Commentary Prediction and prevention of sudden cardiac arrest Heikki V. Huikuri MD See related research article by Reinier and colleagues on page 1705 and at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.101512 Competing interests: None declared. This article was solicited and has not been peer reviewed. Correspondence to: Dr. Heikki V. Huikuri‚ heikki.huikuri@oulu.fi CMAJ 2011. DOI:10.1503 /cmaj.111245 CMAJ ajor advances have been made in understanding the causes of and treatments for cardiovascular
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Compare and contrast relapse prevention strategies in recovery from smoking Smoking is one of the high-risk influences on human beings. According to World Health Organization (2013)‚ 6 millions of smokers who killed by tobacco each year in the worldwide‚ and more than five million adults dead by smoking-related causes. A brief statistics shows that causing approximately 36% of deaths from lung diseases‚ 28% of deaths from cancers and 14% of deaths from heart diseases (Action on Smoking and Health
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Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Eric Lemar AJS/502 February 2‚ 2015 William Miller Crime Prevention through Environmental Design When Crimes are commited and we hear about them on the news‚ we often receive basic information on the crime including who‚ what‚ when‚ and where. We however never are given information as to why this may have happened. As both Police Departments and Researchers study the crime questions always arise as to what could be done to prevent it
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Literature Reviews Prevention and Control of Childhood Obesity In quest of finding causes‚ preventions and control of childhood obesity‚ several health professionals have participated in the studies of obesity in children and teenagers. Below is a scrutiny of some data and pieces of information from few studies and articles. In the article Identification‚ Evaluation‚ and Management of Obesity in an Academic Primary Care Center‚ O’Brien et al performed a study to find out how other health
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Title Homel‚ P.‚ 2009. Improving crime prevention knowledge and practice. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice‚ November‚ Issue 385‚ pp. 1-6. Topic Existing research helps identify the importance of developing of a national framework for technical support to ensure an effective sustainable crime prevention effort. The author suggests the need to consider the establishment a crime prevention technical assistance fund. Context During the late nineties Australian research started to recognise
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Unit 9 The principles of infection prevention and control. 1.1 As an employee it is our responsibility to take all precautionary measures to prevent and control the spread of infection in the workplace; this means working safely to protect myself‚ other members of staff‚ the patients and all other individuals from infection. As a health worker we should; Maintain high standards of personal health and hygiene‚ where possible we should avoid coming in to contact with pathogens‚ such as
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According to The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)‚ a child who is being looked after by the local authority is known as a child in care. In some cases a child will have been placed in care voluntarily by parents struggling to cope. In other cases children ’s services will have intervened because a child was at risk of significant harm. There are a number of reasons why a child may need to be put into care. Living with a disabled child can have a number of effects
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Running head: OBESITY PREVENTION IN CHILDREN AGED 8-121 Obesity Prevention in Children Aged 8-12 Student name: Institutional name: Date: Literature Review Introduction The chapter presents a review of past studies in the domain of obesity prevention in children. The chapter examines the problem and population in context‚ the part of the population affected‚ and the extent of the problem. Additionally‚ a summary of the chapter is presented. Description of the Problem
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affected by this type of natural disaster and even though usually small tsunamis do not cause much damage‚ the giant waves are a threat. A tsunami while reaching the shore full of people. http://www.positivestart.org/images/china_2002_wave_350.jpgThe tsunami from December 2004 was generated by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and its waves devastated the Indian Ocean region as well as some parts of South-East Asia causing the death of around 230‚000 people. As tsunamis are a natural disaster‚ we cannot prevent
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Natural Disasters With the tropical climate and unstable landforms‚ coupled with high population density‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of adequate infrastructure‚ India is one of the most vulnerable developing countries to suffer very often from various Natural Disasters‚ viz. flood‚ cyclone‚ earthquake‚forest fire‚ drought‚ etc. Asia tops the list of casualties due to natural disasters. Space technology plays a crucial role in efficient mitigation of disasters. Communication satellite provides
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