First aid First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by a non-expert‚ but trained personnel to a sick or injured person. It is an immediate and temporary care given to an injured person First aider A non-expert but trained individual who performs an immediate and temporary care to a victim. The role of the first aider stops when a physician arrives in the scene. Accidents Are sudden‚ unexpected event that causes harm to the body and livelihood
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The Concept of First Aid‚ Safety Education‚ and Accident First Aid – is the immediate‚ temporary care given to a patient or victim of an accident before the services of a physician could be obtained. It is applied to prevent further injury‚ reduce pain experienced by the patient‚ and shock from the injury. Safety Education – is the recognition and avoidance of hazards causing disability or death in modern living. Accident – is defined as unplanned or unexpected event of events in a sequence
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First aid compilation What is first Aid? Is an immediate care given to a person who has been injured or suddenly taken ill. General objective’s of First Aid * To alleviate suffering * To prolong life * To prevent added/ further injury Different kinds of injuries and the procedure on how to give first aid said injuries: Minor burns * Procedure * Take the person away from the source of burning and let the airway of the victim be open. * You can remove
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AIDS means acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is past from person to person. The disease attacks the immune system which is not strong enough to fight this deadly disease. The AIDS disease has a number of symptoms and conditions that come with it. HIV causes the disease AIDS. HIV means human immunodeficiency virus. A virus is a very small organism that gets into a person’s body and makes a disease. The virus HIV also only affects humans. If someone has been infected with AIDS they are called
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Vol. 4‚ No. 1; January 2012 The Effects of HIV/AIDS Scourge on Production and Income among Rural Households in Adamawa State of Nigeria Iya‚ I. B.‚ Purokayo‚ S. G.‚ & Gabdo Yusuf Department of Economics Federal University of Technology‚ Yola‚ Nigeria Received: October 12‚ 2011 doi:10.5539/gjhs.v4n1p245 Abstract The paper investigates the determinants and the impact of HIV/AIDS on households in Adamawa State. 120 respondents affected with HIV/AIDS were selected for interview using simple random sampling
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Without a single doubt‚ one can say politics has been the main driving forces in the spread of this disease. Once the “triple cocktail” was discovered by doctors‚ it managed to signal an era in which AIDS was no longer a fatal disease. Nevertheless‚ the high costs of this drug meant that it was unaffordable to patients from the undeveloped countries where stigma and desperation flourished. Additionally‚ patients in developed countries such as America were incapable of being introduced to this remedy
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The useful role of overseas aid in development. Introduction For the last three decades overseas aid has emerged as a dominant strategy for alleviating poverty in the third world. During this period major international institutions such as the UN‚ World Bank and IMF gained reputation in the global economic affairs. Yet it seems that the lesser developed countries (LDCs) continue to suffer from economic hardship raising the questions whether overseas aid is worthwhile and effective approach to
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AIDS and HIV are very serious problems in Africa. Over 75 percent of the people living with HIV live in Sub-Saharan Africa. There are more than 25 million people living in Sub-Saharan Africa with HIV. As a result of multiple genetic studies‚ it is said that HIV in Africa came from chimpanzees that were butchered over 100 years ago for meat. HIV has two subtypes. HIV-1 is the most common and is related to the chimpanzees in Africa. Both HIV-1 and HIV-2 can both cause AIDS‚ however HIV-1 is
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not only large universities but to small community colleges as well. After discovering the differences between out-of-state and in-state tuition‚ I then began to turn to the FAFSA. The FAFSA is also known as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It is designed to determine what students and their families will be able to financially contribute to college and how much they will need if they can’t afford it. The
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HIV/AIDS and Discrimination: A Discussion Paper. Table of Contents. HIV/AIDS and Discrimination: A Discussion Paper by Theodore de Bruyn © Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Canadian AIDS Society‚ Montréal‚ 1998 ISBN 1-896735-14-2 Table of Contents To download and/or print: Index of retrievable components To browse online: Links to main sections of this Table of Contents: Diversity‚ Stigma‚ Discrimination‚ and Vulnerability Current Problems for People with HIV/AIDS The Experience
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