Hyperbaric medicine

First of all, I belong to a drug safety division in a pharmaceutical company, and therefore this case study was very interesting. As a matter of fact, a drug safety division is often said to be Pharmacovigilance (PV) division in the pharmaceutical industry. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Pharmacovigilance (PV) is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem.…

Potential benefit of developing senior tourism in Hong Kong Introduction： Thanks to improved health conditions and medical advancement, our people live longer and get older. Thus, the senior population is increasing rapidly.Seniors made up 1/5 of the world population in 2012, and will reach 1/3 of total population in 2050.Population aging is a profound issue in the world. Hong Kong is no exception. The proportion of population aged 65 and over will increase to 26.8% in 2033. Obviously, aging…

My first day at Forensics was not as eventful as the first time I went there, but the experience I had was good. When I arrived, I introduced myself to three nurses and gave them the slip. Then, one of the nurses gave me a tour of of their facility. She showed me the interview room, the mini kitchen where they have food for the patients, and the examination room. Next, one of the nurses gave me the task to shuffle through some clothes and chose what clothing was too worn out. Most of the…

A patients admission into the hospital is usually their first period of any type of consistant communication with a provider until they are discharged from the hospital. This is a crucial point in the provider patient relationship to foster trust between the two individuals. People when they come to a hospital they are scared but, they know that providers follow a moral code to do good and no to harm them. Morality in the medical field is already a given means for fostering trust from people and…

Most of the people are very concern about the nutrition in their food that they take to make sure they have already taken all of the important nutrients to make their body become healthier in their daily lives, but some of them are not concerned about having their breakfast which is also important to our body and health. As we all know, many of them are busy doing their activities, but do them, take their breakfast first? Do they have enough energy to work? Do they know the benefits of having a…

Ewha Park 03/19/2018 Water as Universal Human Need Water is a vital element for the survival of humans. Water is the main component in the human body (Children’s Prize para.2). However, most people are confronted daily by the situations of an inadequate supply of water that is safe leading to serious health problems. Water performs essential functions in our bodies including regulation of body temperature and maintenance of various bodily functions. Moreover, cells organs and tissues use water…

1.To study the relationship between dimensions of service quality and dimensions of patient satisfaction towards multispeciality hospitals. 2.To find out which dimensions of service quality and patient satisfaction as preferred most by the patients while selecting the hospitals. 3..To provide valuable suggestions to the hospitals for providing the delightful services to the patients in upcoming days. SERVICE QUALITY AND PATIENT SATISFACTION MODELS 1. Parasuraman, Zeithaml and…

Importance of triage, prioritization, delegation and disaster management in emergency nursing. Triage known as sorting or classification and is a process determine of patients treatment priority based on the severity illness or their condition level on arrival at emergency department. Triage originates from French word “Tier”. It is a comparison or classification based on the health condition of patients to ensure optimum care and quality provided in Emergency Department. Triage term originated…

“The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. These forces and systems include economic policies and systems, development agendas, social norms, social policies and political systems” (World Health Organization, n.d.). Social determinants that affect an individual’s health are thus, multilayered and complex. They include the social gradient, stress, early…

The story is about Dr. Heidegger and his four elderly friends. The doctor asks his four friends to help them in an experiment. His friends all lived their lives in vain ways. They were people with much remorse. He explains the experiment with a flower he had saved many years ago (55 years). The vase had water that belonged to the fountain of youth that Juan Ponce de León himself had searched for years. The doctor places the dried and withered flower in the water and everyone can see the…