Emergency contraception Mechanism Progesterone-only method‚ one dose‚ 1.5mg within 120 hours of unprotected sex Alternatively‚ Levongestrel in two doses‚ 0.75 mg‚ q12h Levonorgestrel ECPs prevent pregnancy by preventing or delaying ovulation. May also prevent fertilization of an eff by affecting the cervical mucus or decreasing the ability of sperm to bind to the egg **Note: levonorgestrel ECPs are NOT effective once process of implantation has begun‚ and will no cause abortion Classification:
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Responding to emergency service incident P3 - identify the statutory and voluntary agencies who may work together at the scene of an emergency incident Statutory and voluntary agencies: Statutory agencies are services like the police‚ fire and ambulance. These will always join an emergency incident. However at some incidents they will be helped by voluntary agencies like: St John Ambulance - St John Ambulance is a charitable organisation staffed by trained volunteers. The organisation
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Emergency Care Nursing Emergency rooms are known for their long waits and lack of competent staff. Over the past years emergency care departments have revamped their systems in order to correct these flaws. A leading factor in this change is the presence of more nursing staff on the floor of the emergency room. Nurses have gone from having little power when it comes to patient diagnoses‚ to running their own non-life-threatening treatment facilities. Without these men and women emergency care
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Rita Hrycuna English Comp 1 Descriptive Paragraph 1-11-13 The procedure taken at my last emergency room visit took many steps. The evening began by entering in to an overly crowded waiting area. Every chair that lined the walls was filled with a warm body‚ many of whom where hacking‚ coughing‚ sneezing and such. I approached the registration window and was greeted by a kind intake worker who proceeded to evaluate my situation. He then sent me around the corner to have my vitals taken and
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Emergency Services P1 – Emergencies like earthquakes and floods cause more harm than others and are more visible than others. Larger scale incidents are known as major incidents whilst smaller ones are known as smaller incidents. Smaller incidents can still be classed as an emergency. The government defines an emergency as an event or situation that threats a person safety‚ property or war and terrorism that threatens serious damage to the security to the county. This is defined by the Civil
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Incident Report Report on analyzing network problem for DHS‚ Nov 14th Summary On Nov 13th‚ I was sent to Helijet‚ Victoria by Director Darren Hasselhoff for an emergency of the government offices in the Department of Human Service. The emergent problem was assumed as malware-leading hacking and attacking at first and perplexed me yesterday. However‚ today I figured out that the problem is caused by the factory defect of network cards in their computers and solved it‚ then I returned right after
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CHAPTER 2 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS This chapter will introduce the many actors in emergency management and examine some of the problems inherent in dealing with the complex emergency management policy process. The first section will address four basic issues. First‚ how is a “stakeholder” defined‚ especially in the context of emergency management? Second‚ who are the stakeholders emergency managers should be concerned about? Third‚ at what level in the system and by which different stakeholders
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911 Emergency Just like a coin‚ a story has two sides. Everyone has their own stories with truths and lies. In time of a catastrophic event‚ such as September 11th at the World Trade Center‚ many stories are created. It is hard to know exactly what happened with all of the misinformation. Government puts out lies and people instantly believe and spread them. Many things are covered up or forgotten. The only way to find truth is to uncover it yourself. People should question stories instead
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Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Lorraine Gambino NUR 408 June 25‚ 2013 Beth Edwards Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Natural disasters are a part of life and emergency situation occur more frequently than most people believe. After a disaster‚ how well a community can recover will greatly depend on how well they have been prepared in advance. Preemptive organization of resources and the responsiveness to emergencies can mean the difference between a community’s
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Emergency Response Plan for Little Rock Arkansas It is important that all members of a community and country prepare themselves in the event of a disaster or incident. The emergency response plans assign roles and responsibilities‚ maximizing human safety and preservation of property‚ minimize danger for everyone. Emergency response plans usually include key elements such as: specific procedures to respond to‚ mitigate and recover from emergencies; the chain of command in an emergency within the
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