idea of Emergency Contraception is not a new to society‚ however it is still igniting many debates just as it did when it was first introduced to the United States. Emergency contraception continues to be a highly emotional and controversial issue‚ both for advocates who believe EC will lower the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions‚ and for opponents who believe that using EC amounts to an abortion. The controversy fueling this debate centers around one of the ways that emergency contraception
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Prevention is the most important phase of treating medical emergencies‚ despite all the efforts of prevention emergencies will still occur. An emergency is a medical condition that requires immediate treatment. Emergencies do occur in the dental offices. A survey of 4‚000dentists conducted by Fast and others revealed an incidence of 7.5 emergencies per dentist over a 10 year period. Here are three steps to prevent medical emergencies in the dental office: Medical History‚ Patient Evaluation‚ and
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Ethics of Emergencies “The Ethics of Emergencies” explains Ayn Rand’s radical and unique view of altruism. She believes that there are 4 consequences of altruism‚ all of which are negative. These‚ simply put‚ are lack of self-esteem‚ lack of respect for others‚ a pessimistic view of life‚ and an indifference to ethics. She says that altruism hinders acts of true benevolence‚ and instead people act out of an obligation to others that has been internalized over time. Rand then argues that one should
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Head: IMPROVING FLOOD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 1 Improving Flood Emergency Preparedness in League City Abstract This paper explores a vital need to the residents of League City in regards to flood emergency response. Based on online research from the City of League City Mitigation Plan‚ Galveston County Mitigation Plan‚ and The Council for Excellence in Government‚ a local flood preparedness campaign focusing on a coordinated community emergency preparedness educational
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certain outcome. The agency needs an information system to provide feedback to staff. ( Expectancy Theory‚ n.d.). In the day and age‚ we have computers to log employee ’s quality and the sorting of data. Although computers could have prevented the emergency evaluation from becoming chaotic‚ a successful computerization depends on the agency processes and procedures being organized and precise. The federal evaluation wants information on the participants in any training workshop that was completed
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The question of whether emergency contraception poses a moral dilemma and/or a health risk has been addressed for many years throughout countries in the entire world. Although most moral issues have biased views based on religion‚ personal beliefs‚ and family standards‚ the more important objective question is how are people who choose to use emergency contraceptives putting their own personal health at risk. Today‚ emergency contraception can be used after a rape or sexual assault‚ any time unprotected
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Scenario 1 It is always good to have a back-up plan in an emergency or non-emergency. If we apply the scientific method‚ we can solve any and all everyday problems. So it is always good to keep a spare of something that can potentially be lost on a daily basis or give oneself enough time to get ready for an event and have extra time in case of an emergency. Asking Questions Being the type of person that loses things often‚ I have to set all the things I need to walk out of my house with all
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Emergency contraception Mechanism Progesterone-only method‚ one dose‚ 1.5mg within 120 hours of unprotected sex Alternatively‚ Levongestrel in two doses‚ 0.75 mg‚ q12h Levonorgestrel ECPs prevent pregnancy by preventing or delaying ovulation. May also prevent fertilization of an eff by affecting the cervical mucus or decreasing the ability of sperm to bind to the egg **Note: levonorgestrel ECPs are NOT effective once process of implantation has begun‚ and will no cause abortion Classification:
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Literature Review of Emergency and Non-Emergency Events Minkyu Lee Fire Protection Research Foundation © August 2012 The Fire Protection Research Foundation One Batterymarch Park Quincy‚ Massachusetts‚ U.S.A. 02169-7471 E-Mail: foundation@nfpa.org Web: www.nfpa.org/foundation Page 1 of 45 (This page left intentionally blank) Page 2 of 45 Executive Summary NFPA 101‚ Life Safety Code® ‚ contains information that is useful not only in fire related emergencies but also in non-fire
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911 Emergency Just like a coin‚ a story has two sides. Everyone has their own stories with truths and lies. In time of a catastrophic event‚ such as September 11th at the World Trade Center‚ many stories are created. It is hard to know exactly what happened with all of the misinformation. Government puts out lies and people instantly believe and spread them. Many things are covered up or forgotten. The only way to find truth is to uncover it yourself. People should question stories instead
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