Unintentional injuries Learning Target : Discuss the right of the child to safety and the concept of unintentional injuries References : http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/population-health/inj/unintentional.html : Wikipedia I. Concept Note: Accidents - implies that they are due to chance. intentional injuries - characterizes the event as predictable and preventable if safety measures are implemented. Unintentional is used to refer to injuries that were unplanned. Unintentional injuries can be
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at several aspects of the injury not just the size of the wound. • Prescence or absence of neurovascular injury • Degree of contamination (farmyard injuries are grade III injuries) • Energy transfer (Degree of comminution and periosteal stripping) • Wound dimensions Grade I The wound is less than 1cm long. It is usually a moderately clean puncture‚ through which a spike of bone has pierced the skin. There is little soft-tissue damage and no sign of crushing injury. The fracture is usually simple
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STATEMENT Acute musculoskeletal injuries are typically managed using the combination of ice‚ compression‚ and elevation. There is reasonable body of research describing the effects of ice and a smaller body describing compression‚ however there is very little research describing the role of elevation. Elevation is typically used in an attempt to retard edema formation. However‚ the effects of elevation in retarding edema formation following acute phase injury are nonexistent. In fact‚ the small
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triathlon people need to understand what they are getting into and just just thinking that they could wing it. Before becoming a triathlete‚ it is important to know how to begin participating in triathlons‚ how they can help your life‚ and what potential injuries are involved so that a person
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Most states either do not have a law regarding birth control services or minors‚ or the states have provisions allowing for minors to attain birth control services without communicating with a parent. Many states‚ such as Florida‚ can provide birth control to minors without parental consent if the patient has ever been pregnant‚ is married‚ received a referral from another doctor‚ may have health problems related to not getting the birth control prescription‚ or is a high school graduate. Being
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Fatigue Gradual onset injuries 6. Suggest ways that the potential hazards above might be eliminated or controlled? Inform the staff about health and safety procedures and priorities‚ train the staff in health and safety procedures and skills necessary to carry out these procedures and supervision will be necessary to be certain that all staff are following the health and safety rules that have been put in place. 7. What are overuse injuries and how might these types of injuries by avoided? Overuse
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This is the case in Homer’s Epic The Odyssey and Annie Dillard’s vignette from The Fixed. The Cyclops Polyphemus from The Odyssey and the Polyphemus moth in The Fixed have some similar physical attributes‚ as well as some differences. Also‚ their injuries in the stories are similar‚ but have different outcomes. The Cyclops and the moth are similar and different in their physical attributes. Homer compares the Cyclops to "a shaggy mountain‚" meaning that it is large and hairy‚ which it is. Dillard
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and prevent acute or chronic injuries involving the physically active population. Athletic trainers who work in a high school‚ college‚ or professional sports setting know their athlete in and out. The athletic trainer’s goal is to return the athlete to their activity as healthy as possible. Rehabilitation is the key to returning to health. But what about the psychological side of the injury? Can athletic trainers psychologically impact the athlete with their injury? To find more about this topic
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permanent injuries and they cause enormous damages to the public and private properties. It is not an exaggeration to say that victims of the road accidents are more than the victims of wars and terrorist operations in the world. Some statistics indicated that the number of deaths resulting from car accidents were over (300) thousand people annually‚ and the estimated number of the injured people between the (10-15) million. Moreover‚ statistics indicated that the numbers of injuries in the United
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intends to wrongfully touch the plaintiff. The wrongful touching need not inflict physical injury‚ and may be indirect (such as contact through a thrown stone‚ or spitting). This article describes the law of assault and battery as it is commonly applied‚ although the law may vary in any specific jurisdiction. Assault An assault involves: 1. An intentional‚ unlawful threat or "offer" to cause bodily injury to another by force; 2. Under circumstances which create in the other person a well-founded
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