...Shin Splints Shin splints are not injuries in themselves, but they do refer to a few different injuries in the lower leg. They refer to the pain along the shinbone (tibia), which is the large bone on the front of the lower leg, and typically common in runners, dancers, and the military. They are painful, but they do cure over time with the right treatment. Although many individuals believe shin splints to be incurable, there are numerous facts about shin splints that can lead them to recovery and how to prevent them in the future. There are many causes to spark shin splints, but the most common way to trigger them is to increase in the distance or intensity of an individual’s workout schedule. An individual’s legs go through a certain process...
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...overuse injuries in the sports journal, The Physician and Sportsmedicine. Stein and Mitchell construct their argument by introducing overuse injuries, listing and describing various overuse injuries, and giving recommendations on how to prevent an overuse injury at a young age. First, Stein and Mitchell begin the article giving a quick, general introduction and background about overuse injuries that helps the reader become more educated. Before, the increased participation in organized sports, overuse injuries was not commonly seen in children. As time has gone by, the nature and of practice and competition has changed. Physical activity causes stress on muscles, ligaments, and bones. Subsequently,...
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...Fall 2014 Student: Mariana Ifteni INTRODUCTION/ HISTORY Companies suffer a considerable loss due to accidents, and it is reflected in paying insurance cost, repair of the damage machinery, slowing down of production, additional charges on training of new specialists, and so on. Thus, a special system of accident investigation or, in other words, loss causation investigation is widely in practice. Accident investigations are conducted not only to prevent material loss, physical injury or corrective measures – the point is also to assure that the injured worker gets all material compensation necessary, or, instead, to oppose false insurance claims. Thus, inadequate safety program is reflected in the lack of workers training, necessary inspections of the equipment and so on. Inadequate safety program standards are evident when workers do not understand the peculiarity of the safety program and how to apply it, that is why insufficient compliance to standards occurs. Before a loss occurs (Injury, illness, damage, loss in process), there are series of events that take place with a root cause that begins this series of events. The root cause is called a Lack of Control (Inadequate standards, lack of compliance for preparedness, knowledge and skill training, etc). This leads to a basic cause (or personal factor) such as lack of knowledge, stress, inadequate capabilities. This in turn leads to an immediate cause (substandard conditions and actions) such as operating without authority...
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...The topic I have chosen for the exemplification paper is the death issues of accidents that Fayetteville have. Everyday someone is at risk for getting into a minor or major accident, and at some times it is not preventable. There are many causes of accidents that are not only from people; accidents are also caused by inclement weather. Although everything cannot stop from happening, taking the proper precautions can help lessen injuries. I know quite a bit on the subject, because I have been in an accident myself, minor, but being my first accident I was shaken up by it. I also know how it feels to lose a family member over a major accident. Getting a call telling me what happened to my stepfather, how the accident happened, how far he was dragged on his motorcycle, and what made the driver hit him. The whole while of him being in the hospital was a hard time because it was near Christmas time and he wasn’t there with our family. I selected this issue because accidents that cause deaths puts so much hurt on the family that has lost someone special, and almost everyone could relate. Also, by me writing about this issue might put some reason in the reader’s mind to make them avoid situations because of what I would say. This issue is not only in Fayetteville, so whatever the reader learns from my paper, they can take it with them wherever they go in life. I plan on interviewing a defensive driving instructor because I have taken about three defensive driving classes total...
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...Product Safety Commission. In cooperation with: Mark Kumagai Director, ESME Directorate for Engineering Sciences U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ____________________________ Professor El-Korchi, Co-Advisor ____________________________ Professor Servatius, Co-Advisor Unless otherwise stated, any views or opinions expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission or Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Submitted on: 1/11/2006 1 Abstract This report, prepared for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) of Washington, D.C., outlines our approach to investigating the increase in injuries related to inflatable amusement rides. Using data from surveys, interviews, injury databases, archival research, and product testing, we completed three goals: We developed a five category system to classify inflatable amusement rides; determined ways the CPSC and other involved parties can improve the safety of inflatable rides; and recommended how future CPSC investigations can be handled. 2 Acknowledgements We would like to thank the people and organizations who have aided us in this project: our advisors Professor Tahar El-Korchi and Professor Brigitte Servatius, Professor David Dibiasio, Chuck Ackerman, Dave Shibilia, Google.com, many state officials and trade organizations, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the U.S. Consumer Product...
