Preparing for a Hurricane/Storm Seven hurricanes and four tropical storms are predicted during this year’s hurricane season‚ which runs from June 1 through November 30. You should know how to prepare your family and home‚ procedures to be taken during the storm and the aftermath. You can ward off some of the dangers if you are prepared which allows to you to stay ahead of the storm. If you do not have a family disaster plan‚ one should be prepared right away. Portable radio‚ torch lights
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2. OVERVIEW OF CON EDISON SYSTEM AND LIC NETWORK 2.1. Electrical System Overview 2.1.1. Power Delivery System Con Edison delivers electricity to 3.2 million customers in New York City and Westchester County – a service territory of 660 square miles with a population of approximately 9 million people. Electricity is delivered through approximately 94‚000 miles of underground cable and almost 37‚000 miles of overhead cable. As shown in Figure 2-1‚ the Con Edison electric power delivery system is
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Purchase Suzanne Hrubes RN‚ BSN January 14‚ 2013 The Emergency Room The Emergency Room at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (GSHMC) is one of the busiest on Long Island. GSHMC maintains the prestigious status of being a Magnet designated hospital as well as a level two trauma center (Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center [GSHMC]‚ 2012). GSHMC has five hundred and thirty seven beds and is a not-for-profit hospital. The Emergency Room sees over one hundred thousand patients per year (GSHMC
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of getting pregnant. However‚ let’s say you have intercourse and don’t use any type of contraceptive‚ what would you use? Or if the condom broke during‚ what would you do? On Aug. 24‚ 2006‚ the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a form of emergency contraception to be sold over the counter to women ages 18 and older. The generic name for this contraceptive is levonorgestrel. It ’s also known by the brand name Plan B (The Morning After Pill). The Morning After Pill must be taken up to 72 hours
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TITLE: REVISED TRAUMA SCORE OF INJURED PATIENTS PRESENTING TO ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY OF JOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL BY DR. USMAN ADAMU GWARAM RESEARH PROPOSAL FOR A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL POST GRADUATE MEDICAL COLECGE OF NIGERIA (NPMCN) IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF FELLOWSHIP OF THE COLLEGE IN SURGERY FEBRUARY‚ 2009. REGISTRATION FACULTY: : SURGERY SPECIALTY: : GENERAL SURGERY INSITUTION OF TRAINING: : DEPT. OF SURGERY
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fold‚ clearly annoyed because the wait in hospitals are minutes that feel like hours and hours that feel like an eternity. “Can I help you?” was what snapped me back from my inspection of the people around me. “Yes‚ I’m here to volunteer in the emergency room‚” I say. The receptionist quickly pointed to the door behind her indicating that was where I had to go. I walked through the door and into the corridor where
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laboratories‚ 673 hospital beds‚ and five operating rooms. The hospital also have seven smaller satellite buildings on campus house including nursing home‚ hospice‚ and doctors offices for outpatient appointments and access. An emergency according to Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”)[1]‚ is any unplanned event that can cause deaths or significant injuries to employees‚ customers or the public; or that can shut down the business‚ disrupt operations‚ cause physical or environmental damage
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Purpose The purpose of this Disaster and Public Health Policy is to describe our County’s approach to response and recovery activities related to emergencies and major disasters. It establishes the policies and procedures by which the our county will coordinate with local‚ state‚ and federal agencies to response to disasters that affect this county. Additionally‚ it will describe the county’s response in six major areas of disaster response as well as describe how the county will implement new and
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could be the answer to many controversial issues in the United States today. Controversy and bureaucracy surround a drug that exists today that could accomplish this goal. The pill‚ Plan B‚ is what health care officials refer to as an "emergency contraception pill" or ECP. The controversy surrounding this pill is two-fold. First‚ there is the Food and Drug Administration ’s lack of prompt decision-making in reference to making this ECP readily available to the public. Then there is the
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be questioned. Are children really safe at school anymore? Since a couple of the last school shootings‚ school districts and the government have been making changes to the way that they are running their schools now. The schools have come up with emergency plans‚ making of a bill‚ hiring more officers to be on the school campus‚ and doing whatever is possible to make their school safer than they thought it already was. In some schools‚ they are wanting to push “intruder” drills‚ so in case an incident
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