I am an emergency room nurse‚ and I can relate to the situation that you wrote about. The scenario that you chose to write about was a great example of the multiple ways of knowing that a nurse can perform during a situation. As you stated in your post it is important to make the patient comfortable while taking care of them‚ especially in this situation. If the patient was to get anxious and nervous it could possibly make what was happening to him worse. I believe that in the emergency room we get
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History In 1979‚ President Jimmy Carter formed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by consolidating several government organizations. That same year Congress appropriated funds to transfer the Civil Defense Staff College (CDSC) and United States Fire Administration (USFA) and National Fire Academy (NFA) into FEMA. The Civil Defense Program (CDP) had been established in 1947 under the Department of Defense. Training was first offered under this authority in the spring of 1951 at three
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The essay of “The Ethnics of Emergencies”‚ Rand has mentioned how people base on their moral standards and ethnics to make decision on emergencies situations. Rand has described psychological results of altruism is who willing to sacrifice one’s for the others in the emergencies situations in order to survive. Also‚ she has talks about the reciprocal altruism‚ which is helping others and expecting for a return in the future. According to Wikipedia‚ “reciprocal altruism is a behavior whereby an organism
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Fire Corps is one of five partner programs under Citizen Corps‚ the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s grassroots strategy to bring together government and community leaders to involve citizens in all-hazards emergency preparedness and resilience. Citizen Corps partner programs share the common goal of helping communities prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies of all kinds. Launched in 2004‚ Fire Corps is managed by the National Volunteer Fire Council and works with various organizations
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characteristics of emergency managers? How can planning ahead of a disaster help emergency managers and other leaders make decisions during disaster response? Leadership and decision-making skills are vital characteristics of emergency managers. This is because such managers need these techniques and skills especially during crisis moments. During emergencies and crises‚ emergency managers require these skills to help victims and communities‚ as well as manage staff the emergency. During such periods
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Explain how organisations respond to IT development Adopting business processes In today’s society IT is becoming more essential in everyday life. We use IT to contact people‚ to shop and to find information. Businesses are now trying to adapt to the ways of IT so they can build a stronger connection between their business and their consumers. One of the ways businesses are doing this is by introducing loyalty cards. Loyalty cards are basically cards that companies give you rewards and therefore
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aspect of the United States emergency management system in preparing for‚ mitigating‚ and responding to man-made and natural disasters is having a
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important job that EMTs have because what if you need one. Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) play an important role in helping people’s needs; they respond to active shooters and victims‚ and they are also affected by terrorist attacks. EMTs help more people. First responders got diseases from 9/11. One person named Perez is one of the many first responders who is still fighting diseases from ground zero. He says ”Despite these concerns‚ emergency medical technicians can take satisfaction from providing
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Asthma in Emergency setting St. Georges Hospital Emergency Department Cezar Darwiche FY1 Asthma Chronic inflammatory disease of the airways Episodic cough‚ wheezing‚ dyspnea Type I hypersensitivity reaction (Ag cross links IgE on pre-sensitized mast cells and basophils triggering release of vasoactive amines) Types • • • • Extrinsic - Onset in childhood -Triggered by inhaled allergen exposure: Dust mites Cockroaches Cat antigen Molds and pollens Types Intrinsic Early adulthood
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to highlight the importance of safety measures and plan for responses to violence and threats of violence. It is difficult to assess the level of safety measures that may be required in potentially dangerous situations. There also needs to be protocol in place on how to react to situations when students engage in less dangerous but still problematic behaviours. I believe that there may be tensions between the obligations of schools to provide a safe learning environment and the need for young people
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