...arm or leg. The casualty is breathing. You will need the casualty's emergency bandage, chitosan dressing, or field dressing, materials to improvise a pressure dressing (wadding and cravat or strip of cloth), materials to elevate the extremity (blanket, shelter half, poncho, log, or any available material), and combat application tourniquet (C-A-T) or materials to improvise a tourniquet--rigid object (stick, tent peg, or similar object) and a strip of cloth. Standards: Control bleeding from the wound following the correct sequence. Place a dressing over the wound with the sides of the dressing sealed so it does not slip. Ensure that the dressings do not have a tourniquet-like effect. Apply a tourniquet to stop profuse bleeding not stopped by the dressings, for severed arms and legs, or to control life-threatening bleeding when under fire. |Performance Steps | |Note: If the wound is a partial or complete amputation of the arm or leg, you will need to apply a tourniquet on the injured extremity. Also,| |if you are under fire and need to control bleeding quickly, apply a tourniquet first. When the tactical situation allows, you can loosen the | |tourniquet after applying other measures to control the bleeding such as a pressure dressing or chitosan dressing. Go to step 5. | | 1. Uncover the wound unless clothing is stuck to the wound or you...
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...This essay will review Peter Boag’s Re-Dressing America’s Frontier Past (2011). This book highlights the missing histories of cross-dressers all across the American frontier, and gives readers a look into the lives of such individuals and how they were regarded and treated in society. Consequently, this paper will discuss the geographic and chronological scope of the book, and analyze the extent of the history of cross dressing practices and how they challenged heteronormative culture and myths about the Western frontier. Lastly, this essay will critically assess the effectiveness of sources used by the author and how they contribute to his arguments. The geographic and chronological scope of the book focuses on the era between 1850 to 1920,...
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...Running head: SACRUM PRESSURE ULCER REDUCE WITH FOAM DRESSING Sacrum Pressure Ulcer Reduce With Strict Use of Foam Dressing Chamberlain School of Nursing Penni-Lynn Rolen NR 451 Capstone Course Sacrum Pressure Ulcer Reduce With Strict Use of Foam Dressing Despite advancement of technology, pressure ulcer continues to be a primordial in the health care system. Prevention of pressure ulcer remains an important issue in the health care facility. The critically ill ICU patient is the main target of this disease. Prevention remains the key for this problem. Some facility have standard policy for the eradication of pressure ulcer However the question is will the sacrum pressure ulcer formation be reduced in adult critically ill clients in the ICU by implementation of strict use of foam dressing? Reviews of evidenced base article, and foam dressing trail will turn on the light. Contribution to the Future of Healthcare According to recent literature and research, pressure ulcer remains one of the problems confronted by hospitals and other health care facilities around the countries. Intensive care patients are the largest group of patients who end up with pressure ulcer during their stay in hospitals. Taking care of patients with pressure ulcer consume a large part of hospitals budget. Prevention of pressure ulcer is not only the job of bedside nurses, but also the responsibilities of nurse educators as well as administrators. Prevention of pressure ulcer will contribute...
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...Power Dressing Kevin Hysi A00359065 Social Power Relations Abstract Clothing has the ability to convey social signals and perceptions to society. This paper explores the relationship between clothing and power, otherwise known as “Power Dressing”. This is a problem because it can enable power differences to occur and it uses past research to support and validate this issue. Overall findings suggest that individuals wearing professional attire in different social situations were perceived to be more competent, attractive, and can achieve greater business performance in comparison to individuals wearing casual attire. Keywords Social Perception, Power, Clothing, Fashion, Inequality Introduction Depending on the social status and mobility of an individual, clothing is relatively expensive. This is problematic because it may enable others to evaluate an individual based on their attire. An individual with low social mobility may not have enough funds to invest into the latest fashion trend in contrast to one with higher mobility. Consequently, power differences and inequality has greater potential to rise. Taking a deeper look into this problem, how individuals decide to dress has an immense impact on how they are perceived by others in society. Paying close attention...
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...Modeling the Cost Implications of Using Carboxymethylcellulose Dressing Compared with Gauze Danielle Oliver Breckinridge Nursing School In partial Fulfillment of the requirements of TB133 Strategies for the Technical Professional David Balin September 25, 2013 Introduction This papers’ objective is to estimate the costs of using carboxymethylcellulose dressing (CMCD or Hydrofiber) compared to gauze in managing surgical wounds healing by secondary intention in the U.S. and the U.K. Most sutured wounds will heal within the time they’re supposed to and without ever having a problem. However, for a wound to heal properly depends on internal and external factors that can result in complications. For example, a wound will heal much slower if there is sign of an infection, or wound dehiscence (the bursting open of a surgically closed wound) or the presence of foreign material. If this happens, the wounds become hollow and would need to heal by secondary intention (wound left open to heal from the inside out). Other surgical wounds that are not as serious and don’t need stitches such as abscesses, are left to heal by secondary intention. And wounds healing by secondary intention need to be “filled with new tissue via granulation, epithelialization (consisting of cells joined by small amounts of cementing substances), and maturation” (to produce or discharge pus, as a wound). (Guest & Ruiz, 2005) Wounds healing by secondary intention are thought...
