Assignment 208 – Task A Ai: Four examples of accidents and illness that may occur? Travel Sickness – Travel sickness may occur on the bus/coach, as the movement of the bus. Travel sickness is a disturbed inner ear that’s caused by the repeated motion you must report any incidents to management to write in the daily records and fill out the accident book. Falls – Fall’s might happen when residents are climbing inn and out of the vehicle, walking up and down steps and around the place we are visiting. Cuts and Bruises – Cuts and bruises may occur while in the vehicle such as bumping legs and arms on chairs and door if the resident is a bit unbalanced and while going to the toilets on doors.
In the future, they must learn to proactively address critical needs. As the damages of Katrina unfolded, vital issues such as preservation of water supply and food safety were overlooked. This resulted in pollution of the water and even greater health and sanitation issues. Shelters were over-crowded and volunteers even became an issue. All of these flaws in their practices serve as input to their lessons learned and how to better plan for these types of natural disasters.
COSHH Regulation 1994 This act supports children by controlling the substances of hazards that children could injure or make themselves ill. For example, if a child drinks bleach or other cleaning products, they could be damaged internally and need to be rushed to hospital immediately, this could lead to poison and death,. To overcome this, the staff in the setting must ensure all cleaning products, paints and other poisonous liquids are out of the reach of children or locked away safely. Health and Safety at work act 1974 This act makes practitioners and professionals in a setting ensure responsibility. This means that they should make sure children or staffs in the work place are safe and if an injury can be prevented, it should. An example of an accident could be a child falling over and scraping their leg.
P1: Explain Potential Hazards and the Harm that May Arise from Each in a Health & Social Care Setting Potential Hazard | Type of Hazard | How it Might Cause Harm To The Individuals | Toys left in the corridors of the school creating an obstruction. | Hazards from equipment | A child or teacher could fall and trip which could lead to a serious injury, which could then lead to the parents suing the school. | Cafeteria staff not wearing correct clothing such as gloves and hair nets whilst preparing food. | Hazards from infections | This could lead to bacterial infections for both the students and the teachers, which could then lead to the school being closed down. | Syringes not disposed of properly in the school welfare office after being used by the school nurse.
First of all you have to be aware of the seasons in which this hurricane could take place. Listen to the predictions made by all those whether instructors sitting in front of you on a daily basis. Moreover, you could also perform an analysis by yourself so that you could be aware of all the physical damages that could occur in the climate. Most importantly you must be aware of all the exits and evacuation points that could lead you and your family to a safer place. When the warning is given to you that means that you are no longer safe in that region.
Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Task 2 Breanna Jordan Western Governors University Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Task 2 A. Root Cause Analysis Although medical professionals take an oath to ‘do no harm’, errors in healthcare still occur. Patient safety is always priority when planning care for a patient; however adverse outcomes may take place resulting in a sentinel event. “A sentinel event is defined as an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof. Serious injury specifically includes loss of limb or function. The phrase “or the risk thereof” includes any process variation for which a recurrence would carry a significant chance of a serious adverse outcome.
The Public Health Director assesses the needs of special populations. Finding out who has special needs such as the geriatric population, those on medical equipment that require electricity, and those who need their medications must be done as soon as possible. Assessing the condition of the water treatment facilities is another job this person does. Flooding can cause contamination to the water facilities and any private wells. Contaminated water can lead to illnesses in those who drink it.
This same protocol inadvertently restricted phlebotomy personnel from drawing blood out of the heparin locks, forcing them to initiate another needlestick procedure. Needs Excessive needlesticks are leaving patients angry and bruised. By addressing this problem immediately, we can help restore patient confidence and staff credibility. We must reduce the number of needlesticks are patients are receiving and eliminate any protocol that inherently or inadvertently increases the number of needlesticks. Scope The proposed plan includes a detailed assessment of methods, personnel requirements, training (including costs), feasibility, and expected results.
|Assess patient for falls risk in relation to the patient's risk factors (such as age |Effective fall prevention strategies must commence with the nurse assessing the patient risk | | |factor, vision, mobility status, mental status, balance) and the risks associated with|factors associated with the fall (McNamara, 2011). | | |the environment (McNamara, 2011). | | | | |Timely falls risk assessment provides baseline data for need of appropriate intervention and | | | |management strategies for high falls risk patients (Ackely & Ladwig, 2008). | | | |
Isolation methods for patients are used with strict precautions such as hand washing, sanitizers, and other barriers for workers and visitors. New information is released to health departments and schools for prevention measures. Furthermore, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) gives media reports to keep the public informed of new information. Consequences of not controlling outbreaks of MRSA are easily seen as large numbers of the human race would succumb to MRSA infection. There are consequences seen already because of strict precautions taken.