Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) to stabilise patients. Whereas‚ at the hospital the team will have access the specialised equipment‚ medicine and facilities to assist a critically injured patient‚ they will also have other health professions and specialised doctors all working
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Task 1 P1. Explain the concepts of equality‚ diversity and rights in relation to health and social care Health and social care practice should acknowledge‚ respect and accommodate this diversity. Promoting inclusion and equality‚ taking rights into account‚ is an important part of health and social care provision. A central issue for care worker and care originations is how best to respond to the needs of a diverse population‚ while also ensuring that every service user enjoys equality. For example
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inheritance and the environment influences. In this assignment I will talk about how five different factors affect an individual development. During pregnancy that are existing factors that can affect the development of the foetus and that can bring health and other problems when the child is born‚ which the child can carry for the rest of her/his life‚ these biological influences before birth can determinate our development throughout our life. Examples of this can be a mother that smoke’s while she
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BTEC Health and Social Care Level 2 Unit 11: The Importance of Diet on Health Linda Banjo. Discuss how the component of a balanced diet contribute to an individual’s health at different life stage As individuals we all go through different stages in life and having a balanced diet at every stage is very important due to the body’s requirements in order for the body to perform very well. As infants our diets depends on breast milk because it supplies the child with all the necessary nutrients and
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Social determinants of Health Environmental Housing: Factors related to housing‚ such as overcrowding in housing‚ housing tenure type and homelessness have potential impacts on health. The effects of overcrowding occur in combination with other environmental health factors such as poor water quality and sanitation‚ which are associated with increased risk of infectious diseases such acute rheumatic fever‚ tuberculosis‚ and skin and respiratory infections (Department of Health‚ 2012). High rates
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People use different ways to communicate with other people‚ depending on the situation in a health and social care setting. Informal is mostly used between people who know each other very well and formal for individuals who do not know others to well or have not met before. People who are expected to talk in a formal language in a health and social care setting are the care workers. Care workers should ensure they know the difference between the two different conversational languages and use the
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Abuse Physical Abuse What is physical abuse? Physical abuse is any abuse involving the use of force‚ this can be: Punching‚ hitting‚ slapping‚ pinching‚ kicking‚ in fact any form of physical attack Burning or scalding Restraint such as tying up or tying people to beds or furniture Refusal to allow access to toilet facilities Deliberate starvation or force feeding Leaving the individuals in wet or soiled clothing or bedding as a deliberate act to demonstrate power and strength of the abuser
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Unit 2: Health and Social Care Values Task 2B Confidentiality Confidentiality Is vital as it protects a individual from personal information being shared. Trust is really important between the service user and the service provider. It depends on whether the user is confident that the personal information will be kept confidential. An example of confidentiality in a health and social care setting is adhering to the data protection act which means that any data that is related
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CQC report (2012) outlined that in order to safeguard the health‚ safety and welfare of service users‚ there must at all times be sufficient staff levels for the purposes of carrying out regulated activities. Backing this up is research findings from Royal College of Nursing (2012) which summarized that staffing levels impact patient’s outcomes and experiences. Regulation 20 (1) (a) of The Residential Care Homes Regulations (2005) explains the registered person shall ensure that at all times suitably
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them and make them understand what they want to tell them. We communicate to pass on information‚ whether it is to chat with a friend‚ pass on information to a college or engage a service user through their given form of communication. In a social care setting communication with a service user is an integral part of their care. If a service user does not understand what is being said to them or vice versa it can lead to misunderstandings and serious problems. It will also affect the wellbeing
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