TD2.2 Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 1. 1.1 legislation‚ guidelines and policies place duty on all those working in schools to ensure health‚ safety and security of children in their care. The current legislation for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people starts with all agencies working together. The UN convention on the rights of the child (1989) has set out the rights and freedoms of all children in a set of 54 articles included in those rights are
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I [felt] like I’m on a tight schedule and [had] lost a lot of years. Amy Purdy in Woman of Action also developed her confidence in pursuing her goal as a snowboarder from her obsession of snowboarding again. After surviving from a bacterial meningitis disease that nearly took her life on the summer night of July 1999‚ Amy realized that she was not going to snowboard again due to her two legs being amputated and did not want to waste her life at the hospital doing anything without helping other
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Surgical Tech Valley Fever Joseph Ramoz Brookline College Monica Cervi-Instructor November 15‚ 2010 A disease also called coccidioidomycosis or (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of people infected with this fungus develop symptoms. Most often they have an influenza-like illness with fever‚ cough‚ headaches‚ rash‚ and myalgias. Usually‚ those people with symptoms‚ 8% have severe lung disease requiring hospitalization and about 7% develop disseminated
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E1. Five main legislations which influence healthy‚ safe and secure environments for early years settings are: 1. Health and Safety at Work 1974 2. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSSH) Regulations 2002 3. Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 4. Childcare Act 2006 5. Food Safety Act 1990 E2. Bump on the head The procedure that the practitioner should follow when child bumps his/ her head is: Check if the child
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Anthrax is a serious disease that is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Bacillus anthracis has a very detailed yet simple description. Its shape is given away in its name by bacillus‚ which means rod-shaped and is also arranged in chains. It is gram-positive‚ so it has a simple cell wall. Since B. anthracis is non-motile‚ it is best to use a semi-solid media rather than a wet mount (Bacillus anthracis… [date unkown]). Colonies will resemble the comma-shape because of the bacilli chains and
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results). Note that CSF WBC can be within range in 29% of GBS (group B strep) meningitis but 4% in gram-negative meningitis‚ and protein and glucose levels can also be within range in 50% and 15-20% respectively as well. - imaging- CXR may show lobar or segmental infiltration but will more often show diffuse patterns as seen in respiratory distress syndrome. CT or MRI may be needed late in the course of a complex neonatal meningitis to document hydrocephalus‚ abscesses‚ or signs of chromic disease (ventricular
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Enterococcus By Richard Guilford Enterococcus Enterococcus‚ or more appropriately enterococci‚ are a family of bacteria in the division firmicutes (meaning strong skin and referring to the cell wall) and the class bacilli (which refers to its rod like shape). They look just like streptococcus bacteria from physical characteristics alone. In fact‚ members of the genus Enterococcus were classified as Group D Streptococcus until 1984 when genomic DNA analysis showed that a separate genus classification
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Vaccines: To Be or Not To Be? Ryleigh Grace—this is the name of my beautiful 8-month-old cousin. Looking at her‚ one would never be able to tell that she was born with a serious‚ life-threatening condition called meningitis. As a result‚ Ryleigh’s home for the first month of her life became the Cooper hospitals ICU. However‚ this scare was not enough to convince her parents to allow Ryleigh to receive her routine child-hood vaccinations‚ which would prevent other dangerous ailments she may encounter
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Target: try to focus a little more on social groups not affected to show diversity To What Extent Had Life Changed for People Between 1750 and 1900 (Prevention of Diseases) The Industrial Revolution between 1750 and 1900 brought on major advances in medicine‚ especially in the fields of hygiene and vaccinations for previously deadly diseases. Scientists started thinking more logically about preventing disease and infection and‚ during this time‚ managed to greatly influence the health practices
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Is it a good idea to vaccinate children? Whether for religious or personal reasons some parents choose not to vaccinate their children. Although there are no current laws about vaccinations‚ according to “Risk Factors Associated With Parents Claiming Personal-belief Exemptions to School Immunization Requirements: Community and Other Influences on More Skeptical Parents in Oregon‚ 2006‚” “48 states allow exemptions to immunizations for medical‚ religious‚ or philosophical reasons‚ but legal definitions
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