Emergency Services P1 – Emergencies like earthquakes and floods cause more harm than others and are more visible than others. Larger scale incidents are known as major incidents whilst smaller ones are known as smaller incidents. Smaller incidents can still be classed as an emergency. The government defines an emergency as an event or situation that threats a person safety‚ property or war and terrorism that threatens serious damage to the security to the county. This is defined by the Civil
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The emergency preparedness and disaster planning involve a coordinated effort between various organizations who coordinate a plan of action. They delegate resources to target areas that need immediate attention. This is a strategic process that communicates with the state‚ local‚ federal‚ media and police departments to help assist in a major disaster. OSHA has a written plan that outlines the resources and preparedness that is needed during a disaster. All parties involved must comply with the order
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Consequently‚ those who never seek gratitude silently give love to all they have. In “Those Winter Sundays” the author‚ Robert Hayden‚ depicts a child looking back on a frigid morning and becoming aware of his father’s daily acts of affection. The poem’s narrator is a child who is not clearly classified as male or female‚ but can be assumed to be the father’s son. The poem begins by illustrating a father rising at dawn on a bitterly cool weekend‚ a day of rest. Although his hands are worn down and
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Running head: BOARDING PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 1 Boarding Patients in the Emergency Department Lauren Wiese University of Scranton BOARDING PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 2 Abstract A patient who is boarded is one who remains in the emergency department even after they have been admitted to the hospital. Boarding patients in the emergency department has become a problem for many hospitals in America today. It has affected the health and safety of
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The Finale It was on April 18th that I had my third‚ and final‚ interview. The doctor that I interviewed was Dr. Anita Kulkarni‚ of the Santa Clara Emergency Room. Dr. Kulkarni and I got along well‚ talking about the hardships of being an Emergency Doctor‚ especially a female doctor‚ the goodness in the career‚ and the relationships that goes into the career. The doctor and I‚ however‚ had been conversing for some time before the interview was actually held. The two of us could not find a time
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EMERGENCY NURSING Your guide in becoming an Emergency Nurse INTRODUCTION According to Emergency Nurses association‚ Emergency nursing is a specialty area of the nursing profession like no other. To provide quality patient care for people o all ages‚ emergency nurses must possess both general and specific knowledge about health care to provide quality patient care for people of all ages. Emergency nurses must be ready to treat a wide variety of illnesses or injury situations‚ ranging from
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REFLECTION ON KOLCABA COMFORT THEORY. Comfort theory was developed by Dr Kolcaba in 1984. She begins by analyzing the concept‚ which I think is a very important aspect to understanding the theory. The theory is based on the philosophy of holism. She views the person has a whole‚ consisting of a mental‚ emotional and spiritual life. According to Kolcaba comfort is the satisfaction of basic human needs for relief‚ ease‚ and transcendence arising from health care situations. After learning
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Related to the Theory of Comfort Introduction Practicing as a nurse‚ I realize I follow my own metaparadigm of nursing. In this paper‚ I relate my own personal beliefs with that of a popular nursing theorist. Though my research on theory is just beginning‚ I feel my metaparadigm most relates to that of Katharine Kolcaba and her theory of comfort. I will seek to illustrate my philosophy with the knowledge and nursing experience I have. Origin of Theory The idea of comfort and theory started to
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important and value in Emergency Planning for a local jurisdiction... Emergency planning includes the key areas involved in addressing any threat or hazard: prevention‚ protection‚ response‚ recovery‚ and mitigation. It is a very important to businesses‚ the community‚ and the government to know what to do before the start of a hazard‚ threat‚ or disaster. Integrating the key areas as part of the overall planning effort allows jurisdictions to produce an effective EOP(Emergency Operations Plan) and
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To... Comfort the afflicted‚ afflict the Comfortable A Selected Critical Annotated Bibliography of Postmodern Thought and Nursing By C. E. Betts Professor of Nursing Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton‚ Ontario‚ Canada © 2007 – Granted we want truth: why not rather untruth? And uncertainty? Even ignorance? – The problem of the value of truth stepped before us – or was it we who stepped before this problem? – (Nietzsche‚ 1990‚ p. 33) Introduction: Although most agree
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