First aid First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by a non-expert‚ but trained personnel to a sick or injured person. It is an immediate and temporary care given to an injured person First aider A non-expert but trained individual who performs an immediate and temporary care to a victim. The role of the first aider stops when a physician arrives in the scene. Accidents Are sudden‚ unexpected event that causes harm to the body and livelihood
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spider bites can cause significant cutaneous injury with tissue loss and necrosis. Less frequently‚ more severe reactions develop‚ including systemic hemolysis‚ coagulopathy‚ renal failure‚ and‚ rarely‚ death. Brown recluse venom‚ like many of the other brown spider venoms‚ is cytotoxic and hemolytic. It contains at least 8 components‚ including enzymes such as hyaluronidase‚ deoxyribonuclease‚ ribonuclease‚ alkaline phosphatase‚ and lipase. Sphingomyelinase D is thought to be the protein component
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Allergies have been characterized as a medical disorder for thousands of years‚ yet it was only in the last hundred years scientists have been able to establish the cause behind them. The term allergy/asthma is a collective term for the diseases: asthma‚ rhinoconjuctivitis‚ food allergies‚ atopic dermatitis‚ angioedema‚ urticaria‚ anaphylaxis‚ and insect and drug allergies (Holgate & Polosa‚ 2008). Cases of allergic reactions date all the way back to 3500 BC when Egyptian King Menses reportedly died
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And your right he was probably a little delirious from the venom. Brian Woodard’s Review for Benjamin on Sunstroke The story was definitely longer in length and not as eventful as the others but the dogs‚ perspective was very interesting. Yes the heat really bothered me. When I take a bus to Mexico I cant stand
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Most people observe the world and conclude that there is no doubt an order and design. One such believer was philosopher William Paley‚ an 18th century English clergymen who concluded that there was an intelligent design of the universe and thus must exist an intelligent designer. Now a commonly used term amongst theologists and philosophers‚ intelligent design refers to the belief that certain features of the universe can best be explained by a higher cause. While an orderly universe created for
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time. Backflow: reversal of normal flow of current. Tourniquet: a device for compression of an artery or a vein; uses include stopping excessive bleeding of a hemorrhage‚ maintenance of a nearly bloodless operative field‚ prevention of spread of snake venom after a snakebite‚ and aiding in obtaining blood samples or giving intravenous injections. Hematoma: a localized mass of extravasated blood that is relatively or completely confined within an organ or tissue‚ a space‚ or a potential space; blood
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Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development For more information‚ see Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development. Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence first developed by Jean Piaget. It is primarily known as a developmental stage theory‚ but in fact‚ it deals with the nature of knowledge itself and how humans come gradually to acquire‚ construct‚ and use it. Moreover‚ Piaget claims the idea that cognitive development
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Wildlife Conservation INTRODUCTION Wildlife is a collective term that includes animals‚ bear‚ butterflies‚ crustaceans‚ fish‚ moths‚ aquatic and land vegetation which forms a part of a habitat. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet and has a major impact on the environment‚ both positive and negative. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems‚ deserts‚ rainforests‚ plains‚ and other areas-including the most developed urban sites
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technologies make the Hell Scenario more likely. Rise of technology will lead to the downfall of humanity due to Bioengineered Disease Agents/Weapons. Supporting ideas for this topic are: threat of humans creating dangerous weapons such as pox with cobra venom‚ biotechnology such as the Australian mouse pox incident being dangerous‚ and the rise of technology may enhance a plague and kill more people than a natural plague. Garreau is worried about humans being changed so much we won ’t be able to tell
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Alternative medicine is a medical practice that is generally founded on metaphysical beliefs. Many a times‚ alternative medicine is found to be antiscientific. The practice of alternative medicine has progressively become popular in the recent past decades with more and more patients preferring alternative medicine to modern scientific medicine (Skeptic dictionary‚ 2009). Alternative medicine practice falls into five main categories as classified by National Center for Complementary and Alternative
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