Marika Davies, a medicolegal adviser, gives advice on some common ethical dilemmas faced by medical students Dear Marika On the flight home from my elective, the airline crew put out a call for medical personnel as a passenger was unwell. Fortunately, a doctor was on board and assisted the ...
Emergency First Response Primary Care(EFRPC) teaches participants how to respond to life threatening emergencies. It focuses on basic life support skills such as Primary Assessment,CPR and Rescue Breathing, taught through a combination of instructor led knowledge sessions, video presentations and skill ...
OpsGenie and similar systems allow you to define on-call rosters so that any given team has a rotation of staff who are expected to be contactable to respond in an emergency. This is superior to needing a specific individual all the time ("get Bob again") because individuals won't always...
Having an emergency response plan means your company is prepared to respond to any emergency, whether it is a natural disaster event, severe weather, pandemic, facility emergency like fires, workplace violence or civil disturbances. Emergency response plans can be beneficial for non-hazardous situatio...
Your blood sugar levels fluctuate throughout the day, but if they fall too low or rise too high, you could experience a diabetic emergency. If you have diabetes, or someone you know has the condition, knowing how to recognize and respond to a diabetic emergency can be a lifesaver. Followin...
In this week's challenge we'll make an emergency preparedness kit to make sure our family is secure in the case of a disaster or other emergency.
Despite being a large global company with many publishing imprints (ADIS, BMC, Nature Research, Palgrave and Springer), Springer Nature was able torapidly respondto this new global disease threat, to ensure accessibility of relevant resources to those work...
The best way to respond to “Thank you” is by truly receiving it You don’t even need to respond in a verbal way – just allow the intention behind the words to sink in. From my point of view, saying ‘thank you’ is an acknowledgment and an expression of gratitude. ...
If you observe any of these symptoms, it’s time to act quickly and seek professional help from anemergency veterinarian. Common Pet Emergencies and How to Respond Traumatic Injuries Scenario: Your pet has been hit by a car or suffered a fall. ...
This allows the organization to know exactly how an emergency or disaster could affect the staff, possible clients, and the workplace building itself. For example, if a fire alarm went off on the fifth floor and one employee is wheelchair bound, how would they escape? If the building had ...