abusing substances. After that‚ it’s incumbent on you to seek help. Immediately after you stop taking your substance of choice‚ it’s important that you understand and recognize possible detox symptoms. In many cases‚ symptoms related to the withdrawal from drugs and alcohol can create serious health issues. Depending on the extent of your addiction‚ you might find it necessary to submit to a monitored detox process prior to seeking treatment for your addiction. At first‚ detox symptoms could be subtle
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“Wounded Knee Massacre” Melinda Belcher May 2‚ 2010 In 1848 a series of gold and silver discoveries signaled the first serious interest by white settlers in the arid and semiarid lands beyond the Mississippi‚ where many Indian nations had been forced to migrate. To open more land‚ federal officials introduced in 1851 a policy of “concentration.” Tribes were pressured into signing treaties limiting the boundaries of their hunting grounds to “reservations” The Sioux tribe was limited to the
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years old girl when skiing‚ fell and broke her left leg. When she fell‚ her left leg was caught under the body of another skier who ran into her. Doctor performed X-ray (a technique that gives a shadow image of an object) on Nadine’s leg. The X-ray showed that Nadine had an open‚ tibial-fibular fracture just below the knee. Fig 1. Open tibial-fibular fracture9 Tibia and fibula are the two bones located right below the knee area; out of the two the tibia is the weight bearing
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Hot Topic Total Knee Replacement This article talks about how more and more people are requiring knee replacements. This type of injury results in an injury that might have happened when the patient was younger or maybe even something recent as a severe fall. Patients are complaining about so much pain in their knees and this is an outlet to fix their knees. Also‚ this is a surgery that is needed to correct patient’s knee osteoarthritis and this is called Total knee replacement or Arthroplasty
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course of the next 71 days‚ armed conflict took place between AIM and police forces. Women had a prominent role in the Wounded Knee Incident‚ as they were the numerical majority. Armed women guarded the town‚ and the idea of having the stand at Wounded Knee was that of a woman‚ Gladys Bissonette. (Langston‚ 1) She is quoted as saying‚ "Let’s make our stand at Wounded Knee‚ because that place has meaning for us‚ because so many of our people were massacred there.” (Brave Bird‚ 195). Once the stand
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Kaytlin Edwards Melted Knee Everything appeared to melt from the heat of the sweltering sun. I had fallen twice that day and every time I tried to get back up it was like a cloud of darkness was in my head and covering my eyes. Dribbling a ball up and down a court in 100 degree weather can cause a little bit of dizziness. Except the third time I fell‚ my head did not experience the darkness; my whole body did. It was as though someone let a cage of butterflies out in my stomach‚ but not the kind
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Jennifer Gossett Joey Pigza Presenting Problem Joey Pigza‚ is an eleven year old boy who has troubles concentrating in every aspect of his life. Joey has ADHD‚ and even with medication his temperament and wild behavior are out of control. He is a good kid with a caring heart‚ but his failure to control his impulses has now become dangerous as he has not only injured himself‚ but his classmates as well. Joey Pigza admits he is "wired wrong" and that he feels unable to control his behavior most
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the stability of the knee joint. The ACL specifically prevents the tibia from sliding too far forward‚ making the joint unstable and prone to dislocation. When someone experiences an injury to the ACL‚ they often complain of the feeling that their knee will “give out” due to the lack of stability of the knee joint when the ACL is torn. An ACL injury makes the knee more prone to arthritis and cartilage tears. When you tear your ACL‚ you might hear or feel a pop in your knee. There will probably
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Wounded Knee Massacre Details and impact The battle between U.S. military troops and Lakota Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota on December 29‚ 1890 Pine Ridge Reservation‚ resulted in the deaths of many Lakota and Sioux men‚ women‚ and children. A number of incidents precipitated the massacre in Black hill Wounded Knee creek that changed everything. Native Americans (Lakota‚ Sioux) had suffered through decades of broken treaties (“The Dawes Act” 1887) lost lands‚ forced relocation
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Response/treatment column‚ give a general explanation of how you would care for a child who becomes ill or injured at your setting. Highlight circumstances that might require urgent medical attention Condition/illness/allergy/ circumstance Signs and symptoms Response/treatment according to role Asthma MAY REQUIRE URGENT ATTENTION Difficulty breathing Keep child calm and help them take medicine. Phone parent and if it worsens call 999 Sickle cell anaemia MAY REQUIRE URGENT ATTENTION Fatigue
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