What caused injury and death during (and after) ancient battles? Soldiering has never been an easy job. In any period of history the risks are rarely any different‚ death and injury stalk every battlefield the world over. Egyptian and Greek warfare became sophisticated theatres of mortality and injury in their day‚ the means by which the enemy could be dispatched were numerous and effective. Rivalling this however‚ was nature; infection and disease were as big a risk to the soldier as any blade
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Have you ever wanted to be a famous athlete? Well think again many sports begin to get more dangerous and many of the players suffer long term injuries such as brain and health injuries. Injuries raise from sports getting more dangerous. In the three passages "Weighing the risks"‚ "Let them play"‚ and "The professionals’ points of view". There are arguments about whether or not the people are safe enough. To begin with‚ players can suffer major brain damage. In the passage "Weighing the
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motor vehicle accidents are the number one leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths‚ making up close to 45% and more than quadrupling all other causes. Although these statistics can be overwhelming knowing that driving a motor vehicle on a daily basis comes with a lot of risk‚ an individuals chance of injury can be lowered by following basic rules of safety. The American Trauma Society believes that the injury rate could be reduced by 50% if people would simply apply existing information
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Sleep disturbance and melatonin levels following traumatic brain injury J.A. Shekleton‚ D.L. Parcell‚ J.R. Redman‚ J. Phipps-Nelson‚ J.L. Ponsford and S.M.W. Rajaratnam Neurology 2010;74;1732-1738 DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e0438b This information is current as of May 25‚ 2010 The online version of this article‚ along with updated information and services‚ is located on the World Wide Web at: http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/74/21/1732 Neurology® is the official journal of the American
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the recommended controls in reducing the incidents or harm or injury. When I visited Mulgrave house I noticed a number of hazards which could have affected several people including residents at the home‚ members of staff and visitors to the home. In the risk assessment I also recommended some controls in an a attempt to reduce the risk of harm of injury for these people‚ but how effective were they really? Wires trailing around the lounge area – At Mulgrave
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Kidney Injury: Not Just Acute Renal Failure Anymore? Susan Dirkes‚ RN‚ MSA‚ CCRN Until recently‚ no uniform standard existed for diagnosing and classifying acute renal failure. To clarify diagnosis‚ the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative group stated its consensus on the need for a clear definition and classification system of renal dysfunction with measurable criteria. Today the term acute kidney injury has replaced the term acute renal failure‚ with an understanding that such injury is a common
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Is storm chasing worth physical injury or the loss of human life? Hope VanSickle Bryant & Stratton College Eng101JSD Professor Dan Filipkowski October 12‚ 2013 Most storm chasers are serious scientists working to increase our knowledge of tornadoes and other severe weather masses and how they behave. The risk storm chasers put themselves in every day brings a question that remains unanswered‚ Is storm chasing worth physical injury or loss of human life? The loss of storm chasers
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A medical transcriptionist works with many different medical specialties. Each specialty is unique‚ yet each needs assistance from health care workers in other specialties to do their jobs. Eight medical specialties that will be reviewed are: radiology‚ dermatology‚ cardiology‚ obstetrics and gynecology‚ psychiatry‚ neurology‚ ophthalmology‚ and orthopedics. The eighth specialty‚ orthopedics‚ will be reviewed in the most detail. RADIOLOGY The main purpose of one field of medicine is to assist
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2.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of common childhood illnesses. There are lots of illnesses that children pick up from chicken pox to cold sores. The first common childhood illness if want to identify the signs and symptoms of is Chicken Pox. The first sign\symptom that starts chicken pox of and makes adults aware that the child has this is the rash it begins with a rash and within 12-14 hours will be itchy blisters that usually appear in patches. However there are many symptoms before the rash
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notify health and safety Executive (HSE) without delay. A completed accident form must follow this within 10 days. Failure to carry out these requirements is a criminal offence and may lead to prosecution. There is a long list of reportable diseases injuries and dangerous occurrences‚ but these include; -Acute illness requiring medical treatment where there is reason to believe that this resulted from exposure to a biological agent‚ its toxins or infected material -Certain poisonings‚ including mercury
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