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...photographing the vehicles as the driver’s run through the red light. However if your photo doesn’t come in clear they cannot prove who the driver of the vehicle was at the time of the offense. They began installing these cameras over the last seven years and overall they have not demonstrated a decrease in property damage or bodily injury.Two cities in Colorado, Fort Collins and Greenwood Village, have actually reported intersections where accidents have actually increased since they began enforcing the red-light cameras. The city is spending a lot of revenue installing these cameras and is this really about saving lives or just bigger revenue for “Big Brother”. This program has not demonstrated a significant reduction in bodily injury and proven to reduce the number of accidents involved at intersections. I drive down Santé Fe daily and I’ve observed many drivers’ speeding down the street to get past the light because the traffic line is too long. If Driver’s are now trying to speed through the light to beat the camera, how can this program be effective? In Conclusion: The red-light program may improve some intersections but has failed in others, leaving enough controversy for the state to consider removing the traffic cameras all together. The red-light cameras do increase revenue for the cities and reduce man power salary, but voters across the country have voiced their opinion to remove the cameras all...
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...SAHHIDAN BIN HARUN 2010763693 The rise of motor accidents cases in Malaysia Hundred thousand of vehicles were involved in accidents years by years. The accidents also provided deaths, serious injuries, and minor injuries. It’s also presented damage to the public properties. The table shows that the increasing number of accidents between year 1984 until year 2006. In year 1984, the total casualties of the accidents was 25552 cases and the number of deaths are 3637 cases. Other is serious injuries, 5532 and minor injuries is 16383 cases. In year 1994, the total of accidents shown increasing almost to hundred percent (48508 cases) and the cases of deaths (5159 cases), serious injuries (13387 cases) and minor injuries (29957 cases) also increasing. In 2006, the number of the total casualties reduced to 35425 cases. The cases of serious injuries and minor injuries also dropped. But the cases of deaths, increased almost to two percent compare in year 1994. Therefore the government through the Road Safety Department should create more and mare road safety campaigns involve to the public, schools and universities to curb rising road accidents. Schools canteens, students are choosy Now days the students are different compare to 20 years ago. Today most of the student are very choosy about their food preferred by canteen at schools. Food at school is very limited. That why most of the students bring their own food to the school. The table shown that what is the...
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...Compensation Claims According to an essay published online by CCH Incorporated, the first step in reducing workers’ compensation costs involves ensuring that your company has effective safety and accident prevention programs in place to reduce the amount and severity of workplace illnesses and injuries. In addition to those programs, there are policies and procedures that should be implemented to help supervisors and Human Resources professionals in handling workers’ compensation claims in the most expedient manner possible. Having an active safety program has a number of benefits. Some are obvious. Others are not. A safety program gives employees a sense that their employer cares about them. Issuing personal protective equipment should be part of the safety program as should periodic inspection and replacement of worn or damaged safety equipment. Rotating work schedules or job duties can reduce repetitive-stress injury problems. An additional benefit is that doing so keeps workers more interested in their work and more focused on the job they are doing which also tends to reduce injuries. A mandatory safety training program also lets your employees know that any work related injury is bad for them and bad for the company. All employees should participate in safety activities including those workers in administrative positions or performing office work. Ideally, the message employers want to deliver is that everyone has a vested interest in minimizing these costs. When employees...
