establishing than claims surrounding physical harm due to a difficulty in distinguishing between real or imaginary/exaggerated claims. Seeing is believing and since psychiatric injury is not visible to the untrained eye, claims were long thought of as frivolous. In recent decades, however, medical identification of psychiatric injury has propelled legal recognition of it. As Gummow and Kirby JJ noted in Tame and New South Wales and Annetts v Australian Stations Pty Ltd, ‘there have been advances
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Kite Flyers Corporation (BKFC) v Ming-Lee 1. Does the BKFC owe a duty to prevent physical injuries of a concussion, a broken arm and serious leg injuries leading to a leg amputation, to Ming-Lee? To establish physical injury, it must be reasonably foreseeable the BKFC’s omission in failing to cancel the event, despite weather warnings and advise from their legal advisor, led to Ming-Lee’s physical injuries. While it is arguable the Japanese kite flyers released their kites, causing them to crash
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What is classed as an accident? An accident is an unforeseen incident or circumstance that occurs which may result in a loss, damage or injury. Sometimes what may be seen as an accident can also be because of a negligent act where a duty of care was owed but not received. A reasonable foreseeability must be proven before it can be established if a duty of care existed and whether someone was liable for the damage. Accidents do not occur nearly as much due to more negligent acts occurring where the
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NUR2300: Burn Injuries Ali Almalki University: Date: Burn Injuries Burn injuries often have a significant impact on all aspects of the patient’s life, leaving them with a variety of psychosocial as well as physical handicaps. Extensive research evidence indicates that burn patients suffer profound social and psychological effects such as anxiety and depression, with long-term implications on the patient’s recovery and quality of life. Accordingly, it has been suggested
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help for alcohol and drug addictions. Clients receive treatment from their own primary care physician and counselor addressing all aspects of life including mental health, referrals for medication management and other community based support. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program: PRP services children, adolescents and adults by assigning each client a family service coordinator based upon the clients need and personality traits. The FSC provides one-on-one assistance via mobile treatment in the
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the textbook) Burns Occur when there is injury to the tissues of the body caused by heat, chemicals, electrical current, or radiation Types of Burn Injury Thermal Burns Chemical Burns Smoke Inhalation Injury Electrical Burns Cold Thermal Injury Full-Thickness Thermal Burn Partial-Thickness Burn to the Hand Partial-Thickness Burns Due to Immersion in Hot Water Types of Burn Injury Thermal Burns Caused by flame, flash
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General Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Care Environments Nancy P. Hanrahan, Ph.D., R.N. Aparna Kumar, M.A., M.P.H. Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D., R.N. Objective: Although general hospitals receive nearly 60% of all inpatient psychiatric admissions, little is known about the care environment and related adverse events. The purpose of this study was to determine the occurrence of adverse events and examine the extent to which organizing factors of inpatient psychiatric care environments were associated
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bottle of sleeping pills. She's discovered a few days later, barely alive. Suspense After her nightmarish experience in the psychiatric wards of two different hospitals, Esther ends up at a private, psychiatric institution where she finds a more supportive environment. It's touch-and-go for Esther for the first few weeks after her suicide attempt. The first two psychiatric wards do nothing to help her condition. Finally,
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in more limited circumstances. In order to establish a tort of negligence the plaintiff must establish three things on a balance of probabilities: - *The defendant owed a duty of care *Defendant breached the duty of care *There was damage or injury *No defenses An important distinction that we need to make is for vicarious liability where the employer is vicariously liable for the negligence of the employee, if the employer was negligent during the course of his employment. Duty of Care
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Special Offenders Vin Sharma CJA/234 4/24/2014 Keone Thomas Special Offenders Definition According to “(Prison Glossary)” Offenders whose mental and/or physical condition requires special accommodation by DOC employees, contract workers, or volunteers. Special needs offenders may include, but are not limited to, drug or alcohol addicts or abusers, the emotionally disturbed, mentally retarded, suspected mentally ill, physically handicapped, chronically ill, the disabled or
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