State of emergency

I felt the sharp stinging pain on my chin when I had on my dad’s work pants on, then my sister all of a sudden pulled the back of them so I went falling forward and come to find out I busted my chin open. My dad had to take off work early just to come pick me up and rush me to OU medical center in Edmond to get stitches. I was afraid it would hurt but I asked the nurses who did my stitches, “Will it hurt?” and they told me “it won't hurt if you numb it with ice so you won't be able to feel a…

at that time was asking every patient had he or she been out of the country in the last three months. Remember to start with the mitigation/preparedness where activities that undertake in advance to lessen the severity and impact of a potential emergency or critical incident. Nevertheless, our facility is ready it is problematical to say what will happen when disaster strike and it is no longer a drill but the real McCoy. However, the first to remember is…

Forthcoming laminate wood expansion projects require specific areas of floor space cleared to make room for new automated equipment. Consequently, the antiquated Simplex fire alarm system must be relocated to facilitate this wood expansion project. Additionally, the existing alarm system cannot be upgraded to current National Fire Protection Association 72 and other fire codes. ASA Alarm Systems offers a fully compliant Bosch brand fire alarm system. Bosch offers a complete solution that will…

employees in these situations. My facility emergency response plan can be found online with all the policies and procedures. Accessing it is very easy. It is required that all employees know where to find this valuable information. Randomly the clinical coordinator will come on the floor and make sure that everyone knows where to find this information. During an unexpected disaster, the ADON would activate the system and start implementing the emergency plan. All employees at home should call…

controversy on employers providing contraception in the health policy plan to women has sparked a lot of media attention. Some religious organizations do not believe in family planning methods, but supports a specific kind of birth but does not engage in emergency birth control have filed against this mandate. The Supreme Court ruled that religious employers are exempted in providing free birth control for women (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, n.d.). The regulations have some…

The status and impairment that I chose to address while doing the shopping center assessment was a patron of the store using a wheelchair. Hastings was the store that I assessed for accessibility, maneuverability, and safety using the Americans with Disabilities Act criteria. The following 13 categories represent the Accessibility Audit Requirements (Pierson & Fairchild, 2008). Ramps and slopes: The front entrance of the building did have an accessible slope from the road way to the sidewalk;…

The United States military has always placed a high value on its soldiers and their survivability in conflict. We as a nation believe that our citizens deserve the best care we can offer should they become a casualty of war. Since the beginning of combat, almost all fighting forces have utilized some method to evacuate their wounded from the battlefield. Throughout history we can see different methods that nations have used to evacuate their wounded from the battlefield with varying degrees…

James Howard Kunstler’s The Long Emergency is the stuff of suburban nightmare. As someone who has lived her entire life in the comforts and trappings of suburbia, the events that have been laid out in this text have raised several levels of alarm inside myself. Many suburbanites schlep their reusable bags into their hybrid or flex-fuel vehicles and regularly run their several mile journey to the grocery store multiple times a week. In the absence of fossil fuels, not only would this trip for…

Kusz Edyta Medical Emergencies for Allied Health Professionals MED220 Dr. Akm Gias Uddin Gunshot Wound G unshot wound is my essay topic for Emergency Class. First I would like to explain more less what is a Gunshot wound. Gunshot injury may appear when someone is shot by some sharp bullet what in most cases it is a gun. Gunshot may appear during variety of situations not only during criminal or terrorist incidents. Gunshot wound are one of the most traumatic injuries because people…

hydrants to be installed, explain why one pick that particular hydrant, state how the hydrants will be tested, and provide spacing requirement for the hydrants. This is a planned community consisting of single-family, multi-family dwelling and commercial buildings. The type of hydrants that would be installed in this community would be dry barrel hydrants. The reason the hydrant would be dry barrel is because of the state the community is located which is Alabama. As stated by…