CRITICAL CARE Critical care: the eight vital signs of patient monitoring Malcolm Elliott and Alysia Coventry O ne of the traditional roles of nurses involves surveillance.This might include watching patients for changes in their condition‚ recognising early clinical deterioration and protection from harm or errors (Rogers et al‚ 2008). For over 100 years‚ nurses have performed this surveillance using the same vital signs: temperature‚ pulse‚ blood pressure‚ respiratory rate and
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Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Children Act 1989 This Act identifies the responsibilities of parents and professionals who must work to ensure the safety of the child. This Act includes two important sections which focus specifically on child protection. Section 47 states that the Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is
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SAFETY PROCEDURE – ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVESTIGATION EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1‚ 2007 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this procedure is to identify the duties‚ roles and responsibilities of workplace parties so that an effective and immediate accident/incident investigation and reporting process is in place. This will include identifying all contributing factors of the accident/incidents and hazardous situations and making the necessary recommendations to prevent the accident/incident from recurring
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Reflection on a Significant Incident from Practice Introduction The intention of this written essay is to demonstrate an understanding of my views on the art and science of reflection and the issues surrounding reflective practice. It is based on a significant incident from my own area of clinical practice as a state registered paramedic employed by a large provincial Ambulance Service N.H.S. Trust within the U.K. There is a discussion appraising the concept of reflection both generally
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Chapter I Introduction Recording system is an information storage system‚ which is the authoritative data source for a given data element or piece of information. Where the integrity of the data is vital‚ a data element must either be linked to‚ or extracted directly from its system of record. Since the proponent will be developing a recording system it will help the company in gaining accuracy and efficiency. Project Context UYsome! Enterprise was established
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The Accident It was 8:45 pm‚ a typical Friday night and the phone kept ringing. My daughter Khadra answered at the same time that I was entering the living room‚ I asked her who it was‚ and she said‚ “It is Long Beach Memorial Hospital; they want to speak to Mr. or Mrs Azza”‚ I grabbed the phone‚ “Hello‚ yes this is Mrs. Azza‚” the lady on the phone responded‚” We need you to come to the hospital as soon as possible; your son was hit by a car”. I couldn’t speak‚ but I forced myself to ask the
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formative assessment feedback form 1.1 & 1.2-Define the following types of abuse... physical abuse. signs of physical abuse are Fractures Burns Bed sores Fear Depression Unexplained weight loss Assault (can be intentional or reckless) Sexual abuse Loss of sleep Unexpected or unexplained change in behaviour Bruising Soreness around the genitals Torn‚ stained or bloody underwear A preoccupation with anything sexual Sexually transmitted diseases Pregnancy Rape – e.g. a male
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street was crowded with buses‚ cars‚ vans‚ and motorcycles waiting to pick up students. They parked haphazardly along the street‚ making it very difficult for people to cross the street. In addition‚ other vehicles were speeding along‚ utterly disregarding the speed limit sign. I‚ like all the other students was waiting for my mother to pick me up. Somehow‚ I knew she would be late. I looked around‚ feeling bored. Everything looked normal until I saw a form one boy‚ itching to dash across
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Emergency management is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing‚ supporting‚ and rebuilding society when natural or human-made disasters occur. Similar‚ it is the continuous process by which all individuals‚ groups‚ and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid‚ or better the impact of disasters resulting from the various hazards. In fact‚ “emergency management is a relatively new field but one that can call upon an 88-year tradition of
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the article where the four year old boy was fatally hit by a car in the middle of the night my heart ached. I immediately put myself in the place of the driver. When prompted to think about which 5 people in my opinion will be most affected by this incident I look at the driver‚ the grandparents‚ the sister‚ and the parents of the children and anyone who witnessed the crash. As I previously mentioned before I automatically placed myself as being the driver. To take the life of someone‚ especially a
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