Radiological Weapons as Means of Attack Anthony H. Cordesman Radiological weapons are generally felt to be suitable largely for terror‚ political‚ and area denial purposes‚ rather than mass killings. Unlike nuclear weapons‚ they spread radioactive material contaminating personnel‚ equipment‚ facilities‚ and terrain. The radioactive material acts as a toxic chemical to which exposure eventually proves harmful or fatal. Radiation is energy that comes from a source and travels through some material
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School of Nursing Care Plan Student’s Name: Joie Ferreiro________________________________ Date: 9/5/14 Client’s Initials: R.S. Admission Date: 7/30/14 Age: 96 Sex: f___ Race: __w____ Religion: Jewish Allergies: Phenobarbital Diet: NPO Activity: Bed rest Admitting Medical Diagnosis (es): Sacral decubitus ulcer‚ polymicrobic sacral osteomyelitis Past Medical History (including past surgical history): Illnesses include: 1) Renal insufficiency 2) Anemia 3) hyperthyroidism
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doi:10.1136/ebm.8.6.165 Evid. Based Med. 2003;8;165-166 Horand Meier‚ Nicole Schlotz-Gorton and Laura Schrott Franz Porzsolt‚ Andrea Ohletz‚ Anke Thim‚ David Gardner‚ Helmuth Ruatti‚ approach Evidence-based decision making—the six step http://ebm.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/8/6/165 Updated information and services can be found at: These include: Rapid responses http://ebm.bmj.com/cgi/eletter-submit/8/6/165 You can respond to this article at: service Email alerting the top right corner
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will be explored as the basis for this rationale. The First Aid at Work course is attended by an assortment of staff‚ which can be of varying ages and academic backgrounds. Some delegates may be working in a clinical role‚ such as nursing or radiography and others can be from a non-clinical role ranging from administrators to managers. Initial assessment does not take place prior to this course commencing‚ however staff who are nominated should feel they have the confidence and ability to administer
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LIMITATION OF SIGHT AND HEARING INTRODUCTION Humans have sight and hearing limitation. Without any devices‚ our sight and hearing was limited. Most of the limitation of sight can be overcome with the help of certain optical instruments such as magnifying glass‚ microscope‚ binoculars and others. The range of frequency of hearing in human 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz. It was different according to the age of a person. Hearing limitations can be overcome by using devices such as microphone‚ stethoscope‚ earphone
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NUTRITION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS‚ EARLY INTRODUCTION AND MAINTAINANCE- NURSES ROLE Nutrition is very vital in critically ill patients‚ often the neglected area of critical care where researchers and analysts had been concentrating on for a long time. Guidelines and protocols have been formulated by institutions and organisation‚ but compliance had been identified as the reason to experience abasement in proper nutrition. Stroud (2007)
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Electromagnetic spectrum The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.[4] The "electromagnetic spectrum" of an object has a different meaning‚ and is instead the characteristic distribution of electromagnetic radiation emitted or absorbed by that particular object. The electromagnetic spectrum extends from below the low frequencies used for modern radio communication to gamma radiation at the short-wavelength (high-frequency) end‚ thereby covering
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC] (2008) report that all professional nurses have a responsibility to deliver care based on current evidence‚ best practice and validated research when it is available‚ Gomm and Davies (2000) confirm this by stating that government and professional guidance insist that professional practice should be based on evidence. Nurses are the largest professional group among health care workers worldwide; they carry out numerous interventions with patients and patient’s
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Hepatitis C Virus Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver‚ which can be caused by several different viruses. It can also be acute or chronic‚ depending on the particular virus and stage of the disease. The different types of hepatitis are hepatitis A (HAV)‚ hepatitis B (HBV)‚ hepatitis B- associated delta (HDV)‚ hepatitis C (HCV) (Porth 2005). These viruses are capable of being transmitted in many different ways but each one will instigate a viral response and inflammation within the liver
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HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES ASSIGNMENT Index 1. GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES: 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 DEFINITION 1.3 NEED FOR SAFETY MEASURES 1.4 PROCEDURES 1.5 HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES DEFINED BY THE WORK ACT 1974 1.6 WORKPLACE (HEALTH‚SAFETY AND WELFARE) REGULATIONS 1992 2. LARSEN AND TOUBRO COMPANY : 2.1 HISTORY 2.2 THE JOURNEY 2.3 EXPANDING HORIZONS 2.4 OVERVIEW 2.5 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES OF L&T 2.5.1 EHS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 2.6 PRECAUTIONS
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