The Incident

EREPORT # 18490 stated the following: The incident happened on 12/28/2015. 16 years old African-American female presented to the emergency room via ambulance following an altercation between she and her mother. Police responded to the scene to intervene, and pt was brought to the emergency room for psychiatric evaluation due to suicide threat made during the altercation. Upon presentation, pt alleged that she was beaten by her mother who hit her with a "cane". ER Patient disclosed to staff.…

influencing the way that we view different people from different races. A black man today could be walking down the street and viewed as hostile and a ticking time bomb that could go off at any minute. This specific piece is referring to the Eric Garner incident and how he was choked to death by a police officer. Garner had been flailing his arms around in a “menacing” way, causing one of the police officers to put him in a choke hold which later resulted in his death. The reason why I chose…

Traumatic Incident Reduction Therapy Synopsis The informative article on Traumatic Incident Therapy (TIR) is written by Steve Reed. According to the piece, the treatment method was developed by a Californian psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Frank Gerbode. TIR is a psychotherapy procedure that enables a patient to negate the impact of painful experiences (Gerdobe). During the sessions, it is a commonplace to have one experiencing positive emotions (Reed, 2016). However, regardless of the…

with consideration of misdemeanor or felony laws that may have been violated. In the military, such cases are assigned an Incident Severity Index. Per the Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence 2003 Report (2003, pg. 133), the index was introduced by the Department of Defense (DOD) in 1997. It was initially a component of the Definitions of Terms for Child and Spouse Abuse Incident Reports. Developed as a uniform method of reporting physical abuse to the Central Registry Joint Forces Database.…

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs is her own autobiography, as Mrs. Jacobs recalls her life events as brave unbreakable woman in slavery in early 1800’s. She will pour her life into many words. How the love of a mother almost crippled her inside and out. And her forever courage led her to be a “free woman”. I will briefly relate her biography the writing skills and the effect the book had on myself as a reader. “I was born a slave”…

Chesapeake Incident The Chesapeake incident took place prior to the war of 1812. It was an act committed against a US sailing vessel, the Chesapeake, by the British close to the shores of Virginia. The British stopped the vessel, attempting to search for supposed deserters and when the US refused they seized the vessel and forced several US citizens to join the British military. The practice of forcing “British citizens” to join the military was known as Impressment.The British were often low…

to draw a conclusion regardinng this unfortunate incident. A part of me believes Anjali Ramkissoon should've been fired, and another part of me believes she shouldn't have. Throughout life we go through several different ordeals, trials, and tribulations regarding our personal life, our careers, which has the ability to lead to stress, depression, smoking and drinking etc which is what I believe Ms. Ramkissoon was going through before this incident occured. A lot of people consume alcohol, and…

nephroprotective in premenopausal women; however, it has been suggested that the loss of estrogen predisposes women to reduced kidney function [2]. As a consequence, there is an increased risk of incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia, which has been demonstrated by several studies [3-5]. The risk of incident cognitive impairment and dementia are augmented by comorbidities, such as diabetes, hypertension, and obesity [6-8]. There have been studies that have examined how hormone…

of the best and worst traits that are often used when an emergency incident occurs. During an emergency incident the environment is usually total chaos and uncoordinated. The ability to coordinate the uncoordinated and chaotic environment that surround an emergency scene is a priceless. A good leader will be able to quickly assess their surroundings but also the abilities of those individuals to establish a order to the incident. As order is being established this provides the leader the…

implementing the ICS? The Incident Command system is the system that was created from the Department of Homeland Security for Emergency Management. This system states the tree and branches of the command system during an incident and their roles and responsibilities. It fits and flexes with any type of incident, no matter how small or large it is. Obviously, the larger the incident, the more complicated the ICS can become. The top “leader” of the Incident Command System is the Incident…