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    Studies have shown that bystander CPR can be what saves a person’s life in an emergency. The American Heart Association states, “CPR, especially if performed in the first few minutes of cardiac arrest, can double or triple a person’s chance of survival.” (American Heart Association, Inc) Some people may doubt they will be in an emergency where the need to know CPR but studies show that is misguided. Cardiac arrest occurs

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    How To Perform Cpr

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    1. CHECK – CALL – CARE a. If the infant is unconscious and/or not breathing you will begin to perform CPR 2. Lay the infant on his or her back and place the palm of your hand on the infants’ forehead. This will allow the airway to remain open while perform the chest compressions. 3. Kneeling beside the infant, use two to three fingers and rub along the infants’ chest to find the sternum. It will be where the last ribs on the left and right side of the body come together towards the center

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    One person assist weapon out - The responding officer will place the arm of the casualty around the back of his neck. The officer supporting the casualty will hold the casualties arm with one hand and then have his firearm out with the other. This carry will only work if the casualty is alert and still able to walk on one or both of their legs. Both weapons out assist - The responding officer will place the arm of the casualty around the back of his neck. The officer supporting the casualty will

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    MCR WORKPLACE SAFETY POLICY AND PROCEDURE BY: HANNAH RILEY Our organization is growing and we are receiving new employees. It has come to my attention that our previous safety policy and procedure seem to be outdated. This paper is to provide all employers and fellow employees information of the policy. There will be many different topics discussed. Please pay close attention to these policies because they are important. TABLE OF CONTENTS Hazards pg. 2 Health pg. 3 Violence pg. 4 Disaster pg

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    Tie-over dressing is the most common technique used to fix the skin graft to its recipient bed. In our study we use a new technique for tie over in the form of multiple opposing simple loop stiches tied by rubber bands to allow reapplication of tie over if indicated without anesthesia. The study was conducted on 20 patients presented by raw areas of variable etiologies, treated with skin grafting (STSG or FTSG) and simple loop stitch tie over technique. The patients were followed up for 1-2 months

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    World Poverty Solution

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    Singer’s solution to world poverty would cause more problems than without the solution. Singer came up with the solution to donate the money used on unnecessary things to charity, but that money is required for society today. People never know what could come up and must save money for unforeseen emergencies. The economy would change in many ways and social classes would work differently. The decision of what is necessary is dependent on location and other factors. Unnecessary objects could be considered

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    The lifeless grey walls affect me right away, making my stomach turn. I continue to walk around the corner, feeling a slight pulse in my ears. “ Have a seat here. “ the officer points to the end stool near the white painted wall. I drag my feet as I walk to the sit stool that connects to the dividing wall, and face the glass. On the other side of the glass is a empty chair that will soon to be filled with many things. “ Remember that I can hear your conversation. “ the officer looked me cold into

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    Lifeguarding Ethics

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    My coach would always emphasize how much perception one needs at lifeguarding, and that someone's life could depend on me if the situation turns tragic. My first experience involving saving a life was saving a plastic mannequin's life. The situation of the mannequin was that he almost drowned, and the coach called me to resuscitate him, by applying cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (Thesaurus, 2016). After

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    Unit 24 P2

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    to the UK M. Deen We are in the first week of September. This means, the summer vacation for Bruneian studying in the UK is almost over. This is the period where students are busy with their preparation to go back to the UK. Usually, the most important preparation is the food: list of food to bring to the UK. However, to some new student who are travelling to the UK, this period would filled with excitement. But to some students, travelling to the UK for the first time can be a little overwhelming

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    those options is an IV. This IV is something that is prescribed by a doctor that is used to rehydrate a rabbit CITATION Cat14 \l 1033 (Logsdon, 2014). When a rabbit is not drinking or eating anything, the body can become very weak and dehydrated. The first thing that will help the rabbit get better is to provide liquids so that the rabbit’s

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