First aid for cuts Cuts and grazes are part of growing up. Small wounds are usually easily treated at home with a little first aid and lots of TLC. The aim of first aid is to promote healing and to minimise the risk of infection. Large or severely bleeding wounds need immediate medical attention as blood loss can lead to falling blood pressure and shock. Home treatment Minor wounds * Wash your hands before handling a wound or wear sterile disposable gloves. * Most minor wounds stop
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Juliana Giles DE English Doctor Fontana October 9‚ 2012 The First Cut is the Deepest From time to time‚ my mind takes me back to the glorious summer of 1964. Sometimes‚ it is easy for me to remember‚ and other times it is nearly impossible‚ but as I sit in this almost empty diner‚ my memory has never been more vivid‚ and it is almost as if I can feel the golden Florida sand in between my toes. I stare down into my cup of coffee‚ untouched‚ and try to remember every detail of that summer before
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Therefore‚ he hates the sound of the drum because it reminds him of the lies that are told to soldiers before they go to war. The poem is written in first person narrative this helps the reader understand the poet’s personal opinion on war.The poem consists of two contrasting stanzas and has a regular rhythm and rhyme. The first stanza shows what the drums mean to the young men who dream of being a soldier‚it gives a positive view on sacrifice as it uses words like ‘fall’ which is romanticised
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WHAT IS A RANDOM VARIABLE? A random variable assigns a number to each outcome of a random circumstance‚ or‚ equivalently‚ a random variable assigns a number to each unit in a population. It is easier to create rules for broad classes of situations and then identify how a specific example fits into a class than it is to create rules for each specific example. We can employ this strategy quite effectively for working with a wide variety of situations Involving probability and random outcomes. We
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The Effect of Bad Parents‚ Emotional Deprivation and Shame on Adolescent Characters in the Works of Alan Duff Hannah J. Manning A thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Arts in English At the University of Otago‚ Dunedin‚ New Zealand Date: 10th December 2010 Hannah Manning Abstract I The detrimental consequence that an inadequate‚ unloving and abusive childhood can have on the psychological development and psychic stability of a child or teenager is a prevalent theme in Duff’s
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who served as a general for France yet received no pay. He is just as much a patriot as our George Washington or Poland`s Kazimierz Pułaski. They all did things to serve their country whether it be serving with no pay‚ being a general‚ or even becoming the first American president. Many people believe that they are patriotic. But‚ what truly makes one patriotic? In the late 18th century Americans personified patriotism.
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Hannah was a nice and happy girl; your typical high school student that likes candy‚ hot chocolate‚ blue nail polish‚ filling out surveys‚ making and reading poems… a typical teenager. I bet you wonder what could’ve driven Hannah‚ that sweet girl‚ to commit suicide. The real question is not what made her commit suicide‚ but rather who caused her to commit suicide and what did they do to her to cause something so extreme? In the beginning of the book Hannah releases a set of 13 tapes to the people
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How to make a reference list How to make a reference list 1 General 1 A complete publication 1 An article in a journal 2 A part of a publication / a paper presented at a meeting 2 Electronic document 2 Web sites 3 Additional points 3 Read more 3 General The information needed for your reference list has to be collected when actually using the particular document. It is not sufficient to photocopy the title page of the document‚ for this may not contain all the information needed
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produce 13 new drugs from 1995 to 2001‚ of which included the painkiller Vioxx. The drug was supposed to beat out Pfizer’s‚ Celebrex‚ and Bextra because it was gentler on the stomach. (www.cbsnews.com) But was that the only thing different Vioxx could do? Vioxx was introduced in 1999. Almost immediately reports started pouring in about patients having complications while taking the drug‚ such as heart attacks‚ strokes‚ and congestive heart failure. (www.vioxxnews.com) As the complaints were coming
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I was twelve and scared of failure the first time I cut myself. I had just fought with my parents when I saw it -- a razor on my bathroom counter. I had used it earlier in the week to shave my legs. I picked up the razor‚ I washed it‚ meticulously scrubbing at the sharp edges to wipe off any vestiges of bacteria I could see. I brought the blade to my wrist‚ and SLASH! I had done it. I cut myself‚ and seeing the rivulets of red running down my arm‚ a four-year addiction began. I was fifteen
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