Assess the extent to which health risks can be related to geographical features. Introduction A health risk is a factor that threatens good health, (Warn et al, 2009) it has a detrimental effect on human physical, social and mental wellbeing. The medical profession (BMA) recognises four categories of health risk: chronic (cardiovascular disease), infections (HIV/AIDS) genetic (cystic fibrosis) and traumatic (road traffic accidents.) Health risk equation: Health risk = incidence of risk (physical feature e.g. diseases and climate) + vulnerability (Human feature e.g.
News Release: Patient Safety Organization Selects ECRI Institute PSO to Analyze Adverse Events, Improve Culture of Safety. Retrieved from https://www.ecri.org/Press/Pages/Virginia-Patient-Safety-Organization-Selects-ECRI-Institute-PSO-to-Analyze-Adverse-Events,-Improve-Culture-of-Safety.aspx Harris, R. M., Manavizadeh, J., McPherson, D. J., & Smith, L. (2011). Do you hear bells? : The increasing problem of alarm fatigue. Pennsylvania Nurse, 66(1), 10-13.
This in turn exposes not only patients, but also nurses to a significant amount of noise and alarms, ultimately leading to the clinical problem called alarm fatigue. As defined by the Joint Commission, alarm fatigue is known as the desensitization of medical staff as a result of sensory overload. This overload ultimately results in a delay of an alarm being answered, and sometimes someone completely missing the alarm altogether (The Joint Commission, 2015). Alarm fatigue has been recognized as a contributing
Single payer: why government-run health care will harm both patients and doctors. Retrieved from http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/04/single-payer-why-government-run-health-care-will-harm-both-patients-and-doctors Congressional Budget Office. (2008). Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals. Retrieved from http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9924/12-18-KeyIssues.pdf Ray, J.
Extrinsic factors include airway infection and increased air pollution and intrinsic factors such as increased oxidative stress and altered immunity (Tsoumakidou & Siafakas, 2006), although the exact mechanisms are not known (Bathoorn et al, 2008). Ball (1995) states that infections play a major role in the aetiology of acute exacerbations. It is known that patients with COPD have significant impairment of the lung defence mechanisms and colonisation of the bronchial system seems to be an important consequence of the disease, particularly in exacerbations according to Erkan et al (2008). Discussion The prevalence of COPD appears to increase with age according to Devereux (2006) and Soriano (2000). However, it is interesting that they attribute this increase solely to aetiological factors rather than the normal process of ageing.
Another risk factor is the “heat island effect”. When you are in an urban area during a heat wave combined with poor air quality, inactive atmospheric conditions, and the heat stored in concrete released at night you experience this effect. Being less than four years old or over the age of sixty-five increases are risks. Medical implications that increase the risk of heat exhaustion are heart, lung, and kidney disease, obesity, underweight, high blood pressure, diabetes, mental illness, sickle cell trait, alcoholism, sunburn, any conditions that cause fever, and diabetes. Medications that increase your risk are diuretics, sedatives, tranquilizers, stimulants, some heart and blood pressure medications, and medications for psychiatric conditions.
ProQuest. ***INSERT Library name or system, City, State***. 21 Oct. 2008 http://www.proquest.com/ This article is reviewing the possibility of an avian flu pandemic in the United States, and the response complications for the fire service in any state or city. Dr. McEvoy also points to past responses from around the world including the SARS outbreak. This article also points to prevention and readiness as essentials to both prevent, and to treat any pandemic.
It has caused us and our next generations loose the balance of the value in our lives. If everyone in the world adopts the Americans’ idea that becoming materialistic or rich is what we want to pursue for live better, only one earth is definitely not enough to support everything we need. It is urgent to bring back the enduring values on faith, family, responsibility, generosity and friendship to guide this country before we can not fix the balance. More importantly, the earth is already become worse than before. The environmental pollution in most countries is really bad, and natural calamities happen frequently.
Assisted suicide should to be about free choice. But there are significant dangers that many people would take this "out" due to pressure, such as elderly individuals who don't want to be a financial or caretaking burden on their families. There's a significant amount of elder abuse in this country, and it's very often by family members, which could easily lead to such
Health Care Issues in the U.S Health Services Organization Management – BUS 500 January 23, 2011 Explain how health is affected by behaviors, economics, and social structure. A person’s behavior is one of the most important components to their health. Behavioral lifestyle decisions significantly impact the leading causes of death in the United States. Bad dietary behaviors along with alcohol consumption and tobacco use lead to chronic diseases such as cancer, stroke, and heart disease. There is a strong association between sexual behavior and the spread of communicable diseases such as AIDS, herpes, gonorrhea, and other sexually transmitted diseases.