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...According to the British Journal of Nursing, “A sterile, transparent semi-permeable membrane (TSM) dressing should be used to cover the catheter insertion site. This helps protect the insertion site and allows water vapor and oxygen to permeate, which prevents accumulation of excess moisture and keeps the IV device secure while being impenetrable to microorganisms” (Frimpong, 2015, pg. S21). Using this TSM dressing allows the nurse the ability to inspect the insertion site as well as oxygen permeation and maintaining an adequate bacteria...
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...Dressing for Success BUS 474- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR Prof. Marie Hermann October 11, 2009 Introduction “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities, they vary in their desires to reach their potentials.” (John Maxell). Over the many years, the clothing that an individual wears has continued to tell a vast amount about their character. From an individual that wears loose trousers, to an individual that wears tight blouses, the attire a person wears ultimately shapes their identity, impacts the perceptions of others that may have about them, and the individual’s professional goals in a business (Bruce). However, the one variable that still remains true and sound is, when in a business world one must dress for success. Therefore, it is highly important to dress for success for interviews, searching for a job, and even on the job sites as our attire sends great messages to the perspective viewers. As the old saying goes, “It is much better to be overdressed than to be underdressed (or undressed).” Appropriate Dress Wears for an Interview According to Kim Zoller at Image Dynamics, “55% of another person’s perception of you is based on how you look” (Dressing for Success). Dressing for success during an interview sometimes determines whether an individual will or will not get the job. The interview is the process where the interviewer puts a picture to the resume that was presented. Therefore if the resume sounds professional...
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...with the principle that each agent has a right to maximum equal empirical negative liberty, where empirical negative liberty is the absence of forcible interference from other agents when attempts to do things. In a sense, Libertarianism is sometimes has to do with or equivalent to self-ownership. This is to say that, the Libertarian approach entrusts absolute freedom to individuals to embark on whatever activity they so wish be it joining association; politically, socially, academically just to mention few regardless of any moral view or perception that exists. Here, the individual is somehow his own boss and does things that pleases him. This research puts to bear the relevancy of the libertarian approach pertaining to the indecent dressing of the female students of the University of Cape Coast. Imaging not having control over anything you do and living your life as other people want you to live it. With viewing life from the Libertarian philosophy, libertarians will argue that each person should be able to live life as they want as long as they are not harming others. With the governments today, they create laws that protect people from themselves. This is hard for Libertarians to accept because in their opinions, each individual should have their own freedom. The core of Libertarianism is the fact that we own our bodies, our earnings, and this meaning the government has no...
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...the play. After being shipwrecked and separated from her twin brother, Viola decides that she wants to serve the Countess Olivia, but finds it impossible. Instead, she decides to serve the Duke Orsino, and she must disguise herself as a boy in order to do this. Thus begins Viola’s second life as a young servant named Cesario. However, it should not be so easy to write-off this decision to cross-dress, and if the reader looks deeper into the implications behind this then they might be able to understand the cultural discourse of the times a little better. In his article “Cross-dressing, the Theater and Gender Struggle in Early Modern England”, Jean Howard comments at one point that Renaissance plays that included cross-dressing “do not in any direct way constitute "comments" on the cross dressing debates. The plays are not topical in that way, and in employing cross-dressing motifs they are using a staple of comic...
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...1. Introduction In today’s business negotiations, dressing etiquette plays an important role. It embodies not only the personal taste but also the self-cultivation. To some extent, it can even make it all difference in the result of business negotiations. The more attention we draw to the details in modern business negotiations, the greater we will care about our dressing etiquette and maintain our personal image. Through analyzing dressing etiquette in business negotiations, the author tends to embody the advantages in business negotiations. 1.1 Background Having good business dressing etiquette is an indispensable quality of business activities is the basic guarantee for success In today’s business negotiations. 1.2Purpose of the Study During the business negotiation, the first impression is very important, therefore dressing etiquette plays an even more important role than we thought, it’s always worth studying. 1.3 Significance of the Study Dressing etiquette is likely a technique of business negotiation; it helps the process get smooth. 2 .Definitions and Principles You have heard this a million times: “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” And you will keep hearing it because it is true. People size up each other within a few seconds. Based on external cues, including dress, people assess one another positively or negatively. We make a flash judgment of someone as trustworthy...
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...The Romantic Heart Christina Jones ENG/106 02/24/2014 Debora Aubuchon The Romantic Heart Emotion plays a large part in our lives, no matter what time period we live in. Emotion has fueled literary masterpieces from Ancient to modern times. Shakespeare wrote of love, anger and revenge and Jonathan Swift wrote of what is behind the curtain of love. As you read on you will encounter three literary works and see the part that emotion plays into them and how these pieces are influenced by the many authors who came before them. Jonathan Swift’s poem entitled, The Lady’s Dressing Room tells the story of Strephon, who takes a peek into his love, Celia’s, dressing room. Strephon is appalled by what he finds. In the beginning Strephon refers to Celia as a Goddess, “The Goddess from her Chamber issues, Array'd in Lace, Brocades and Tissues.” (Swift, 1732/2008, pp. 1994). However, as the poem continues Swift makes it clear that Strephon no longer feels this way by writing, “But swears how damnably the Men lie, In calling Celia sweet and cleanly.” (1732/2008, pp.1994). The Lady’s Dressing Room explores and tries to explain the private relationship between male and female. This literary masterpiece digs deep into the core of what is beneath just outside attraction or lust. True love is more than what is just on the surface. True love is when you can love both the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly. Swift’s poem is filled with many emotions. The character, Strephon, moves from...
