...Anyone who has ever lived in New York City knows there’s a lot of snow during the winter months. One winter we had a snow storm. I was lying in the bed with my sisters, warm and toasty. Out the window, I could see the wind blowing the snow across the field. It wasn’t enough snow to close the schools down. I could hear my Mother calling us to get up for school. Mom came into our bedroom and told us to get dress because the schools in New York were not closing today. Mom was getting ready for work. She was a nurse’s aide at a senior citizen facility. Before our Mom left for work, she told us not to cut across the field in front of our apartment building to get to school. “The snow is too deep. Go the long way around. Are you guys listening?” We all said...
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...The Snow Storm Lawsuit Name : Ms. Nongluck Loahapoonrungsi Strayer University Health Services Policy, Law and Ethics HAS 515 Professor : Danita Hunter, DHA, PMP Date : 01/24/11 Scenario: You are the Chief Executive Officer at a small non-profit community hospital. In January the area was hit by a large snow storm while you were vacationing in the Bahamas. Many of the hospital staff who provided patient care called out from work on the 3-11 and 11-7 shifts. Despite efforts from the nurse managers to get relief staff, only one nurse agreed to come in. As a result, the patient units were understaffed and health care personnel on day shift were required to remain on their assigned unit until they were relieved from duty. During the course of this occurrence several patients sustained minor injuries from falls out of bed and one patient was given the incorrect medication, resulting in death. The nurse on duty left the hospital to buy dinner at the corner Wendy’s Restaurant. After one year, the families of these patients sued the hospital on behalf of their deceased relatives, and you are one of the parties mentioned in the suit. The hospital refused liability, stating that: the patients who sustained a fall were awake, oriented and experienced no limitation in mobility; the patient who was given the incorrect medication died not from staff negligence, but from an unidentified allergic reaction to a food substance and had no history of allergies. 1. Identify...
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...The Snow Storm Lawsuit Candice Kessler Health Care Policy, Law and Ethics Strayer University April 29, 2012 As the chief executive officer of this non-profit community hospital, I would have to consider the legal, ethical and professional aspects of this case. The first legal consideration is duty of responsibility. In a healthcare organization, management functions begin with the senior administration. This includes the chief executive officer. The responsibilities of senior administration include the following duties: support the governing board in its strategic planning and policymaking activities, carry out the board’s policies and strategic goals, communicate board policies and the strategic plan to employees and the medical staff, oversee day-to-day hospital operations, measure the quality of patient care, manage operating funds, select qualified junior executives, and conduct necessary business transactions. Management must report regularly to the governing board on the status of all of these activities (Showalter, 2008). In this case, it could be suggested that I, as CEO, neglected to adequately oversee day-to-day hospital operations which led to the staffing issues. It should also be asked if I reported the issue to the governing board. The second legal consideration is negligence. A healthcare provider can be held liable for the negligence of others, even though he has not been personally negligent. This is called vicarious...
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...Who was martin Luther King By bonnie bader Illustrated by Elizabeth wolf Growing up in the south was not easy for martin Luther king jr. he was born in 1929 when where black people treated differently from white people. Martin his and his dad’s name was Michael. When he was five his dad changed their names to martin. Martin gets a job in tow churches in Massachusetts and New York he wanted to become the minister. He got a letter from Dexter Avenue Baptist church which had no minister. He started his job as a pastor. There were 2 black students going to ride a bus to Washington D.C they were waiting on the white only spot and when they were about to go on the bus the tires got shot and a bomb went in the bus through the window and the kids ran away as fast as they can martin Luther king Jr. made a speech he said he wish someday people will say one day people will judge the kids for who they are not for their skin color. Congress agreed that people should be treated the same on July 1964 president Johnson signed the civil right act. In 1964 martin was awarded the noble peace prize. On April 3rd martin was enjoying the fresh air and a gun shot rang out and martin Luther king Jr. was dead. James earl ray was arrested for killing martin Luther king Jr. he was sentenced to ninety-nine year in prison Coretta carried on the martin’s dream until her death in 2006. Forty years later martin is still remembered for what he did. Marsel...
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...One heavy snow storm that cut down the power for the whole day. Only I and my brother were home while my mom was out. Since there was no power we couldn’t turn on the heater. It was freezing to the point it felt that we were in a freezer. I and my brother put layers and layers of pants and sweaters so we could stay warm. It was so cold to the point anything outside will freeze to a block of ice. As the freezing boring time went by slowly like a turtle. We had nothing to eat since the power went off. We were hungry for a while. I and my brother just shared apples and other foods that we had left. We started to think that we should make a fire but, we dint know were a good spot will be without burning the whole house down. After a while when...
