Assignment 008 Task A 1 Every child matters is a national piece of legislation. It aims to support every child‚ whatever their background to have the support they need. It’s put in place so all local agencies such as children’s centres‚ early years‚ schools‚ social services and health services all work and communicate together for the welfare of children. The plan also aims to improve education for children‚ improve children’s health and eradicate child poverty. There are five main outcomes the
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Antibiotics Various families of antibiotics are used for various types of microorganisms to achieve control and assist body defenses during times of infection. Antibiotics are products of microorganisms that react with and inhibit the growth of other microorganisms. An antibiotic should be selectively toxic to pathogenic microorganisms‚ should not incite an allergic response in the body‚ should not upset the normal microbial population of various body sites‚ and should not foster the development
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Unit 027 Outcome 4.1 Explain the policies and procedures of the setting or service in response to accidents‚ incidents‚ emergencies and illness. Accident Book – Each room has an accident and incident book‚ with clear guidelines. The books are stored in the main office. They are numbered carbon pages and a copy is always kept inside the book‚ all information is stored in a locked cupboard for confidentiality‚ once a form is completed two people are to sign the carer who has written it and also the
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trauma or bad choices. II.Causes‚ Incidence‚ and risk factors A. Causes 1. Epilepsy can be caused by stroke‚ transient ischemic attack (TIA)‚ dementia (Alzheimer’s disease)‚ traumatic brain injury‚ infections (brain abscess‚ meningitis‚ encephalitis‚ AIDS)‚ brain problems present at birth ( congenital brain defect)‚ metabolism disorders present at birth (phenylketonuria)‚ brain tumor‚ abnormal blood vessels in the brain‚ and use of certain medications (antidepressants‚ tramadol
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Kawasaki disease‚ also known as Kawasaki syndrome is an inflammatory disease that is potentially fatal affecting the circulatory system‚ heart‚ skin‚ mucous membranes and the immune system generally in infants and children younger than five years of age. Aneurysms‚ due to the inflamed coronary arteries lead to stenosis or coronary artery thrombosis‚aneurysm rupture‚ myocardial infarction and sudden death. The cause of this condition is unknown‚ but there has been an hypothesis linking this condition
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coated genetic material that invade cells and use the cell’s apparatus for reproduction. 1.2 Identify common illness and infections caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi‚ and parasites. Bacteria Food poisoning‚ Bubonic plague‚ Bacterial meningitis‚ Cholera‚ Diphtheria‚ Rheumatic fever‚ Scarlet fever‚ Tuberculosis Viruses: Chicken pox‚ Hepatitis A‚ B‚ C and HIV‚ Influenza‚ Measles‚ Mumps‚ Shingles‚ Yellow fever Fungi: Athletes foot‚ Thrush‚ Tinea (Ring worm) Parasites: Malaria
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in its body and it is unencapsulated‚ it can still cause inflammation. H. influenza can cause a lot of diseases but a few of the most common are bacteremia and pneumonia. Two of the most dangerous diseases that can affect mostly children is meningitis and epiglottitis‚ both are life threatening. Some of the unencapsulated strains can cause ear and eye infections and sometimes
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Evans who was the first scientist in the United States to definitively show that microbes in unpasteurized milk can sicken humans as well as animals Her later research‚ at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)‚ improved the treatment of epidemic meningitis and she became first female president of the American Society for Microbiology in 1928 if it wasn’t for her we wouldn’t know about the bacteria in
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not discovered for. Maurice Ralph Hilleman was an American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 36 vaccines‚ including the vaccines‚ that are still used today‚ for measles‚ mumps‚ hepatitis A‚ hepatitis B‚ chickenpox‚ meningitis‚ pneumonia and Haemophilus influenzae bacteria. From the early harassment of smallpox‚ to the establishment of vaccination mandates‚ to the effect of war and social unrest on vaccine-preventable diseases. Edward Jenner‚ Louis Pasteur‚ and Maurice
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Mumps Mumps is a disease caused by a virus and occurs only in human beings. Mumps is found all over the world. Mumps is a contagious disease when the salivary glands‚ on one or both sides of the jaw‚ swells. Mumps usually occurs in school age children‚ but young adults may catch the disease. Everyone born before1957 has already had mumps. After one attack of mumps‚ you will have lifelong immunity. The mumps virus is spread by contact of another person’s discharge from the nose or mouth.
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