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...statements also can be. Depending on the corporation, this information can be presented in a way that reflected an image according to the user’s needs, in other words, present the information that users want to see. In this sense, is important to know that this information is not always the most real neither the better. By definition Window Dressing is: “Window dressing is a set of actions or manipulations with financial or other information in financial documents (financial statements, reports, etc.) to make this information look more attractive to its users. Even though window dressing can occur at any time, it is commonly used at the end of a period.” The Window Dressing effect is a “fashion phenomenon” because its use has appeared in recent years in the media as really famous financial scandals around the world, like Enron, Worldcom, Parmalat and others. When Window Dressing is used in good terms and presented according to legal norms it could be a useful tool for the corporations, otherwise, the malicious use could end in frauds and illegal issues with serious consequences for the people involved. Window Dressing The Window Dressing effect can be divided into two types of accounting: Creative Accounting Is a legal system that use the deficiencies in the accounting system to satisfy the needs in the short term and to achieve diverse objectives by the transitory use. Fraud Accounting Sanctioned by the law, are the adjust of transactions and other techniques that...
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...I. OBJECTIVES The University of Pangasinan, College of Nursing aims to produce nurses who are competent in the care of people in participation with other care providers in the prevention of disease, promotion and maintenance of health, restoration of well being and alleviation of suffering. With these in mind, we form the following objectives. General objectives: * This case study is designed for student nurses like us to become practiced, well informed and mannered in delivering holistic care for patients diagnosed with tetanus, as well as to gain knowledge and overview about the disease. Specific objectives: * To imply appropriate nursing management for tetanus. * To be able to discuss the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. * To be able to define tetanus and identify its clinical manifestations and risk factors. * To be acquainted with the different drugs for tetanus and their actions. * Plan for a suitable nursing care. * To know the purposes and specific nursing responsibilities before, during, and after some procedure done with the client. * To institute bond between the student nurse and the patient. II. INTRODUCTION Tetanus comes from the Greek word “teiteim” which means to stretch. It is also called lockjaw. It is a serious infectious disease of the nervous system in which toxin causes severe muscle spasm. It is a medical condition characterized by a prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers...
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...Research Article Critique: Are postoperative dressings necessary? Barbara A Body Grand Canyon University Research Critique Introduction Since 2008, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) no longer pay the full cost of care if certain hospital acquired conditions (HAC) are coded as a secondary diagnosis. Surgical site infection (SSI) is classified as a HAC and considered a preventable condition. For an eligible patient with a SSI coded as a secondary diagnosis, the hospital will only be reimbursed based on the primary diagnosis. (Medicare Learning, 2012) The hospital is left to absorb the remainder of the cost for the care of this patient. Much research has been done on ways to prevent SSI. This is a review of one quantitative study related to the effects of postoperative dressings on surgical complications, including surgical site infections. Protection of Human Participants In the study “Are Postoperative Dressings Necessary?” (Borkar & Khubalkar, 2011), 123 patients were recruited and signed informed consent. The researchers demonstrated protection of the participants from harm by way of the selection criteria. Only patients undergoing clean or clean-contaminated surgical procedures were included. Those with co-morbidity factors like diabetes or jaundice were excluded from the study, as well as those with contaminated wounds such as ruptured appendix or peritonitis. No particular benefit or risks to the participants were clearly identified by the...
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...Vacuum Assisted Closure Therapy (VAC) Catherine van der Hoeven Capone Wilmington University Abstract Vacuum Assisted Closure Therapy (VAC) is a system for applying negative pressure to wounds, which is claimed to accelerate healing of chronic wounds. A foam sponge is placed into the wound, than the site is sealed with an adhesive drape, and negative pressure is applied to the wound for 22-24 hours daily. VAC decreases tissue edema and improves local circulation; it also removes the debris from the wound surface. The average cost, including the materials and nursing care ranges from $400-$500 per patient weekly. This technique has been used increasingly over the past decade for acute and chronic wounds, and studies have demonstrated improved wound healing. Its use has been extended to other types of wounds, such as surgical wounds from abdominal, chest and cardiac (heart) surgical procedures. Currently VAC can be used on all types of wounds: acute, subacute or chronic. Introduction Diabetes is becoming a common problem in most of the countries all over the world. About 1.8 million people are affected by diabetes and with rapidly increasing diabetic patients the count is estimated to go up to 2.7 million in next 25 years (Speak K, 2007). Diabetic foot complications are more frequent in males individuals aged over 60 years. The life expectancy of the diabetic patients has increased due different treatments, which in turn increases the number of complications as the...
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