fire in his home. He was smoking a cigarette and fell asleep‚ dropping the cigarette and igniting the bed linens. He sustained full thickness burns over the upper half of his trunk and neck (anterior and posterior) and the posterior aspects of both upper arms. He also sustained superficial partial-thickness burns to his face and hands. He arrived at your burn unit 5 hours after injury. Labs were drawn. A foley catheter and NG tube were inserted in the ER. Assessment findings: Height is 72 inches
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In diagnosing the burn wound‚ it is important for the patient to be stabilized. Evaluating the extent and depth of the burn will be helpful in making decisions regarding wound care‚ inpatient or outpatient care‚ and monitoring. The doctor uses a tool called the “Rules of Nines”’ to determine the extent of the burn. This tool has a formula that divides the top layer of the body into sections. Once the amount of the top layer has been determined‚ the doctor could decide what type of treatment is best
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MANAGING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS Outcome 1 – Scotia Airways case study 1. Illustrate the relationship between organisational goals‚ objectives‚ and policy and justify their contribution to the effective management of Scotia Airways. Goal is the end of result the organization strives for. It is established specific‚ measurable‚ and observable end result‚ which has one or more time- targeted objectives. Objectives encourage action which means there is certain effort made in order
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Burn Burn | Classification and external resources | Second-degree burn of the hand | A burn is a type of injury to flesh caused by heat‚ electricity‚ chemicals‚ light‚ radiation or friction. Most burns affect only the skin (epidermal tissue and dermis). Rarely‚ deeper tissues‚ such as muscle‚ bone‚ and blood vessels can also be injured. Burns may be treated with first aid‚ in an out-of-hospital setting‚ or may require more specialized treatment such as those available at specialized burn
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Teen Crashes Using a cell phone while driving is one of the worst decisions any one can make. So many deaths have been caused by being distracted from a cell phone. This is a problem for teenagers because it has caused so many deaths‚ and injuries! Here are the statistics. National Teen Driving Statistics In 2007‚ the latest year for which data are available‚ motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death among 13-19 year-old males and females in the United States. A total of 3‚466 teenagers
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“JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth” Samuel Natkovitch I. Introduction The airline industry is one of a highly complex and unpredictable nature. “JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth” presents a case about a brand that can attest to this fact‚ a brand that also happens to be one of the big airline corporations of America- JetBlue. Former Executive Vice President of Morris Air‚ David Neeleman‚ founded JetBlue in 1999. Neeleman entered the market with 10 planes and in just under 6 years‚ the JetBlue fleet
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congestion and elevated upper venous pressures. These require urgent intervention if associated with symptoms suggesting airway compromise (i.e.‚ dyspnea‚ orthopnea‚ cough‚ stridor‚ hoarseness) or cerebral edema (i.e.‚ head fullness‚ headache‚ nausea‚ lightheadedness‚ syncope‚ distorted vision‚ altered mental status). The rapidity of progression of symptoms‚ presence of airway compromise‚ and neurological symptoms are important in triaging the patient for detailed evaluation for etiology versus an
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Why do car accidents exist‚ and what would it be like without them in the future? Scientists in labs around the world are working to end or eliminate car crashes. Accidents are caused for many reasons‚ but human error is one of their main causes. Sometimes drivers go too fast for the weather conditions‚ when it is a good time to be more cautious. Drivers also pass each other when there is not enough time for the to get back in their lane. Complex technology is also being tested to
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direction in road crash reduction? Number of lives are lost every year all around the globe due to serious crashes on our roads. Australian government is collaborating with the transport engineers in order to introduce new measures to reduce the risk of the road side accidents. This report of mine is based upon Australian road crashes reduction. It briefly explains why and how these road crashes take place. Strict measures taken by the Australian government and restricted speed limits in particular
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Europe and in the United States‚ where more than half of the population now shops weekly at mass merchants like Wal-Mart and Target‚ up from 25 percent in 1996. These and similar value players‚ such as Aldi‚ A SDA ‚ Dell‚ E*Trade Financial‚ JetBlue Airways‚ Ryanair‚ and Southwest Airlines‚ are broadly transforming the way consumers of nearly every age and income purchase their groceries‚ apparel‚ airline tickets‚ financial services‚ and computers. The market share gains of value-based players give
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