Understand potential hazards in Health and Social Care Assignment Introduction In this unit I will explain six potential hazards in a Health and Social Care setting. These hazards in the Health and Social Care setting can all affect the people working in that environment; there are a lot of hazards which can be found in every surface of the setting. In a residential or day care setting‚ much is done to ensure that service users‚ and therefore staff as well‚ are protected from harm. The group of users
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Explain potential hazards and harm that they may arise from each in a health and social care setting (P1) There are lots of hazards that may occur in health and social care settings‚ these hazards pose risks of harm that effect specific service user groups. The essay is based on a private residential care home for the elderly with dementia‚ these people have mobility issues and other health issues associated with old age‚ e.g. high blood pressure and diabetes. There are 20 residents with 8 permanent
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your first completion‚ not the date that you retake it. Course Overview IS-318‚ Mitigation Planning for Local and Tribal Communities (also referred to as Hazard Mitigation Planning)‚ is a course offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The goals of this course are to: • Assist participants in undertaking the hazard mitigation plan development process. This plan will meet the needs of your community and fulfill the requirements for local plans‚ as described in 44 Code of
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chemistry‚ biology‚ physiology‚ statistics‚ mathematics‚ computer science‚ engineering mechanics‚ industrial processes‚ business‚ communication and psychology. Professional safety studies include industrial hygiene and toxicology‚ design of engineering hazard controls‚ fire protection‚ ergonomics‚ system and process safety‚ safety and health program management‚ accident investigation and analysis‚ product safety‚ construction safety‚ education and training methods‚ measurement of safety performance‚ human
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Morragh Mine 1. Identify the hazards in the case‚ which can be environmental‚ situational‚ human or ergonomic. Environmental Hazards Mining is a dangerous occupation‚ and many of these dangers are associated with the environment in which the miners worked. One environmental hazard evident in this case was the dangers the miners encountered while working underground. While working in this type of situation there are always threats of cave-ins and because the environment is underground there would
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Risk assessment and risk management Introduction There are many hazards associated in an industrial workplace. With new technologies‚ new machinery and constant updates with regulations it is more important now than ever before to produce efficient risk assessments. Good risk assessments reduce hazards and fatalities in dangerous areas in the workplace. A good risk assessment will make workers feel safer and therefore happier and promotes a good business structure within the company. A good risk
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staff from any hazards. Hazards can occur from equipment‚ any activities done in the nursery‚ material and going on trips from the nursery. Doing a risk assessment in the nursery setting minimizes the risk of hazards occurring. However‚ when doing a risk assessment you must also consider children’s development. You don’t want the environment to be overly safe because children need some level of risk but these level must be suitable for the child. There are many risks and hazards that can be
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BTEC Extended Diploma Level 3 – Year one Unit 3 – Health‚ Safety and Security in Health and Social Care – 10 Credits By the end of this unit you will achieved four learning outcomes as described below: 1 Understand potential hazards in health and social care Hazards: relating to the physical environment‚ equipment‚ infections‚ substances‚ working conditions‚ working practices‚ security systems Harm and abuse: possibility of‚ eg abuse‚ injury‚ acquired infection‚ psychological distress‚ inappropriate
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some units the event of interest has not occurred at the time the data are analyzed‚ and (3) there are predictors or explanatory variables whose effect on the waiting time we wish to assess or control. We start with some basic definitions. 7.1 The Hazard and Survival Functions Let T be a non-negative random variable representing the waiting time until the occurrence of an event. For simplicity we will adopt the terminology of survival analysis‚ referring to the event of interest as ‘death’ and to
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Care P1: Explain potential hazards and the harm that may arise from each in health or social care setting. Introduction: This unit is trying to illustrate how harmful potential hazard can be within our environment and the danger it can cause. FIVE Potential hazards in Nursing Home Potential risk posed by the hazard Expose wire: Expose wire can cause patient’s trip over and fall which can cause injury and damaging parts of their body. Water leaks: This hazard can cause damage to patient’s
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