FIRST-AID First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by a non-expert person to a sick or injured casualty until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and in some cases‚ potentially life-saving techniques that an individual can be trained to perform with minimal equipment
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What is Asthma? Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing difficult. With asthma‚ there is inflammation of the air passages that results in a temporary narrowing of the airways that carry oxygen to the lungs. This results in asthma symptoms‚ including coughing‚ wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ and chest tightness. If it is severe‚ asthma can result in decreased activity and inability to talk. Some people refer to asthma as "bronchial asthma." Asthma symptoms can
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Pamela Brown Professor Ferguson SOCI 1015EL 10 10 November 2014 Impoverishment on First Nation Reserves The fact that First Nations peoples’ lives may begin on a reserve‚ a place of poverty and very little growth or stimulation‚ results in the individual born and reared there‚ facing a disadvantageous beginning. Not surprisingly‚ First Nations "children and youth are more likely than other Canadians to experience the most prolonged and severe poverty." (BRYM 121) In only some examples of poverty
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Canada is a nation built upon legislation that not only believed there would be no future in society for its First Nation peoples‚ but specifically created colonial policies that would ensure that this future become reality through the process of assimilation. These policies were created without First Nation input in an in effort to destroy First Nation culture and were used to undermine First Nation treaty rights especially with regard to land distributions by way of the Indian Act. Following the
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DOES FIRST IMPRESSION LAST? First impression is the first thing that you think of a person. It also makes you form an opinion on them based on your interactions. First impression can be either positive or negative. This impression starts when you saw a person that is so unfamiliar to you. Some people have their first impressions right‚ some have wrong. They say first impressions last but only some people do believe in this‚ some do not. People believe in this first impression because for them‚ everybody
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First Aid Notes Q. Why is first aid important? A. It is better to know first aid and not need it than to need it and not know it. Q. What is first aid? A. First aid is the immediate care give to an injured or suddenly ill person. Q. What is Duty of Care? A. While providing first aid you have a duty of care which requires you to assess and treat the casualty within the confines of your training and expertise i.e. you must only do what you are trained to do. Q. What is CPR A. CPR stands for CARDIOPULMONARY
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injustice does in fact exist in Canada‚ and is most visible among the country’s First Nations populations. Environmental injustice is one example of how indigenous communities have been treated in an unacceptable manner by the Canadian government for many years. One notable aspect of this injustice is the unequal access to safe and clean water within
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During the times when the Europeans were colonizing throughout Canada‚ they were looking to co-exist with First Nations people. After treaties were made in Eastern Canada‚ treaties between the Crown and Aboriginal people were beginning to be negotiated from 1871 to 1921 throughout western Canada. The treaties were solemn agreements that would benefit both parties. Many First Nation leaders agreed to the treaties because times were changing and so in order to adapt‚ they negotiated what they thought
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Contrary to many commonly held notions about the first crusade‚ in his book‚ The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading‚ Jonathan Riley-Smith sets out to explain how the idea of crusading thought evolved in the first crusade. In his book‚ Riley-Smith sets out five main arguments to show how these ideas of crusading evolved. Firstly‚ he argues that Pope Urban ’s original message was conventional‚ secondly that a more positive reaction was drawn from the laity (due to the ideas surrounding Jerusalem)
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ADDRESS ADDRESS OPENING PHRASE OR SALUTATION OPENING PHRASE OR SALUTATION DATE DATE Sydney Cove September‚ 1804 Dearest Laura‚ I N T R O D U C T I O N I N T R O D U C T I O N We arrived in the colony of New South Wales several days ago‚ but have not docked yet. Our ship still rides to anchor in Port Jackson‚ off a place called Sydney Cove. At Least that’s where I’m told we are. With no portholes to look out there’s no telling. We could
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