According to an article written by Kirstine Rice on the American Safety and Health Institute website‚ about 1/3 of all injuries in the United States occur at home. Knowing basic first aid is an extremely important skill to know when accidents do arise. All throughout life we go through experiences that lead us to these injuries. Whether it is cooking in the kitchen‚ riding a bike‚ or even just walking down the street accidents can happen. And being the kind of kid who did everything my parents said
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What is Asthma? Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing difficult. With asthma‚ there is inflammation of the air passages that results in a temporary narrowing of the airways that carry oxygen to the lungs. This results in asthma symptoms‚ including coughing‚ wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ and chest tightness. If it is severe‚ asthma can result in decreased activity and inability to talk. Some people refer to asthma as "bronchial asthma." Asthma symptoms can
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First aid example only Get a persons consent before you help the person use personal protective equipment‚ plastic bags if u dont have gloves to protect your self Dont do rescue breath just do cpr if u got no protection Response are you ok can you hear me‚ can u open your eyes can you blink‚ can you feel this can you feel Touch person if u think its safe to do it Dont touch above shoulders‚ squeeze shoulders‚ talk and touch‚ Send. For help; phone ambulance 3 conditions
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Correct First Aid Procedures First Aid: Help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available FOR CUTS OR OPEN WOUNDS 1. Stop the Bleeding Apply direct pressure on the area. 2. Clean and Protect Clean the area with warm water and gentle soap. Apply an antibiotic ointment to reduce chance of infection. Put a sterile bandage on the area. SPRAIN 1.Rest the injuried limb 2. Ice the area 3.Compress area with bandage 4. Elevate the injured limb above your
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Sarah Jacob How to Apply First Aid Demonstration Speech Introduction: I know all of us at some point have gotten a cut or scrape and started bleeding or you just freak out and don’t know what to do. All though out life we go through different experiences that leave us with all kinds of injuries‚ weather it be cooking in the kitchen‚ riding your bike or just walking down the street‚ accidents can happen. And though all my personal experiences I’ve learned that there is a proper way of taking
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Describe common types of wounds. There are a few common types of wounds that you may come across in first aid‚ the first one is a bruise or ‘contusion’‚ and this is normally caused by bleeding under the skin and may be the result of a blunt blow or bleeding from underlying damage like a broken bone. To help to ease the pain you should cool the area with an ice pack or use cold water as soon as possible for 10 minutes. The second one is a graze or abrasion‚ this is when the top layer of the skin
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In Canada‚ The Children’s Aid Society represents the government and funded by tax dollars‚ in which officially positions CAS in working for “the best interest of the child”. The self-declared mandate of Children’s Aid Societies is to “protect children from abuse including neglect‚ help parents and caregivers build healthy families and provide a safe‚ nurturing place for children and youth to grow up and realize their full potential” (Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies‚ 2013). Although
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Nurses VAD: Voluntary Aid Detachment FANY: First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Both of these nursing organizations played a critical role in WW1 nursing. The VADs were unpaid volunteers (and therefore usually from a higher social class where money was not an issue) who were given basic medical training. These women‚ while they could not typically give injections‚ could comfort and provide basic medical treatment to wounded soldiers. The role of a FANY nurse was less glamorous. Their jobs
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rights given to each of the unique and individual thirteen colonies‚ now part of the United States of America. Specifically‚ the First Amendment includes the most important rights for a truly democratic society: the rights of religion‚ speech‚ press‚ assembly‚ and petition. Without these valued rights
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This assignment attempts to show the importance of awareness of the security knowledge that will make us more aware about threats like escrow services fraud‚ spams and spoofing. There’s statistics demonstrates the recent trends of these types of threats that people usually face in the Internet. The impacts mostly negative and sometimes there are big losses. The research studies the potential of cyberattacks to increase loss‚ scams and spoofing‚ both locally and worldwide. Social
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