religious texts. The Tipitaka is known to be one of the oldest records of Buddha’s teachings. The thing that interested me the most was the idea of no “supreme being” and the concept of after-life and reincarnation. My keen interest I decided to visit the Wat Buddharangsi Temple of Miami which follows the ways of Theravada Buddhism. I did not expect to find it in such a remote location. The temple was completely surrounded by fields in a village like neighborhood. The location and its surroundings
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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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Emergency Response: Disaster in Franklin County Katherine Helm Western Governor’s University May 2013 Role of the Major Public Health Personnel In the event of a disaster‚ the community relies upon the public health personnel to evaluate the needs of the community‚ assess the available resources‚ provide reliable information‚ and coordinate health activities. It is essential that local health workers are trained professionals who are reassuring and organized to address health‚ social‚ cultural
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Complete the following 2 exercises 1. Assign CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) for each statement below: a) Deep incision with opening of bone cortex‚ thorax. b) Hyoid myotomy and suspension. c) Closed treatment of sternum fracture. d) Partial excision of rib. e) Sternal debridement. f) Needle biopsy‚ soft tissue‚ and thorax. g) Excision of tumor‚ soft tissue of back. h) The physician removed a malignant soft tissue tumor from the patient’s flank‚ and
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Doctor Visits More Traumatic than Illness Development by Example Preventable medical errors kill or seriously injure hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) 1999 study has estimated that as many as 98‚000 people die every year from preventable medical errors. If this figure were included in the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Leading Causes of Death in the United States‚ it would be the sixth leading cause of death in the United
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2.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of common childhood illnesses. There are lots of illnesses that children pick up from chicken pox to cold sores. The first common childhood illness if want to identify the signs and symptoms of is Chicken Pox. The first sign\symptom that starts chicken pox of and makes adults aware that the child has this is the rash it begins with a rash and within 12-14 hours will be itchy blisters that usually appear in patches. However there are many symptoms before the rash
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thirty minutes of an emergency response. As stated by the National School Public Relations Association‚ during the “…first 30 minutes of a crisis is crucial in determining people’s perceptions of the crisis and how it was handled...” (New Edition of NSPRA’s Crisis Communication Management Manual Now Available‚ n.d). With this in mind‚ to begin with‚ all students‚ staff‚ and [genuine] visitors need to be secured and safely taken away from the incident as much as possible. When incidents happen‚ safety
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Responding to emergency service incident P3 - identify the statutory and voluntary agencies who may work together at the scene of an emergency incident Statutory and voluntary agencies: Statutory agencies are services like the police‚ fire and ambulance. These will always join an emergency incident. However at some incidents they will be helped by voluntary agencies like: St John Ambulance - St John Ambulance is a charitable organisation staffed by trained volunteers. The organisation
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Unit 051 – Promote communication in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Outcome 1 – Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting. 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate. There are many reasons why people communicate. We communicate to establish a relationship‚ we start using eye contact‚ smiles and general greetings such as ‘hello’. Having good relationships as a practitioner is essential because you are always meeting
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April‚ 2013 Hard Work Pays Off It’s 7am‚ Monday July 26th 2004. The sun has just risen up and it’s already reached 92 Degrees. I’m sweating out of control and out of breath just like the other Sixty- Five teenage boys here. The smell of grass is strong and unpleasant and there is no shaded area in site. The line for water is like a mile long and were all fighting like mad men to get a sip. My legs are burning from the running‚ my arms hurting from the endless pushups and I’m holding on
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