The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is world’s largest free ambulance service covering an area of more than 600 square miles with a population of 7 million people. On any given day‚ LAS transported more than 5‚000 patients and handled more than 2‚000 telephone calls. LAS employed over 2‚700 people‚ including an operational staff of roughly 2‚000 people. (Cited http://bobpinchbeck.com/College/Work/Papers/DispatchingFailure.htm) In the mid-1980s‚ the LAS emergency despatch system was run completely
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INTRODUCTION: A. My career speech outline is on being a paramedic. The reason I chose being a nurse is because I think It would be a very fun and challenging job. I would always be moving around from place to place taking patients to and from the hospital. B. Being a paramedic is basically running to go try and save someone’s life. Some of the advantages being a paramedic is the satisfaction of being able to save someone’s life‚ you get to become someone’s hero‚ you can also make new friends and
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Post English IV 23 October 2013 PTSD; The Battle Wounds You Can’t See “I engaged the enemy in numerous gun battles. I was close to someone that was killed or injured. Fear and death were all around me. The military even had me plan for my own death I was numb inside. When I returned home‚ did you really expect me to pick up from where I left off?” (Combat PTSD) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is one of the most overlooked stressed related diseases of all time. PTSD can affect anyone after an event
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Source: Dear PTSD TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Letter of transmittal 2 II. Abstract 3 III. Introduction 4 IV. about ptsd 4-5 a. Re-experiencing 5-7 b. Arousal
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Attention! Thesis: The chronic problem of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is widespread with increasing growth in the armed forces. It alters daily lives of survivors and produces psychobiological impairments. At least 1/3 of individuals who develop PTSD remain symptomatic for three years or longer and are at higher risk of secondary problems.(Gaskell). In order to find possible treatment options for PTSD patients we must first define it and learn the history of when it became known
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Signs and Symptoms The symptoms of PTSD usually begin within 3 months of the traumatic event. However‚ sometimes they surface many years later. The duration of PTSD‚ and the strength of the symptoms‚ vary. For some people‚ recovery may be achieved in 6 months; for others‚ it may take much longer. Bad dreams Scary thoughts you can’t control Staying away from places and things that remind you of what happened Feeling worried‚ guilty‚ or sad Feeling alone
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PTSD essay By Jessica N Done Santa Rosa Junior College WORD COUNT 649 STRESSFUL EVENTS AND PTSD When Cindy Oakley was 16 she was raped many times by her brother’s friend. Cindy was verbally threatened and forced to do perform different sexual acts by him. She never told her family; however‚ she did tell her mom that she wasn’t comfortable with him around. Cindy’s mom respected her daughter’s wishes and wouldn’t
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and domestic violence to events that took place while serving in the military. Research shows that in one out of ten Americans‚ the traumatic event causes a cascade of psychological and biological changes known as post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD‚ posttraumatic stress disorder‚ changes the biology of the brain. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and PET (positron emission tomography) scans show changes in the way memories are stored in the brain. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is an environmental
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1-20-15 Post-Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Post-Traumatic stress disorder can occur in anyone but it all starts when a terrifying event happens and basically scars you for life. I have one cousin who was in the military who has (PTSD) and he said the horrors of war gave him the disorder. Many people who have the disorder do get it from after they leave the military it’s very common and many veterans go to see therapists for physiological help. The causes of (PTSD) are always traumatic events. Places
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