Warning signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and firefighter suicide Fire department officers that present information on warning signs of suicide and PTSD to their firefighters will reduce the amount of affected firefighters by these two behavior issues each year. Warning signs are designed for family, and coworkers, however, they could also be for friends. Warning signs can just be another tool to protect our firefighters, time is going by so fast that co-workers do not recognize that their fellow firefighter may be acquiring thoughts of suicide or post-traumatic stress disorder. To provide help quicker to these firefighters- co-workers, supervisors, and possibly management should have a good idea of how this firefighter acts normally…
M1 outline the adaptations to cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal and energy systems, brought about by regular exercise Cardiovascular System The cardiovascular system consists of the blood vessels and the heart. They function is to circulate the blood around the body to all the muscles. The red blood cells carry oxygen to all the muscles through the vein (carries blood to the heart). The veins have thin walls and contain blood under the low pressure.…
Dekalb County Fire Department Firefighters have been needed since the beginning of time. Over time fire departments have been improving their strategies every day for the safety of their men and women. I am going to discuss the history, careers, vehicles and equipment, and the hiring process for the Dekalb County Fire Department. The first recorded organized firefighting service dates to the Roman Republic in the first century BC.…
1. (8pts) From these data, graph your mean arterial pressure (MAP; see formula) and heart rate (y axes) vs. workload (in METS) on the x-axis (include resting results). Using this information, answer the following questions. Show ALL work. MAP…
Los Angeles Fire Department For my research I chose the Los Angeles Fire Department. Their Mission statement is “to preserve life and property, promote public safety and foster economic growth through leadership, management and actions, as an all risk life safety response provider.” I found it important to note that LA city is the biggest in size and second most populated city in the United States, so they have a very big and important mission. History-…
Basically deviation produces a negative response to counteract or nullify the deviation. it is a 'feeding back' of the disturbance to the status quo. due to the liver being part of the digestive system, as we know when blood glucose levels fall, the liver glycogen is converted into glucose in order to top up those crucial energy levels in cells. this is an example of a negative feedback…
During exercise your body's core temperature rises, if it rises too much your performance levels decrease rapidly which is detrimental…
Unit 2 The physiology of fitness P1 P2 M1 In this assignment I have been asked to talk about the physiology of fitness, because I am on am football so it is important for me to understand this side of the game. In P1 it is all about how the musculoskeletal and energy system responses to acute exercise.…
In the ethnography “Becoming a firefighter” by Matthew Desmond it discusses why people take on risky jobs such as a firefighter when they could easily take on jobs that are much safer to do. Matthew offers an explanation for this in his ethnography when he talks about the term habitus famously coined by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. He discusses how there are two types of habitus. The first type is the general habitus, which is formed when we are very young and then there is the specific habitus, which is the tools and skills that we are given later on when we have trained for a new job. In lecture, we discussed how habitus and the culture we live in has a major impact on our actions and that sometimes people do not think rationally when they…
Both Craig Womack’s novel “Drowning in Fire” and Gloria Anzaldúa’s semi-autobiographical work “Borderlands” explore the intersection between queer and Indian identities. One specific way that Womack and Anzaldúa focus on these identities is through the tension between native religions and Christianity in the lives of modern natives. Both authors come up with a compelling narrative of what it is like to be native and queer in the face of an institutionalized product of Western conquest like Christianity that attempts to erase both of those identities. When read in unison with theory from Gloria Anzaldúa’s “Borderlands,” Craig Womack’s “Drowning in Fire” uses the religious journeys of Lucy and Josh to paint Christianity as an oppressive and…
According to Eric Klinenberg’s book Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, “the loss of human life in hot spells in summer exceeds that caused by all other weather events combined, including lightning, rain, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes” (Klinenberg, 2002). During exercise, especially during heat exposure, the working muscles increase core…
Module 2 Chapter Questions Directions: answer each question in paragraph form IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Do NOT copy material directly from the text! Proper spelling/grammar and complete sentences are expected. This assignment must be submitted via the dropbox on or before 11:59 pm on the calendar due date. Do your best, not the minimum!1.…
Biofeedback for Anxiety In American society, anxiety is one of the most prevalent mental health conditions suffered by our population (Brauer, 1999). Though the criteria and classifications of anxiety has changed significantly over the decades, excessive emotional fear and physiological hyperarousal are still the condition’s most recognized attributes (1999). These are also the qualities that biofeedback practitioners target to help patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). In fact, biofeedback is a top contending therapy for triggers of anticipated fear.…
The image of the New York Police Department is that of strength, of discipline, of unity, and of protection. On TV, shows like Rookie Blue, Blue Bloods, and Hawaii Five-0 have police officers who all protect and serve, albeit in an exaggerated way, but if you were to focus on every single officer being shown, they share many characteristics besides being a police officer. Physically, they are well built, many are built from the chest and arms area, muscles are shown. These men are quick and agile, able to run for what seems like miles to capture a criminal. They are also mentally focused, with police officers coordinating among each other, taking accurate shots against criminals firing on them, being able to deal with pain from getting shot…
Firefighters-from career veterans with twenty or more years, to volunteers with only a few months under their belts-go through intense, rigorous, and extremely important training. What could happen if firefighters just did the minimum amount of training required and that was all they trained? THE DENVER DRILL On 28 September 1992, in Denver Colorado, a three-alarm fire broke out.…