Patient safety

A terrorist attack could be potentially as low tech as a shoe bomb or a well thought out plan such as the hijacking of aircraft that caused the 9/11 attacks in New York. The wide spectrum of hazards for a terrorist event range from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), explosives, and a combination of hazards (WMD with an explosion of a factory or facility with harmful chemicals). Federal and State laws have ensured that hazardous chemicals and items that are transported or produced are properly…

This guidebook is called the 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2016). The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), “distributed more than 1.5 million free copies of the guidebook to firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and law enforcement officers across the nation. (Transportation.gov) The ERG2016 is the newest edition of the guidebook…

Important Reasons To Use Work Place Injury Solicitors For Accident Summary Have you recently met with an accident then it is advisable that you should hire work place injury solicitor. Now the question is that why it is important to hire solicitor? In this post we will going to explain some of the main and important reasons to use work place injury solicitors for accident! Are you ready to learn those main reasons? Excellent and Important Reasons To Use Work Place Injury Solicitors For Accident:…

book contains sixty three different protocol measures that should be taken for many types of substances. These protocols consist of general health risks, the harm or pollution that could be caused by leakage or human contact with material; public safety measures, evacuation and isolation distances; emergency response actions, who to contact in case of a spill or fire; and extra specific information towards individual countries, contacting ERAP (emergency response assistance plan). This book in…

Railroad crossings may not seem that important to pay attention to you may think. They travelslow and they aren't like cars right? They may be different but they are way more of a danger than youraverage vehicle on the road. If you have seen pictures or videos of cars being torn apart by trains thenyou understand. But just because your in a car doesn’t mean a train isn't dangerous when your on foot.“Every railroad crossing should be taken seriously.”(Lesson 7)1So many people have lost their…

Until the World Trade Center tragedy in 2001, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire remained the deadliest workplace incident in U.S. history claiming the lives of 146 women and young girls on March 25, 1911. Greed, paranoia, and dominance ruled the factory owners who wanted more money for themselves without the regard for the laborers that worked long hours for little pay in the worst conditions possible. The textile factory was located on the 8th floor of a high rise building, it had two exits and a…

stated in her book Notes on Hospitals, published in 1859, “the very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm” (Chilton, 2008). Nightingale’s 150-year old expectation continues to hold firm in healthcare today. When patients are admitted to the hospital, nurses are held to a high level of standard to provide care across the life span. Imagine when that standard of care is not met though, and a patient’s health is threatened through a preventable…

campus, and police officers are staples of my everyday experience, and yet, they put me at ease. With the increased publicity and frequency of school shootings, such devices allow hundreds of schools like mine to promote their students’ senses of safety and their faculty’s sense of control about what goes on within the school. While many schools have adopted methods similar to those of mine, others are advocating for a new type of deterrence from violence, focused on addressing the social…

in order to clear their name to the public. Chipotle closed 43 of its restaurants that were suspected to be affected so they could be sanitized, and investigate the source of the E. coli. Since the incident, Chipotle now takes serious safety precautions and safety measures to make sure that nothing like this will occur again. The franchise responded to the media immediately after…

peace of mind that their travels will go safely. Airport security will constantly be advancing due to new technology being invented and new security threats. Having to go to the airport two hours early for security may seem annoying, but all of the safety precautions are important for keeping all United States citizens safe while…