene R. Whitney‚ MPA; Susan Werner‚ MAS; Susan Wilson‚ BSN; Neis Sanddal‚ PhD; Vicki Conditt‚ RN; Peggy Sale‚ MSN; Clay Mann‚ PhD; Jennie Nemec‚ RN; Johnathan J. Jones‚ BSN; Grace Sandeno‚ MPH; Diane Hartford‚ MS of providing emergency medical services to largely rural states include geographic barriers of vast expanses of unpopulated landmass‚ provision of services across mountain ranges
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EMC 330 January 27‚ 2014 Dr. Joanne Tritsch The Integration of Legislation into EMS Policy and Procedure The technique to emergency medical services (EMS) is to encourage an integrated and robust legislation process with government officials. The assertiveness to emergency medical services‚ which includes enhanced prevention and mitigation for emergency responses in the community come from a number of policies and laws. One such law is the‚ “Good Samaritan laws” these laws have different
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Introduction The issue today’s fire service is how to justify fire departments operating budgets when the rate of actual calls for structured fires are on the decline. Post 9/11 the federal government set aside millions of dollars in grant money for apparatus equipment and training supplementing operational costs of fire departments across America. With the depletion of those federal monies‚ local governments are scrutinizing their budgets overall in attempts to cut corners and keep the cost within
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assigned to the entrance and will direct the guest to the event. Medical Emergency: The Village of Highland Hills will assign a Medical Emergency Squad and paramedics to the site for the duration of the event. In the event of a medical emergency‚ the Ahuja Medical Center has been identified as the treating facility. Ahuja Medical Center is located at approximately 0.9 miles from the venue with a drive time of 4 minutes. UH Ahuja Medical Center is situated on a 53 acres near the intersection of I-271
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for all students to know when attending Ocean County College is that they are safe. The members of the Campus Security have all had their backgrounds checked to make sure they were the right people for the job‚ and they are well trained for all emergencies. The entire campus has a speed limit of fifteen miles per hour which ensures the safety of all students‚ staff and security. The speed limit is enforced by security and if an infraction occurs it could result in a fine. Each year the Campus Security
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