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...performance, physical requirements and dedication that cheerleaders show. Cheerleaders work their best each and every day to put on a performance for the crowd or judges. There are many rules and regulations in the competitions for cheerleaders even in the performances in a football game. From not going to high on a group stunt to not being able to do stunt on the basketball floor. They also have to time things just right because it could lead to disqualification. A wrong move or not enough practice can cause injuries that can put a person in a wheelchair or even death. So everything has to be looked at to assure safety. Like other sports, cheerleaders have to watch their weight and maintain a certain standard as well. So workout have to be keeping up to maintain their weight like football the line has to protect their Quarterback. Well if they choose to not keep up their training and there weight could get them kick off the team even lead to serious injuries to a teammate. So with doing more risky thing there is more of a demand for physical exertion. Muscle memory even plays a big part in this sport. Dedication is at its highest level with cheerleading. So being there for each other and motivating each other helps a lot. Trust the person to catch you or be in the right spot is not the only things you have to worry about. Not only do that person has to be in the right spot but also be in top shape. In 2010 Cheerleading has been looked at to become a sport instead...
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... 2) Why did Leroy even put his hands on John, especially if John didn’t touch him? 3) In what ways did assault, battery and false imprisonment come into play in this case? Rules In this case it is considered defense of persons in which is a legal justification for assault, battery and false imprisonment. Assault is someone that intentionally puts another in fear and battery is when someone using force against another person. False imprisonment is someone that is holding another person down against their will. The reason it is considered defense of persons because Leroy was using reasonable force by protecting Jane the third person from injury where John threatened by an attacking force. According to KRS § 503.070, the only time to use physical force upon another person where it is justifiable is when causing serious injury or provokes the use of physical...
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...Dance Injuries and Prevention By Katrina Thompson Kin 380, Thomson April 20, 2011 Dance Injuries and Prevention Next to stage fright, the biggest nightmare for a dancer is to become injured. Injuries, depending on the severity, can mean the end of a career in dance and an end to something that you enjoy doing. According to a survey conducted on the injuries obtained by Broadway dancers, the most common injuries occurred on the lower extremities of the body at fifty two percent, followed by the back at twenty two percent, and the neck at twelve percent. The least frequent injuries occurred in the upper extremities with the shoulder consisting of only six percent of the dancers. Of the lower extremities the knee (29%), ankle (25%), foot (20%), and the hip (12%) were the more frequent sites of injury (Evans, Evans, Carvajal, Perry). In order to prevent these types of injuries from occurring it’s imperative that dancers follow the proper precautions such as stretching, proper warm-up techniques and general care for their bodies. After acquiring an injury you must follow proper treatments in order to recover effectively. Your spine is made up of three sections; the top portion or the cervical, the middle portion or the thoracic, and the lower portion or the lumbar (Anderson, Parr, and Hall). When it comes to back injuries, dancers tend to get injured in their thoracic or lumbar regions. The most common injury is frozen back. Frozen back is when the muscles in the back...
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...Nasal Fracture in Collegiate Gymnast Background: Collegiate female Gymnast, freshmen. While working on a bar routine during practice, she missed the bar in going from the high bar to the low bar, her arms went under the bar, she turned her head to the left and hit her maxilla and nose. She began to bleed from the right nostril. She had pain in her right. She complained of pain on her right cheek, nose and right eyebrow. She was also complaining or a head ach on the right side. She was informed to not take Advil. Differential Diagnosis. After evaluation it was a suggested diagnosis of a Nasal fracture, another diagnosis was a nasal contusion with a possible nasal fracture without obstruction. After meeting with the physician he was stated, “It is broken and your septum is going to need to be realigned.” The physician was very informative and answered any questions that the athlete had about the procedure. Treatment: She had two view X-rays of her facial bones, which revealed slight lucent line through the left nasal bone, which was not present on the right aspect. She also had soft tissue imaging WNL, which came back with no other abnormalities. The athlete has surgery to fix the fracture she will be held out of practice due to swelling and pain. But will slowly work back into activities. After surgery she was not able to sleep a full night and was still feeling very nauseated and had taken medication for that which made her feel drowsy. She stated that “ it is very painful...
