The severity of head trauma in the NFL has been ignored for too long. The National Football League needs to be more concerned with player safety‚ and to institute rule changes that will diminish head injuries. One reason the NFL needs to do more to protect its players from head injuries‚ is the alarming rate that retired players are being diagnosed with Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a degenerative disease of the brain that is linked to repeated head traumas like concussions ("NFL
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critical incidents and other stresses experienced by law enforcement personnel. Many of these challenges affect all personnel who work in public safety and the helping professions‚ including police officers‚ firefighters‚ paramedics‚ dispatchers‚ trauma doctors‚ emergency room nurses‚ and psychotherapists (Miller‚ 1995‚ 1997‚ 1998a‚ 1998b‚ 1999‚ in press); however‚ the focus here will be on the stressors most relevant to police officers‚ criminal investigators‚ and other law enforcement personnel
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Repetitive Motion Injuries also called Cumulative Trauma disorder ( CTDs) can occur when workers use the same movement over and over again for an extended period of time Two main techniques to combat CTD is to limit the time spent doing any repetitive task and to use proper posture and body position while doing that task. Proper postures generally mean keeping our joints in a neutral position. Don’t force hands‚ wrist or other body parts into full flex or awkward position while working Whether
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Case note Sexual abuse and the changing nature of vicarious liability Case: Various Claimants v Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools [2012] UKSC 5: [2012] 3 W.L.R. 1319 (SC) According to Steele‚ vicarious liability is defined as an employer being found liable for the tort of his or her employee‚ provided that tort is sufficiently connected with the individual’s employment. On the face of it‚ this definition seems straightforward and clear‚ however you only need to look at the plethora
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included 11 stability and strengthening exercises on female soccer players (control =1001‚ intervention =1091) and measured injury rates based on those that had sudden onset‚ but also included those that had a gradual onset without a known cause for the trauma. An experimental‚ objective study conducted by Myer‚ Ford‚ Brent‚ and Hewett (2007) implemented NMT 3x/week over a 7-week period on a group of 18 female soccer and basketball players‚ grouped on “high-risk” (n=12‚ controls =4) and “low-risk” (n=6
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Within the last decade work‚ place violence in the United States is becoming a major concern. Workplace violence has become so serious that the Centers for Disease Control has declared work- place violence a national health problem (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health‚ 1992). Some factors can lead to work place violence. Factors such as job loss‚ relationship issues‚ financial issues‚ work place conflict‚ which can cause stressors that led to work place violence. The effects of
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Personal Reflection Paper Gary Galicia Cultural Diversity and Special Populations BSHS/345 March 11‚ 2013 Joseph Andrade Personal Reflection This paper is going to identify an occurrence of invidious comparison and vicarious traumatization that I’ve experienced. Invidious comparison happens each and every day to practically everyone in the world. It is human nature to compare themselves to others‚ Reflection When I think about invidious comparison and if I’ve ever done it‚ there
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with the rest of my life. The trauma surgeon gave my mother a second chance in life: a chance to do things differently. I decided‚ in that moment‚ that I would dedicate my future to saving other little girls’ moms‚ brothers‚ grandparents‚ and friends. The opportunity to reach in and give another human the chance to breath again makes everything else seem insignificant.
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proverb that brings light to how childhood trauma that has affected a child will lead to destructive behaviors later on in the child’s life. Your early childhood lays the foundation for all of your future development. Children that have grown up in neglectful homes and situations or have gone through traumatic events are at a higher risk for altered brain development and the negative consequences that will follow later on in life. The effects of childhood trauma are ever present in communities and families
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against Compton Unified School District shares that there is trauma/complex trauma that has been affecting students who are from “high poverty neighborhoods”. Students who experience “violence and loss” are likely to have trauma. Students who are exposed multiple events of “violence and loss” experience complex trauma. to the point where they can no longer cope with their disability in order reach their fullest academic potential. Trauma is similar to PTSD because students cannot focus alongside their
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