In its 2007 performance report, HSE reported the following statistics: * 241 workers were killed at work. * 141,350 employees suffered serious injuries at work. * 2.2 million people were suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. 646,000 of these were new cases in the last 12 months. * 36 million days were lost overall (1.5 days per worker), 30 million due to work-related ill health and 6 million due to workplace injury.
• In 2006 over 1 million people were treated for drug or alcohol problems. • Reported by the statistical abstract of the U.S 2008 • In the book Addiction, Eric Niiler states “addiction is a disease.” • In the book drug abuse, the office of national drug control policy states “treatment programs have been proven to reduce drug abuse.” IV. Organizations that deal with depression addiction suicide and self injury. • Many people are affected by depression drug abuse and suicide every day. • How many of you know someone having a problem with any of the things I just listed.
HRLR 820 Case #25: Employee Layoffs at St. Mary’s Hospital Kim, Jungtai 1. Background St. Mary’s Hospital, which was established in 1908, is now the third largest hospital in a northwestern city. The management status had been stable since the hospital was founded, but in the recent year they encountered critical financial symptoms and met serious environmental challenges. These things have given rise to a crisis at the hospital. The Board of Directors recommended Robert Barry who has been the CEO of the hospital for 11 years that he consider laying off up to 10% of the hospital’s employees.
1906 San Francisco Earthquake The San Francisco Earthquake changed many lives of pedestrians whom lived in the city on the day of April 18, 1906. Between 227,000 and 300,000 people were left homeless out of a population of about 410,000. The Army built 5,610 redwood and fir temporary homes to accommodate 20,000 homeless people. The houses were designed by John McLaren, and were grouped in eleven camps, packed close to each other and rented to people for two dollars per month until rebuilding was completed. They were painted olive drab, partly to blend in with the site, and partly because the military had large quantities of olive drab paint on hand.
4. Kinetic Energy- is an energy in motion. 5. Friction- the action of one surface or object rubbing against one another. 6.
A lever is a rigid bar that rest on a pivot that is a used to help move heavy things or firmly fixed load with one end when pressure is applied to the other end. An inclined plane is a flat surface tilted at an angle with one end raised higher than the other which is used as an aid to raise or lower something. A wedge is a piece of wood, metal or something else where one end is thicker than the other which is tapered to a thinner end. It is driven in between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate the object. A trebuchet is a machine that was used in the medieval siege warfare for hurling large stones or other missiles.
Preventing Falls: Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults Monday, November 19, 2012 Fall Prevention • According to the AARP in 2010, more than 12,800 people over the age of 65 died and 1.6 million were treated in the ER because of falls. Monday, November 19, 2012 Risk FactorsEnvironmental: • Where Do People Fall? • 60% fall in the hoe • 30% fall in public areas • 10% fall in healthcare facilites Monday, November 19, 2012 Falls at Home • Each year, thousands of older Americans fall at home. Many of them are seriously injured, and some are disabled. Monday, November 19, 2012 Three Things you can do to Prevent Falls: • Begin a regular exercise program • Have your healthcare provider review your medications • Make your
Nearly 47 million Americans, or 16 percent of the population, were without health insurance in 2005, the latest government data available (DeNavas-Walt). In 2005, nearly one in 20 people between the ages of 18 and 64 said they were unable to get necessary prescription drugs during the past 23 months due to cost (National Center for Health Statistics, 2007). National surveys show that the primary reason people are uninsured is the high cost of health insurance coverage (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Employee Benefits: 2007). Unfortunately, even the insured are feeling a burden of health care costs.
Community Health Assessment HS 159, Spring 2009 SJSU March 23, 2009 Gurpreet Bola RUNNING HEAD: ELDER ABUSE IN CALIFORNIA Introduction/ Epidemiological Analysis Every year tens and thousands of the elderly Americans face abuse. Abuse takes place in various different forms such as physical, emotional, financial, sexual, neglect, abandonment, and self-neglect. Elder abuse may be a broad term; however it captures many different problems within itself. Elderly abuse can be defined as a “careless act that causes harm or serious risk of harm to an older person” (National Centers for Elder Abuse). Approximately 1.6 million people are in nursing homes in the United States, and another 1 million people reside in residential care facilities.