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...LEGAL ANALYSIS Negligence The plaintiff, McDuff, is suing Jetson for liability in a negligence case. In order to prevail in a claim for negligence, the plaintiff must establish six points, referred to the law as a prima facie case. They are the following: 1. Conduct; 2. duty; 3. breach of duty; 4. actual cause; 5. proximate cause; and 6. damages Conduct and Duty In order to establish duty, there are three factors in determining whether to impose a duty at common law. They are the following: 1. The relationship between the parties; 2. the reasonable foreseeable harm to the person injured; and 3. public policy concerns The existence of any of these factors is sufficient for the court to impose a duty and although conduct is mentioned as a factor, generally, it is not discussed as an element in the prima facie case. In this case, there was no relationship between Jetson and McDuff. The next factor would be aligning the reasonable foreseeable harm to the person injured. As a general principal, a defendant owes a duty of care to all persons who are foreseeably endangered by his/her conduct, with respect to all risks which make his/her conduct unreasonably dangerous. In this case, there is reasonable foreseeable harm to the person injured because the defendant, Jetson, owed a duty of care. She had to make sure that by driving; she would pay attention to the road and make sure that she is wearing appropriate shoes for driving. We know...
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...Name: Mark Anthony Lavilla Year & Section: BSHRM IV-B FRENCH LANGUAGE French word | Translation | bateau | boat, ship | million | million | sac | bag, sack | impossible | impossible | seconde | second, moment | bête | stupid, silly | découvrir | to discover, find | erreur | error, mistake | soleil | sun, sunlight | voyage | trip, journey | sauter | to jump | rêver | to dream | détester | to hate, detest | clair | clear, apparent | faux | wrong, false, fallacious | paraître | to come out, be published | balle | ball (sports equipment) | empêcher | to prevent | maintenir | to keep, maintain | cheveu | a hair | papier | paper | présent | a present; present, current | sujet | subject, topic, theme | supposer | to suppose, assume | tranquille | quiet, calm | neuf | nine; new, unused | épouser | to marry, to espouse | blanc | white; blank | table | table; french.languagedaily.com | toute | everything, all (see #22, 256) | dix | ten, tenth | clé | key; solutioin | agent | officer, oficial, agent | approcher | to approach | sens | direction, way; meaning; sense; senses | craindre | to fear, to be afraid of | six | six | message | message | crier | to shout | salle | room, hall, audience | inviter | to invite | effet | effect, impression | réfléchir | to reflect, think | espèce | species, kind | arranger | to arrange, to organize | naître | to be born | allô | Hello! (telephone)...
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...ACCIDENT ESSAYS It was a very cold morning as it had been raining very heavily the previous night. As my mother was feeling a little under the weather, my sister volunteered to drive me to school. I had overslept and as a result, was running a bit late for school. We got into the car hurriedly. The road was already congested with traffic. It appeared that everyone was late as well. My sister was a careful driver and despite the fact I was already late, she refused to drive fast on the slippery road. I was lucky she was such a resolute and careful person because a few hundred meters away from the school, we witnessed a tragic accident. it all happened very quickly, as most accidents do. A car full of school children had made a left turning without signaling and as a result a school bus crashed into it. A few cars behind the school bus rammed into the bus as they could not brake in time and soon it became a pile up. The already congested road became jammed with vehicles that came to a crawl. I told my sister that I wanted to help the victims and she nodded silently. She brought the car to a halt not too far from the accident spot. The scene that greeted us was something I would never forget. It left an indelible imprint in my mind to date. The impact of the accident had plunged three school children out of the car. The driver, a lady, lay lifeless on the steering wheel. I rushed to the children who were preschoolers. Two of them were seriously hurt and bleeding profusely from...
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