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...Health Care Policy, Law and Ethics HSA515 The Snow Storm Lawsuit By Etta Manneh Dr Branco Strayer University May 5, 2011 Identify and explain at least three legal considerations. The first incident relating to this case as a legal consideration was negligence on the nurse which is explained in four categories. One is to owe a duty of care to the injury person, the second part that you breached the duty of care, the third that the breach causes the person to be injured, and four that the person is actually injured, and causation to the injured person. Although it was a large snow storm and only one nurse reported to work, but under the circumstances, of being alone, she had no other means but to get. She had no intention of knowing what would happen. The second is Strict Liability which also results from a wrong action. Leaving the patients was what she did wrong which was the risk she took not expecting the outcome to injury and death. The third is Medical Malpractice which is considered another act of negligence due from a health care professional not providing the right type of care to a patient that could result to injury or death. It could include errors in giving medication or diagnosing an illness which could result in a lawsuit. “The variation and uncertainty in court standards regarding malpractice liability could dampen enthusiasm among providers to adopt HIT systems, if the information contained therein was viewed as setting an ever-higher...
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...son who is trapped by a sudden international storm that plunges America into a new Ice Age. I liked this movie for many reasons, but it had some draw backs. Summary In the beginning of the movie Jack Hall (played by Dennis Quaid) is at the North Pole drilling core samples for research on global warming. As they are drilling into the ice getting samples, the ice starts to split leaving a very large valley in the ice and some of the samples could be left behind. Jack makes a daring leap across what seems to be a 7 foot crevice in the ice. He makes it across and gets the samples but as he is about to leap back across to the safety of his colleges the ice splits again, and he narrowly escapes falling in the crevice. After getting the samples back to the lab and testing them he realizes that there is an issue with the samples and also that there was a sheet of Ice the size of Texas that broke off, so he goes to a convention to warn other people of the facts that he has learned. Discussion One thing that I liked about this movie is the snow. The fact that the frigid cold could freeze your skin, crystalize your lungs, freeze Jet fuel at -200 Fahrenheit in a matter of seconds. Also it froze the ocean solid enough that it could be driven on and walked upon. It was pretty cool how they could drive across the ocean and the super deep snow and nothing happens to them. Flag poles and flags were frozen stiff at the eye of the storm and this is what all humans should have been...
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...Snow removal is necessary during the winter season at Wheeling Jesuit University for the safety of students, staff, student commuters. Snow accumulations can range from any amount, so maintenance employees need to be more prepared before the winter season even occurs. If the university cares for the safety of the students and staff, then the school should be well equipped before the winter season occurs. By pre-treating roads/sidewalks with salt before snow accumulation happens, the safeness of students on campus, and the staff and commuters off campus will be able to get to the university safer manner. Currently at Wheeling Jesuit University snow removal is not taken care of in the best possible way. Employees in charge of removing snow from roads and sidewalks are not well prepared, as if they do not know it was going to snow. On campus, the roads are fully covered with the snow, and the snow is left on the road being packed down as some may walk or drive over the snow. For example, the article No-stick surface says, “the bond between the ice and the pavement is strong, removal by plowing alone may not be effective” (Tuan, Yahia 26). If the roads and...
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...Unit 9 Assignment 1: Geology of the Area Maryland’s Geology From the Atlantic coast on the east to the Appalachian Plateau on the west, Maryland has a great variety of geology and landforms. Maryland is part of six physiographic provinces (shown in the figure below). A physiographic province is a geographic area in which the geology (including lithology and structure) and climate history have resulted in landforms that are distinctly different from adjacent areas. An overview of the geology by physiographic province is provided below. Atlantic Coastal Plain The Atlantic Coastal Plain Province is underlain by a wedge of unconsolidated sediments including gravel, sand, silt, and clay, which overlaps the rocks of the eastern Piedmont along an irregular line of contact known as the Fall Zone. Eastward, this wedge of sediments thickens to more than 8,000 feet at the Atlantic coast line. Beyond this line is the Atlantic Continental Shelf Province, the submerged continuation of the Coastal Plain, which extends eastward for at least another 75 miles where the sediments attain a maximum thickness of about 40,000 feet. The sediments of the Coastal Plain dip eastward at a low angle, generally less than one degree, and range in age from Triassic to Quaternary. The younger formations crop out successively to the southeast across Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore. A thin layer of Quaternary gravel and sand covers the older formations throughout much of the area. Mineral...
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...While we continue to enjoy a fairly mild winter and ease our way into spring with warmer temperatures; this was not the case almost 60 years ago. On March 14, 1957, a five-state blizzard shut down most of Minnesota. Stearns County was the center of a storm that brought 8 to 10 inches of snow and 60 miles an hour winds. The St. Cloud Times reported that many veteran observers believed it to be the worst storm since the infamous Armistice Day Blizzard of November 11, 1940. Around the state five people were killed in highway traffic accidents. And throughout Stearns County, nine people were injured in traffic accidents. The drifting snow and poor visibilities made travel almost impossible. Plows were pulled off the roads and many towns and rural...
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...for the Big Snowstorm Storm Prep Saves You Time, Hassle, Dollars, and Serious Inconvenience As we settle in for what may or may not be the snowstorm of the century (again), it makes sense to review the basics of storm preparedness. There are several things you can do to get yourself, your family, and your home ready to ride out the storm itself and any inconveniences that may follow. As we all know the big issue with major winter storms are the snow and ice that trap you in your home and bring down trees, impacting the local utility’s ability to deliver electricity, and the temperatures which can freeze and rupture pipes, causing flooding. Here is a quick list of how to prepare for what the storm may deliver. Prevent Frozen Pipes Make sure that you’ve disconnected all exterior hoses and turned off the pipes...
