2. Tilt the head so that the chin is pointing upwards. Do this by placing the fingertips under the jawbone‚ then lift gently while pressing down softly on the person’s forehead. This is done to make sure the tongue is not blocking the throat. 3. Keep holding the head in this way while checking for breathing: see if the chest is rising and falling‚ or place your ear next to their mouth to listen for breathing. 4. If there is breathing‚ hold the head as described above until help arrives. If
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Unit 3- health and wellbeing Definitions: Health and wellbeing meanings come in three forms-holistic‚ positive and negative. Health and wellbeing’s meaning cannot be fixed because health means different things to different people‚ and your intellectual thinking of health can change from day to day; depending on your experiences you go through. Literally the word health comes from an old English word meaning “the state of being hale‚ sound or whole‚ in body mind or soul”. This tells us that our
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UNIT 21: Nutrition for Health & Social Care Task 2 - Know the characteristics of nutrients Submit – 07/11/14 This task meets P2 and M1. You need to; A) Use the table below to describe fully the characteristics of Carbohydrates‚ Protein‚ Lipids‚ Vitamins‚ Minerals and their benefit to the body. (This meets P2) B) You should also use the table to discuss the nutritional energy requirements for Young Children and Pregnant women/breastfeeding mothers comparing and contrasting similarities and differences
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Diploma in Health & Social Care Optional Units – Medication (Administering and Effect Monitoring) Unit 1 Understand legislation‚ policy and procedure relevant to administration of medication. Current Legislation Mental Capacity Act 2005 – provides a legal framework to empower and protect people who may lack the capacity to make some decisions for themselves. Health and Social care act 2008 sec 13 – regulations 2010 states ‘ the registered person must protect service users against
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exercise each week‚ these hours are made up by them participating in sports such as badminton‚ swimming and circuit training. Carrying out regular exercise can help prevent health conditions such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Also being physically active can help you manage your weight. (http://www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/health-information/directory/b/benefits-of-exercise) This person also does not smoke regularly which is a
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environment may include informal support from work colleagues‚ formal support from courses attended‚ and‚ supervisors and/or managers‚ supervision from managers‚ organisational policies‚ support from outside resources such as County Council documents‚ Diploma Assessors and internet. In order to draw up a personal development plan I would amongst other activities‚ agree objectives for development‚ propose activities needed to meet the objectives‚ and agree timescales needed to review and meet the objectives
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House Nvq 3 Unit ref:-Y/501/0598 Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects 1- Understand legislation‚ policies and procedures relevant to administration of medication. Legislation: Health and Social Care Act; the Medicines Act and The Misuse of Drugs Act. Guidelines could include the Nursing Midwifery Guidelines for the management of medicine administration - registered nurses have to abide by this set of guidelines and for paid carers‚ the General Social Care Council’s
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Effective communication is very important for all health and social care environments. Effective communication is defined as using verbal speech or non-verbal speech (e.g. sign language) to get another person to acknowledge and understand the point you are trying to get across. Talking slowly‚ clearly and in simple terms is an example of effective communication. (Yourdictionary‚ 2015) Communication involves passing information on and exchanging information with other people. There are different
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DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LIFE STAGES P1- Describe physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual In this task I will be explaining development through five main life stages which are: Conception‚ pregnancy‚ birth and infancy this is 0-3 years old Childhood which occurs from the ages 4-10 years old Adolescence from the ages 11-18 years old Adulthood from the ages 19-65 years old Later Adulthood 65+ During each of these life stages we gain
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opportunity to move students‚ as I seen fit‚ when formulating these groups. This allowed me to unite the lower ability student with the higher ability student. I felt this coming together greater impacted on the overall development of the students social skills. It gave the lower ability student confidence to offer an answer up to the teacher for consideration knowing that what she is about to say is coherent‚ having came to its conclusion with another student. I praised the good that she attempted
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