severe head and face injuries and was bleeding profusely. The doctor concluded that she was suffering from incipient shock by reason of blood loss, and ordered that she be given intravenous glucose followed immediately by Ringer's Lactate. The administration of a volume expander, such as Ringer's Lactate, is standard medical procedure in cases of this nature. If the patient does not respond with
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Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Department of Intensive Care, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway Stein Kaasa Pain and Palliation Research Group, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Department of Palliative Care, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway Petter C Borchgrevink Pain and Palliation Research Group, Department
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With this rapid growth of patients who are seeking health care, it is inevitable that wait times to see a healthcare provider have lengthened. For this reason, an intervention for improvement of the existing flow process must be implemented to enhance the quality of care that is provided to the patients as well as improve patient satisfaction. Lean technique was implemented by eliminating any nonvalue-added activities in the current workflow, decreasing wait times, creating a quicker throughput,
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component of the nursing profession. Jean Watson believed that the essence of nursing is caring for a person (Alderson, Huynh, & Thompson, 2008). Watson’s caring theory has a philosophical, moral and spiritual source that addresses a person’s health with a holistic approach focusing on the mind, body, and soul. According to Watson (2009), “nurses and practitioners who are literate with caring relationships are capable of having loving, caring, kind, and sensitively meaningful, personal connections
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BEO2401: Risk Management and Insurance Major Assignment A historical analysis of health insurance in Australia Due Date: 22/5/13 Class: Wednesday 11pm tute Jeremy Fung 3897865 Kwin Trieu 3795138 Tamimuddin Saadzadah 3854247 Zaker Hussaini 3887002 Executive Summary The aim of this report is to analysis and review the Australian Health Care System, We have had a look at the history of the healthcare system in Australia and how it started out in 1901 after
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the Basic Healthcare Administrators Course comprehensive Strategic Marketing Plan. A Managerial Approach to Marketing Introduction: The purpose of the Basic Healthcare Administration Course (BHAC) is to prepare military employees with the basic concepts, principles, and applications of health administration within military treatment facilities. This course will pioneer how healthcare education is done within the Armed Forces. It is a two phased course. Phase-1 is a prerequisite to
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This paper is focused on understanding diversity management by the principles of Human Resource Management (HRM). Researches throw light on the fact that there are still problems existing at workplaces regarding equality, and HRM has focused only on just meeting up with the requirements of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), there has been negligence visible in managing diversity in an organization. The proposed framework here is of how to manage workforce with diversity and especially when people
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Patients rely on health care professionals and institutions for their safety and well-being (“Quality and patient,” 2009). According to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2000), “medical errors are responsible for injury in as many as 1 out of every 25 hospital patients; an estimated 48,000-98,000 patients die from medical errors each year. Errors in health care have been estimated to cost more than $5 million per year in a large teaching hospital, and preventable health care-related errors
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Teenagers and Seatbelt Safety: Identifying the reasons Why 16 to 19 Old High-School Students Do Not Wear Seatbelt Melissa Simmons Research Methodology Prepared for Soheyl Amini PhD September 2012 Objectives The aims and objectives of this study include the following: (1) to identify the percentage of teenagers between the ages of 16 to 19 that do not wear seat belts when in a car; and (2) to identify the reasons why teenagers between the ages of 16 to 19 do not wear seat belts when
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Organizational Responsibility and Current Health Care Issues Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Health Law and Ethics Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act History “After the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in March 2010, numerous lawsuits challenging various provisions of the momentous health care reform law were filed in the federal courts. Many of those cases were dismissed, but some federal appellate courts issued decisions on the merits
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