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    obstacles while in schooland away from their parents.2. Meningococcal Meningitis : Meningococcal meningitis is a rare but often deadly bacterial infection that isspread through air droplets and direct contact with infected persons. When the disease attacks‚ it will shutdown major organs and prevent blood flow to the limbs‚ often causing tissue to die and extremities to beamputated. From a national perspective‚ meningococcal meningitis is a rare disease that strikes fewer than 3‚000 people every year

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    Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice: Empirical Knowledge vs Personal Belief Phuong T. Tran Grand Canyon University Author Note A Week # 3 Assignment for “Ethical Decision Making In Health Care.” Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice: Empirical Knowledge vs Personal Belief Nurses encounter ethical dilemmas in the workplace quite often‚ and though the author for one dislikes ethical dilemmas‚ the author is driven to resolve the dilemma due to their desire to achieve a favorable outcome for their

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    Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 2.1 The signs and symptoms of common childhood illness For information and a list‚ the following is taken from http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions Illness | Symptoms | Causes | Incubation period | Chicken poxChickenpox  is a mild and common childhood illness that most children catch at some point. | Rash of red‚ itchy spots that turn into fluid-filled blisters. They then crust over to form scabs‚ which eventually drop off.It takes seven to 21 days

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    Alonzo‚ Abigail S. B.S. Bio 3 Microbiology February 21‚ 2013 LEPTOSPIROSIS Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection caused by long‚ thin‚ motile spirochetes belonging to the genus Leptospira‚ family Leptospiraceae‚ and order Spirochaetales. These spirochetes are finely coiled‚ thin‚ motile‚ obligate‚ slow-growing anaerobes. Their flagella allow them to burrow into tissue. More recent work has identified 7 distinct species of pathogenic leptospires‚ which appear as more than 250 serologic

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    occur also as a complication of systemic viral diseases such as poliomyelitis‚ rabies‚ or mononucleosis‚ or it may arise after recovery from viral infections such as rubella or rubeola. SYNONYMS OR OTHER NAMES OF THE DISEASE Encephalitis with meningitis is known as meningoencephalitis. Epidemiology of the disease Infection is the most common cause identified‚ with viruses being the most important known aetiological agents. Incidence varies between studies but is

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    society calling him that name would not be acceptable‚ but back then dummy meant somebody who could not speak. When people called him William‚ Billy or Bill he corrected them because he preferred Dummy. At the age of 2 he was diagnosed with Spinal Meningitis‚ this caused him to lose his hearing and since he was so young he could not learn how to speak. But this did not stop him‚ he proved everybody wrong‚ he graduated valedictorian from Columbus’s Ohio School for the Deaf and began his professional

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    they flush the toilet but if you see anything in the toilet then you should try and find the child then at the end of the day you should have a word with parents/carers. Meningitis To limit this you could make sure that the children don’t share the same cup. Be observative and as soon as you suspect that a child may have meningitis you would deal with it straight away to stop cross infection. Asthma attack When cleaning the room if you damp dust this will limit the amount of dust that will fly around

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    of the genus Leptospira. In humans‚ it can cause a wide range of symptoms‚ some of which may be mistaken for other diseases. Some infected persons‚ however‚ may have no symptoms at all. Without treatment‚ Leptospirosis can lead to kidney damage‚ meningitis (inflammation of the membrane around the brain and spinal cord)‚ liver failure‚ respiratory distress‚ and even death. Leptospira (Greek leptos‚ "fine‚ thin" and Latin spira‚ "coil") is a genus of spirochaete bacteria‚ including a small number of pathogenic andsaprophytic species

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    mass fatalities. An example of this behavior is the recent outbreak of meningitis through spinal injections. According to "The New York Times" (2012)‚ " The rising toll — 7 dead‚ 57 ill and thousands potentially exposed — has cast a harsh light on the loose regulations that legal experts say allowed a company to sell 17‚676 vials of an unsafe drug to pain clinics in 23 states.” (Scant Oversight of Drug Maker in Fatal Meningitis Outbreak). The outbreak is attributed to the rising costs of this injection

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    of injuries‚Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2006 · Children Act 2006 · The Food Saftey Act 1990 E2 Describe the procedures which will keep a child safe for each accident‚ illness or emergency. · Meningitis is a fatal infectious disease. Some of the signs of meningitis are a unexplained redish rash‚ vomiting‚high tempurtue and photophobia(sensitive to light). When in the setting the immediate plan of action would be to firstly reassure the child and isolate the child from the group

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