sports have benefits like exercise‚ perseverance‚ school spirit‚ and fun; however‚ injuries can occur‚ costs to run the program‚ and grades can suffer. Injuries can be a large concern for schools that have sports programs. Approximately “more than 3.5 million kids 14 and younger get hurt from sports each year” according to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Stanford‚ California. Examples of school sports related injuries include
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Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic brain injury‚ also called acquired brain injury or simply head injury‚ is a result of a sudden blow to the head when an external force is applied causing a disruption of the physiological stability of the brain locally. It can also occur when an object pierces the skull and enters the brain tissue and when elevation in the intracranial pressure occurs and potentially dramatic changes in the blood flow within and to the brain. These changes may produce a diminished
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people participate in are so numerous that many different types of conditions and injuries have become more acknowledged throughout the last few decades. One of these injuries that have become more common in physically active people‚ especially athletes‚ are lumbar spine injuries. There are various types of lumbar spine injuries. Bruising‚ overstretching‚ or tearing of the muscles that are around the spinal cord are very common but not
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Accident Analysis and Prevention 32 (2000) 167 – 175 www.elsevier.com/locate/aap Neck injuries in car collisions — a review covering a possible injury mechanism and the development of a new rear-impact dummy Mats Y. Svensson a‚*‚ Ola Bostrom b‚ Johan Davidsson a‚ Hans-Arne Hansson c‚ ¨ b Yngve Haland ‚ Per Lovsund a‚ Anders Suneson d‚ Anette Saljo c ˚ ¨ ¨ ¨ Crash Safety Di6ision‚ Chalmers Uni6ersity of Technology‚ SE-412 96 Goteborg‚ Sweden ¨ b Autoli6‚ Research‚ SE-447 83 Vargarda‚ Sweden ˚
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INTRODUCTION Head injury is including injury of scalp‚ skull and also the brain. Approximately statistic in Malaysia from year 2009 to 2010 that more than 6‚000 people accidental death sustain with a head injury. According to Deputy Minister of transport Malaysia ‚ Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said most of the cause of death among the passengers and pillion riders is head injury (56.5%) ‚ brain injury (38.1%)‚ head and brain injury (34%) and head fracture (27.9%) .(nuffnang.blogspot). This scenario should
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Know signs and symptoms of SCUBA diving injuries – Decompression Sickness o Nitrogen gas bubbles trapped in tissue‚ caused by repaid assent o – Air Embolism o Gas bubbles in the blood stream o Scuba diver with frothy blood 10. Know how to take spinal precautions and fully immobilize a patient on a LSB with c-collar – Examine for entrance and
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2.1 Describe the possible signs‚ symptoms‚ indicators or behaviours that may cause concern in the context of safeguarding. A Person may abuse by either inflicting harm or failing to prevent the harm occurring. Some of the behaviours indicating possible concern with regards to safeguarding children are: Physical abuse: such as bruises to parts of the body‚ fingertip bruising (grasp mark)‚ bruises of different ages in the same place. Outline bruises (hand prints‚ belts or shoes)
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Definition Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a nondegenerative‚ noncongenital insult to the brain from an external mechanical force‚ possibly leading to permanent or temporary impairment of cognitive‚ physical‚ and psychosocial functions‚ with an associated diminished or altered state of consciousness. The definition of TBI has not been consistent and tends to vary according to specialties and circumstances. Often‚ the term brain injury is used synonymously with head injury‚ which may not be associated
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy also known as SMA is a genetic disease affecting the part of the nervous system that controls the voluntary muscle movement. It can be passed down from parent to child. The major causes of SMA is a deficiency of a motor neuron protein called SMN. Mutation in the survival motor neuron gene 1. The symptoms of SMA are very sad a child is weak and has a delay in meeting feeding and breathing development milestones. There are four types of SMA‚ type 0 is the most severe it can
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SHC 33 Unit 1.1‚ 1.2‚1.3 Taken from a policy for Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy; All members of staff and volunteers must treat each child or adult with total respect no matter what their culture‚ gender‚ race‚ disability or special need‚ sexual orientation religion or belief Diversity- is differences between individuals and groups in society which arise from gender‚ social culture or religious‚ backgrounds‚ ethnic origins‚ family structures‚ sexuality‚ appearances or disabilities
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