Paramedic

America’s law enforcement agency has seen better days. Days’ where the way they went about police issues was not as visible as it is now. But, with news media outlets, and the publics ability to become instant news journalist by record police/civilian encounters with their smartphones, the public has been able to see a problem. Some of these questionable videos that show forms of police misconduct such as excessive force, police brutality and racial profiling, have had Americans to fight back…

Terri Schiavo – The Right to Die In 1990 Terri Schiavo slipped into a permanent vegetative state. She remained in this vegetative state for 15 long years before she was allowed to die. Mrs. Schiavo’s husband, Michael Schiavo fought relentlessly to honor his wife’s wishes to never live like this. Michael was faced with opposition from Terri’s parents, religious and right to life organizations. The opposition caused the Schiavo case to be challenged and put in the public eye for all to see.…

A5. ASPECTS NOT BEING ADDRESSED Some of the potential barriers to suicide prevention include the stigma associated with suicide and suicide ideation, lack of primary prevention strategies and programs. The community does not prioritize primary suicide prevention. It appears as if the community does not apparently understand the concept of primarily suicide prevention. In addition, the community is compliant with school bullying culture, which leaves vulnerable adolescents without a recourse…

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is a federal organization that provides preparedness training to emergency responders. In fact, they are the primary trainer of emergency response personnel. Below explains more about the CDP and why they are so important. Overview of the CDP The idea for the CDP originally started within the US. Army Chemical School during the 1950’s. As time went by, both state and federal officials agreed that there should be a federally operated site that provided…

harm and eventually it will only become another headline, another alleged assault, another statistic. This traumatising event could have been prevented. The reality is that the perpetrator of the attack was already on bail for the assault of two paramedics December last year. Had he have any respect for the law, my grandmother will still be perfectly healthy.…

reflect both sides of the dichotomy that she is subjected to. In her first attempt to kill herself, she slits her wrists in the bathtub of warm water “like a Stoic” (Eugenides), which suggests her presumed philosophical contemplation. Additionally, paramedics that come to rescue her are scared by her “tranquility”, thus the complacency associated with sinless and innocent. These elements show Cecilia as holy and spiritual but although she is “still virginal, […] her developing sexuality…

whether or not CPR plus defibrillation or immediate defibrillation resulted in better patient outcomes in OHCA. This question was addressed by examining whether 1 to 3 minutes of CPR performed by paramedics resulted in better survival rates and neurological outcomes compared to immediate defibrillation upon paramedic…

orientated style. A task orientated leader is focused on getting the task done whatever it costs. This can cause difficulties in completing the task as the group can become unmotivated. The task orientated style would be used in the fire service or the paramedics. The leader must be very determined to get the task completed. This is similar to the authoritarian approach as both of the styles require the leader to be decisive to come to a decision without input. To contrast, the laissez faire…

interesting that many healthcare workers seem to resist change, and for some changes, it seems to take an extraordinarily long time to come about, however, these changes still occur. I have been in healthcare since 1987, first as an EMT, then a paramedic, and lastly a nurse, of which I have been for the past 19 years. Over this time period, I have seen…

In the early evening of January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into Washington DC’s 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River, just minutes after take-off from Washington National Airport. Only six passengers survived the crash, all of whom clung to the tail section of the plane as it sunk slowly into the freezing, ice-clogged waters. Arnold D. Williams, Jr. was one of those passengers. As rescue workers and ordinary civilians tried desperately to reach the injured and…