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...Avalanches: Sudden downhill movement of snow. Most avalanches occur spontaneously during storms under increased load due to snowfall. The second largest cause of natural avalanches is metamorphic changes in the snowpack such as melting due to solar radiation. Other natural causes include rain, earthquakes, rock fall and icefall. Artificial triggers of avalanches include skiers, snowmobiles, and controlled explosive work. Slab avalanches Form frequently in snow that has been deposited, or redeposited by wind. Look like a block (slab) of snow cut out from its surroundings by fractures. Features include: crown fracture at the top of the start zone, flank fractures on the sides of the start zones, and a fracture at the bottom called the staunchwall. The crown and flank fractures are vertical walls in the snow delineating the snow that was entrained in the avalanche from the snow that remained on the slope. Vary in thickness from a few centimetres to three metres. 90% of fatalities in backcountry users are slab avalanches Powder snow/dry snow avalanches Form turbulent suspension currents known as powder snow avalanches or mixed avalanches. Consist of a powder cloud, which overlies a dense avalanche. Usually occur with fresh dry powder. Speeds of 300+ km/h, and masses of 10,000,000 tonnes; their flows can travel long distances along flat valley bottoms and even uphill for short distances. Wet snow avalanches Low velocity suspension of snow and water The low speed of travel...
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...ICE STORM OF 1996 By Ashley Paul Interviewed My dad Dennis Paul When I interviewed my dad about the 1996 ice storm, I asked my dad what happened. What he said was horrible. For example, he said, “when I went to leave for work, the car was coated in ice and it was glistening in the light like snow in the sun. I couldn't get in.” I felt really sad when he said that because I know how important his job is to him. I love my dads job. It was a horrific story. I asked my dad what the scariest part is, and he said driving home. That pretty bad if the icy roads. As soon as he told me the power lines were really frozen, and they even ripped and exploded that's a pretty scary. I'm glad I wasn't born yet. Hopefully it won't ever happen in my lifetime because that would be scary. My dad must have been really scared and from what he told there were power lines in the road that could have been really dangers hopefully not a lot of people died....
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...Chapter 2: pages 84-87 1. Valentine’s Day in 2007 was a “customer disaster” day for JetBlue airlines. A snow storm hit the East Coast of the US and JetBlue decided not to cancel their flights ahead of time like the other airlines and stayed on schedule. The storm didn’t end up calming down and ten JetBlue planes full of passengers were unable to take off, leaving passengers and the flight crew stranded. Some planes sat for more than ten hours and the flight crew gave no answers to the passengers and no busses were called for a rescue. There was also chaos inside the airport, hour long lines and their associates at JetBlue’s 1-800 number couldn’t handle the overflow of calls. 2. No, this event was not a “business-as-usual” problem because this situation doesn’t happen on a daily basis. The plane being frozen to the airstrip, passengers and employees being stuck on a plane for ten hours or more is not business as usual. The airlines try to stay strictly on schedule but mishaps happen such as, technical problems with the planes or dangerous weather conditions. Delays due to winter weather are business as usual during the winter months, but there definitely were a few incidents that were not business as usual. 3. The company JetBlue was to blame for the problems that occurred because it is the company’s fault for not canceling the flights, knowing there was a storm coming and seeing other airlines canceling their flights. The airline has a responsibility to inform...
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...WATER DROPLETS= Water droplets in cloud are tiny, to light to fall, 1000’s must collide to form a heavy enough drop to fall DRIZZLE= Fine water droplets, 0.040-0.5mm Diameter RAIN= Consists of falling water droplets, 0.5-5mm Diameter, larger drops, break into pieces as they fall through the air FREEZING RAIN=When raindrops are close to freezing, strike a cold object near ground, the drops freeze instantly SNOW= Water vapor crystalizes on tiny particles of dust/smoke, forms when air/water vapor is below 0 degrees ICE PELLETS (SLEET)= When snow falls through warm layers of air, partially melts, then falls through layers of air below 0 degrees, results in beads of ice, hard enough to bounce on cold ground WET SNOW= When dry snow falls through warm air, melting all snow crystals, but are still water droplets on the snow, sticky PACKED SNOW= Best for igloos HAIL= frozen raindrops move up and down in active thunderclouds, grow larger each time an updraft raises them through cold water droplets, hailstone has 20 layers of ice FROST= when air temperature is below freezing, water molecules turn directly into a solid forming frost WEATHER SYSTEMS= Important to understand weather pattern in N. America AIR MASS= Large body of air, temperature/moisture is uniform, if air above ground/ocean does not move for a day, the air is influenced by that location CONTINENTAL POLOR AIR MASS= N. Canada, air mass above ocean is cold/dry MARITIME TROPICAL AIR MASS=...
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