Harmful Habits and Infectious Disease Prevention Second Hand Smoke Second hand smoke can be a serious concern for smokers and non smokers alike. When one thinks of smoking‚ they think of individuals who smoke and the effects of lung cancer that are attributed to smoking. One usually never thinks that second hand smoke can be harmful. After all they are not the ones smoking tobacco. Each day in America 1‚200 people die from smoking and exposure to second hand smoke; according to Kick Butts
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UNIT MU 2.4 CONTRIBUTE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE´S HEALTH AND SAFETY 1 KNOW THE HELTH AND SAFETY POLICIES OF THE WORK SETTING. The policy of my work setting is to provide and maintain safe and healthy working conditions‚ equipment and systems of work for all employees and safe environment for the children to be cared and educated in. The policies also give all members of staff guidelines on how to manage situations and what safety equipment should be used to protect employees at all the
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Within the month that I’ve recorded information‚ I had some type of medical appointment four different days. The first appointment I had was at an allergy and asthma doctor‚ which is when I was diagnosed with asthma and given steroids‚ as well as two inhalers to help control it. The second was for blood work for my thyroid disease. The third and fourth were both at an urgent care center where I was diagnosed with strep throat the first time and given antibiotics‚ and then treated again the second time
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E1/D1 The Health and Safety at work Act 1974 employers have legal responsibilities‚ this means employers need to meet certain regulations to make sure that people in their place of work are safe. This means employees must be careful that there is ’no risk of injury to anyone ’(Tassoni‚ 2007 p.161) it also means that everyone in a children’s setting has responsibility of anyone who this there. The act states that buildings in the setting should be of good condition and designed with the safety
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pulmonary function tests (for pneumonia)‚ evaluation of the sinuses‚ evaluation for Heartburn and GERD (gastro esophageal reflux disease) and evaluation for allergies. Patient is treated with a nebulizer delivered by a device called a metered dose inhaler or MDI. 5U-Room 3: Patient has
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Mu2.4 3.1 Non- medical incidents and emergencies that may occur in the work setting are – * Stranger in the building * Abuse * Frozen taps * No heating * Building collapse * Missing child * Parent could become violent * Snow * Flood 3.2 Actions to take in the following situations are – Fire: * Know how to safely evacuate everyone * Know where extinguishers are kept and how to use them‚ know where all fire exits are * Check for obstructions on
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The Five Factor Personality questionnaire is a test based on the Five Factor Model of personality that helps an individual identify where they fall on the personality scale. The five traits this questionnaire uses are extraversion‚ agreeableness‚ conscientiousness‚ neuroticism‚ and openness. The first trait is extraversion‚ which focuses mainly on social situations. On this section I scored a 24‚ which is considered relatively low. This score indicates that I would be considered an introvert‚ meaning
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is increased and inflammation is present. This inflammation and obstruction (narrowing of the airways) result in an increased resistance of expiratory airflow‚ and expiration is not passive‚ but need aid from expiratory muscles. 6. Why does this inhaler make the patient have the adverse effect? When beta 2 receptor agonist (Albuterol) is given‚ not only does it dilate the bronchioles‚ it also dilates the vessels of the skeletal muscles‚ which causes an increase in blood flow. This increase in blood
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Classified into two main categories‚ diabetes mellitus (referred as diabetes) impacts many people in today’s world. Diabetes is the condition of hyperglycemia‚ or when the body’s blood glucose level is too high or too low because of an error in the amount of insulin excreted from the pancreas (Blair 27). This can result in the imbalance of homeostasis and cause a chain reaction of problems within the body. The two common types of diabetes are Type I and Type II. The two types are very similar in
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Unit 4 E1 For this critria i will be talking about the legistation which influences an healthy safe enviroment in early years setting. The first piece of legislations I will be identifying is the health and safety at work act 1974‚all employers have legal responsibilits under this act. This means that all employers must meet rules to make everybody safe in their work and they must be carefull there is no risk or injury to anybody. Everybody in a setting has the responsibility to of the health
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