Since 2004‚ 92 high school boys have died due to football related injuries. Andre Smith was the most recent student to join the list. This year alone there have been seven football related deaths. These statistics often raise the question‚ “Why?” Despite the frequency of these unfortunate events‚ not many steps have been taken to avoid future accidents. The impact of these deaths are visible in the declining number of students enrolling to play football for the past 4 years. Although football has
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Research Paper When an injury or pain come around‚ and it’s something serious most people my brush it off and wait for it to heal itself or pass‚ because they don’t want to pay for treatment or they have have “time”. But in reality brushing it off rarely works‚ when/if this ever happens then you need to go to physical therapy. Without it your problem may never heal properly and will end in permanent damage. Some people would be unconvinced that physical therapy doesn’t work‚ therefore this paper
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What is a brain injury? What does being "brain-injured"? A brain-injured patient is a person with severe brain damage that result in achieving the thought process. Brain damage may occur after: - Head injury - An aneurysm or stroke - A tumor - A brain abscess - Following a disease affecting the nervous system (multiple sclerosis‚ Behcet’s disease ...) Consecutive brain damage such accidents and diseases often cause coma‚ neurological damage and cognitive impairment. What problems does it
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Head injury Any trauma to the scalp‚ skull or brain‚ TBI. Head trauma includes an alteration in consciousness‚ no matter how brief. Common causes: motor vehicle crashes and falls. Firearm‚ assaults‚ sports-related injuries‚ recreational accidents. Deaths occur at three points in time after injury: 1) Immediately 2) within 2 hours 3) 3 weeks after the injury GCS on arrival is also a strong predictor of survival: GCS < 8 30% to 70% chance of survival. GCS > 8 indicating >90% survival. Neurological
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Conversation”. In the selection Tannen‚ a linguist’s‚ describes the discrepancies of communication between men and women. Most women cite conversation as a problem in relationships between a man and a woman. The discrepancies start in the stage of childhood. This is the time frame where the habits are first formed‚ as the child’s development is mainly influenced from their peers. I agree with Tannen’s points on why the problems arise‚ and can relate all the points to my own personal conversations. Tannen
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Understand partnerships working in services for children and young people Task 2 understands the importance of effective communication and information sharing in services for children and young people. 2.1 – Describe why clear and effective communication between partners is required: Clear and effective communication between partners is required because you have to share information about children’s learning and development‚ this is particularly important because when sharing information it
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When I think back‚ one of my most memorable childhood experiences would definitely be learning to ride a bike. Almost every child will encounter this event in some period of their lifetime‚ and will actually discover a great deal from it. I consider this a classic event in my life that will always be revered‚ because it has influenced and marked my life in so many different ways. Many people consider learning to ride a bike a new experience‚ but they do not consider the possibility of it also having
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The chances of your child getting a case of measles or chickenpox or whooping cough might be quite low today. But vaccinations are not just for protecting ourselves‚ and are not just for today. They also protect the people around us like some of whom may be unable to get certain vaccines‚ or might have failed to respond to a vaccine‚ or might be susceptible for other reasons. Vaccines also protect our children’s children and their children by keeping diseases that we have almost defeated from making
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Understanding Work Related Injuries By Debbra Murphy Axia College of University of Phoenix “Worker’s compensation is a social insurance program that provides medical care‚ cash benefits‚ and rehabilitation services to workers who are disabled fro a job related accident of disease.” (anglefire.com) Worker’s compensation started in the 1800’s in Germany‚ when it was seen that workers injured while working for a company needed to be taken care of so they did not suffer physically or financially
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Jim Meyer Personal Research 6.16.2014 Moral Injury This juggernaut of war has crushed millions of humankind. Its savagery and decadence is consummate. Such butchery has patently marked all the wars of this century and before. This cannibalization of mankind on its own is unparalleled. Scenes of human massacre that few persons would believe will be imprinted perpetually in the minds of the combatants. Many of those who experience the immoral‚ offensive and degrading trauma of war can be physically
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