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    What is the state of emergency? A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend some normal functions of the executive‚ legislative and judicial powers‚ alert citizens to change their normal behaviours‚ or order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. It can also be used as a rationale for suspending rights and freedoms‚ even if guaranteed under the constitution. In some countries‚ the state of emergency and its effects on human rights and freedoms and

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    Emergency Nursing Workbook

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    EMERGENCY NURSING Your guide in becoming an Emergency Nurse INTRODUCTION According to Emergency Nurses association‚ Emergency nursing is a specialty area of the nursing profession like no other. To provide quality patient care for people o all ages‚ emergency nurses must possess both general and specific knowledge about health care to provide quality patient care for people of all ages. Emergency nurses must be ready to treat a wide variety of illnesses or injury situations‚ ranging from

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    Fall Incident

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    FALL INCIDENT ASSESSMENT (This tool is only an example. Please adapt it to meet the needs of your facility and residents.) DATE_______________________ DIRECTIONS According to facility policy‚ the fall assessment shall be completed following any resident fall. This fall assessment shall not be made part of the resident’s medical record. The assessment is completed as part of the facility’s continuing quality assurance program. Information in this assessment should be used to revise the resident’s

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    Emergency Department Triages

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    Emergency Department Triage Triage is an essential element of providing care to patients who present at a hospital emergency department. Triage is defined as a brief clinical assessment that determines the time and sequence in which patients should be seen in the emergency department. During triage‚ an emergency department nurse interviews a patient or the patient’s representative about the medical problem causing concern‚ makes a brief evaluation of the patient‚ and takes the patient’s vital signs

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    Emergency Room Summary

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    December 20‚ 2016‚ at approximately 4:34PM‚ I‚ Officer Larry Thomas was informed by Officer Utsey over the radio‚ that he was called to the peep area‚ room 31‚ here in the emergency room at UAMS hospital‚ in reference to a patient refusing to take medication. Upon arrival‚ I observed Officer Utsey‚ Officer Friday and the medical doctor Tyler Griffin standing in the hallway talking with this patient. I later discovered that this patient name was Donald Best Jr. While Mr. Best was talking to (MD) Mr

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    Emergency Room Nursing

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    The fast paced world of Emergency room nursing is exciting‚ rewarding‚ and hard work. Emergency room nurses are responsible for treating patients who are experiencing illness‚ injury or trauma. Being a nurse means being able to think on your feet to solve a problem and execute a treatment plan. E.R nurses must have many different characteristics to be able to work in the emergency room. One characteristic is being able to handle a fast paced‚ constant change environment. Being in the E.R‚ things

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    Emergency Operations Plan

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    Emergency Operations Plan Roland Brown University of Phoenix Critical Incident Management CJA/560 Ian Moffett November 22‚ 2010 Emergency Operations Plan Emergency planning has changed very much since the 9/11 attacks. Law enforcement agencies focus more on prevention‚ preparedness‚ response‚ recovery‚ and mitigation. With planning and efforts made by law enforcement agencies‚ the law enforcement community can provide a comprehensive emergency management and security program (EMHSD/MSP‚ 2009)

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    Emergency communication plans provide for effective planning and response to critical incidents. Using the Homeland Security’s interoperability continuum and national emergency communication plan as well as additional outside sources this emergency communication paper will outline how having an effective Emergency Communication Plan (EMP) with redundancy is important for the City of Everett’s success and safety of the public. The emergency communication plan will include brief synopsis and information

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    Critical Incident

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    Within this essay‚ the author will reflect on a critical incident using a reflective model. In order to guide the author undertake this reflection‚ Johns (2002) reflective model will be utilised. As the first stage of Johns reflective model asks for the description of the event‚ the descriptive part will be attached (see appendix A). In accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct (2008) the names of the individual involved have been changed using pseudonym in the form of James‚ Jennifer

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    A few months ago‚ a patient arrived in the emergency room on a stretcher with symptoms of face drooping‚ arm weakness‚ and speech difficulty. The emergency room physician‚ who also specialized in neurology‚ immediately suspected that the patient suffered from a stroke. Stroke occurs when the blood flow to a certain part of the brain is blocked‚ which causes the blood vessels to burst or leak within the brain. This leak of blood in the brain causes nerve cells to die (“What is Stroke?” 1). To confirm

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