The Organization Sentara Healthcare was originally founded in 1888 as Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk‚ Virginia. Today‚ Sentara Healthcare serves the southeastern region of Virginia and northeastern North Carolina and is comprised of more than 100 care-giving sites‚ including eight acute care hospitals with 1‚911 beds‚ nine outpatient care facilities‚ seven nursing centers‚ three assisted living centers‚ nine advanced imaging centers‚ and 380 primary care and multi-specialty doctors
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Introduction: Hi my name is Marah and today I am going to persuade you to get a Flu vaccination. I recently got a job working at Walgreens Pharmacy. Every day that I work I see people coming in to pick up their prescriptions that don’t look like the feel very great‚ with a tissue in one hand and their money in the other. No one wants to be sick‚ it’s not fun and it makes you feel like crap and you get absolutely nothing done. So it would only make sense if everyone was taking the precautionary measure
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likely to live in a dwelling in need of major repairs (Statistics Canada‚ 2008). Inadequate housing can lead to health problems‚ such as respiratory diseases‚ allergies‚ and mental –health problems and to the spread of potential deadly viruses‚ such as H1N1 today. Dramatic levels of overcrowding may account for the fact that Inuit children have among the highest rates severe lower respiratory tract infection in the world (Smylie‚
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levels from local to national to global. An example of interdependency between a few programs would be how Dr. Margaret Hamburg (2011) discusses the interaction between the FDA‚ the CDC and other agencies. They all cooperated with each other during the H1N1 influenza virus breakout in 2010.The organizations and agencies devoted to public health at these different levels share many of the same functions including disease surveillance‚ policy development‚ and provision of access to health care. References
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occassional detection of swine flu in India did not panic us. Ria’s death only made us aware that swine flu virus can be contacted locally and is fatal. After her death panic gripped not only Pune but the entire country. As the swine flu virus named H1N1 was contagious‚ Schools‚ colleges‚ offices‚ shopping malls‚ multiplexes were shut down to avoid its spreading. The media became busy with discussions on this virus and its do’s and don’ts. We were not allowed to go out of our houses by our parents
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if they were to reveal their potentially risky secrets one day. In this sense‚ science today is indeed the enemy of Man. Furthermore‚ there are many examples which show that science never solves a problem without creating ten more. One example is H1N1. During the H1H1 outbreak‚ doctors tried finding the cure for it as soon as possible. However‚ the effective vaccination was created only after many volunteers risked their life either for the experiment or to receive the first few doses of the medicine
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Contagion Beth Emhoff‚ a married Minneapolis executive‚ flies to Hong Kong on business. Upon her return‚ she’s gripped with flu-like symptoms‚ has a seizure in her kitchen‚ and dies. Her husband‚ Mitch ‚ is in shock. Meantime‚ the Center for Disease Control is flooded with calls from around the country and the globe; whatever killed Beth is killing plenty of other people‚ too. Meanwhile‚ a blogger is convinced of a government conspiracy and hypes an alternative remedy‚ while others are up in arms
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1.0 Purpose The purpose of establishment of this report is to obtain an approval from The President of Asian Youth Ambassadors Network Bhd for the company to participate in giving speech to students at a secondary school on their Co-Curriculum Day. 2.0 Topic It had been reported lately that swine flu cases has occurred in Malaysia. Thus‚ I feel it is essential for me to give a speech on topic ‘Steps to Prevent the Widespread of Swine Flu in Malaysia’. 3.0 Objective The objectives of delivering
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1SA1a. During my clinical rotation a significant change I noticed in a patient was a decrease in blood pressure while exercising. Prior to exercise my patient had a blood pressure of 115/60mmhg. While running on the treadmill his blood pressure had dropped to 82/55mmhg. I alerted the nurse of his blood pressure immediately after taking the blood pressure. The nurse was aware and said it has been ongoing. We assessed the patient who was lightheaded‚ gave him some water and told him to stop exercise
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has become a popular global leisure activity. After slowly recovering from the contraction resulting from the late-2000s recession‚ where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through the end of 2009‚ and the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus‚[2][3] international tourist arrivals surpassed the milestone 1 billion tourists globally for first time in history in 2012.[4] International tourism receipts (the travel item of the balance of payments) grew to US$1.03 trillion (€740
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