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    Road Trauma

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    Road Trauma; two little words‚ that pack an almighty punch into the lives and families of those affected by vehicle accidents. A definition by the Australian Academy of Science: “The word ‘trauma’ is especially appropriate to describe the injuries inflicted by road crashes. The medical profession uses it for any bodily injury or wound‚ but more literally it means ‘a powerful shock that may have long-lasting effects’ – an apt description for the sudden violence of a road crash”. (NOVA: Australian

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    trauma presentation

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    TRAUMA AND  EMERCENCY  NURSING BY SEELAA SEGARAN The nursing care  and management  of a client with  Tension  Pneumothorax. INTRODUCTION ANATOMY OF  THE LUNG DEFINATION  OF TENSION  PNEUMOTHORAX PROGRESSIVE BUILD­UP OF AIR  WITHIN THE PLEURAL SPACE DUE TO A LUNG LACERATION    AIR TO ESCAPE INTO THE PLEURAL  SPACE BUT NOT TO RETURN ’ONE­WAY­VALVE’ EFFECT  PUSHES THE MEDIASTINUM  OBSTRUCTS VENOUS RETURN = CIRCULATORY INSTABILITY  TRAUMATIC ARREST. SYMPTOMS  Respiratory distress  Distended neck vein

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    Brain Trauma

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    Memory Loss Due to Brain Trauma Numerous psychological studies have been done over the subject of the effects of accidental head trauma leading to various memory problems such as memory loss. These studies ranging from the very mild to the extremely severe brain traumas cases and has various effects on memory whether it is short term of long term memory problems and loss. This paper is going to more specifically cover vehicular accidents that involved head trauma leading to memory loss and other

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    Bio-Psychosocial Model

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    My understanding of the 3 different models (medical‚ social and bio-psychosocial is that the medical model views disability as an individual problem.This medical model approach is based on the belief that the difficulties associated with a disability should be placed on the disabled person‚ and that the disabled person should make extra efforts to care for themselves and not inconvenience anyone else. An example of the medical model: If an individual with a wheelchair is unable to gain access into

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    Trauma In Adolescence

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    How does sexual abuse among adolescent girls negatively affect their self-esteem in their adulthood? This matter of contention can be one that is considered controversial and unsupported to most‚ though some may disagree. The chain reaction of trauma‚ such as sexual abuse is not and should not be perceived as a minor change that occurs prior to an incident‚ seeing that it alters the overall perspective of self‚ others‚ and the world in a general spectrum. (Springmeyer‚ 2013.) Taking into consideration

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    Holistic Psychosocial Care

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    The Fate and Welfare of Nursing Home Residents: Towards A Holistic Psychosocial Care The Fate & Welfare of Nursing Home Residents: Towards A Holistic Psychosocial Care Problem Statement The rise in aging population has increased the demand for nursing home residential facilities. These institutions have become places of continuing care and treatment that is largely centered on biomedical model in which efficiency‚ consistency and standardized decision-making are of great value (Brownie

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    “Erik Erikson proposed a psychoanalytic theory of psychosocial development comprising eight stages‚ from infancy to adulthood. During each stage‚ the person experiences a psychosocial crisis‚ which could have a positive or negative outcome for personality development” (McLeod‚ 2013). Jason is six or seven years old still have two more stages to pass through; those stages are identity versus role confusion and intimacy versus isolation (McLeod‚ 2013). Looking ahead‚ I believe if Jason’s home environment

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    conducted to compare the main effect of gender and childhood psychosocial intervention on reducing internalizing symptoms in adulthood. First it is necessary to look at the descriptive statistics to give us a general result of the differences. According to the tables‚ the adulthood internalizing symptoms for males (M=56.45‚ SD= .49) was slightly different with that for females (M=57.80‚ SD= .71); the adulthood internalizing symptoms with psychosocial intervention (M=56.14‚ SD= .62) was lower than that without

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    Orofacial trauma can be defined as pain resulting from forces inflicted on the mouth‚ jaw‚ face‚ and surrounding oral soft tissues. This trauma is considered a serious public health problem among children and adolescents due to significant prevalence rates‚ psychosocial effects on quality of life‚ and high treatment costs (7). Numerous biological factors predispose one for orofacial trauma‚ including: the male gender‚ an increase in overjet‚ inadequate lip protection‚ violence‚ and socio-economic

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    Psychological Trauma

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    ALPHABETIC LIST OF THEORIES1.   Adaptive Structuration Theory2.   Agenda-Setting Theory3.   Altercasting4.   Argumenation Theory5.   Attraction-Selection-Attrition Framework6.   Attribution Theory Classical Rhetoric8.   Cognitive Dissonance theory9.   Computer Mediated Communication10.   Contextual Design11.   Coordinated Management of Meaning12.   Cultivation Theory13.   Dependency Theory14.   Diffusion of Innovations Theory15.   Domestication16.   Elaboration Likelihood

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