Trauma Research Papers Samples For Students

Virginia Woolf's novel, Mrs. Dalloway, is considered by most to be a baffling read. This is partly because the novelist, Woolf, experiments with the technique of connecting the character's internal and external dialogues in the text. This is quite obvious in the author's characterization of Mrs. Dalloway or Clarissa, the protagonist of the novel, and Septimus. Many critics contend that both of these characters are a doubles. This idea, of course, comes from the “Introduction to the Random House edition of her novel” which states that, “‘Septimus, who later is intended to be her [that ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder is one among the many psychological disorders that people experience. It is a disorder associated with traumatizing events that one get exposed to in the course of daily life, work, threat of death, sexual assault, war, etc. It falls under the anxiety disorders in the DSM IV. The characteristics of the disorder are completely absent before the exposure to a traumatic event.
The PTSD results from a variety of experience. At times, if the trauma is in the extreme limits, it can occur without any predisposing conditions (U.S department of Health and Human Services). However, there are categories ...

Introduction

The CNS is a connection of nerves which executes control over the mind and most of the body functions. It is made up of two parts which are the brain and a spinal cord. The brain forms the core of our thoughts by interpreting what lies within our external environment. Majority of the movements made by the body originate from the brain. It coordinates those movements and ensures that they are well executed to enable human beings to carry out their daily duties. Information which originates from body organs like the eyes, nose and the ears is interpreted by the brain ...

Crowded developed cities offer many opportunities for career pursuit, among others, to people living in them. However, like almost anything else, there are two sides of the same coin. Big, crowded cities can become the bearers of great problems, including crime, poverty, and homelessness, not to mention the high greenhouse emissions that citizens of crowded cities have to live with, breathing harmful substances released in the air on a 24/7basis and becoming ill. Apart from that, the more people are gathered in a place, the more susceptible they are in accidents. With the number of drivers on a constant rise the last ...

Motorcyclists and passengers requirement to wear helmets

With the increasing prices of fuel around the globe, motorcycles are seen by many as a perfect alternative to automobiles due to its fuel-efficiency, agility and easy parking. Most countries around the world, including the United States, have a huge motorcycle following due to this efficiency. However, while these alternate vehicles are indeed practical, the statistics of deaths related to motorcycle accidents have increased greatly each year especially in cases where in both the rider and the passenger are found without helmets. Where is society headed given the growing trend of motorcycle related deaths as many still prefer this alternative mode ...

Introduction

Automobile liability insurance is generally a mandatory practice in most of the countries of the world including the United States. There are four major categories of car insurance, which include tort liability, choice no-fault, add-on, and no-fault insurance. The major differences in these car insurance types include availability of restrictions on the right to sue and if the policy holder’s insurer pays first party benefits, notwithstanding which driver was at fault for the occurrence of a motor vehicle accident.
According to the Insurance Information Institute, the no fault insurance is usually intended to lower the cost of automobile insurance ...

Discussion

Periostin, an ECM protein, was named because of its expression in the periodontal ligament and periosteum of adult mice.30 PN is expressed in tissue growth and remodeling, as in cardiac and valvular development and disease, wound repair, tumor tissues, and inflammation.31-37 PN is also widely expressed in various atherosclerotic vascular lesions: it could be located in the intima, preatheroma regions, and the extracellular matrix of advanced lesions with calcification. PN variants are associated with extent of atherosclerosis in young persons, which suggest the importance of PN in the development of atherosclerosis in the arterial wall.38,39 This study used ...

History and evolution of boxing

The first depicts of boxing are dated back to the 2nd millennium BC, when the first fist-fighters appear in ancient Egyptian mural reliefs (Poliakoff). In the beginning, boxing was fighting with bare fists, but the Ancient Greeks, made fighting an Olympic Game in 688 BC (Poliakoff).
In time, technological achievements have taken boxing a step forward. For example, the scoring process, which used to cause number of problems in the past, is now developed through an automatic scoring system (CSIRO).

Rules, regulations and objectives of boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two individuals fight with one another by throwing punches against each other, wearing gloves, ...

Abstract

The knee is the most important part of a human’s lower anatomy. The knee consists of three knee bones, namely the kneecap, thighbone, and shinbone. Ligaments connect the three knee bones, acting as a hinge and a joint for proper movement. Of the four ligaments located in the knee, the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) – located below the thighbone and shinbone – is much prone to injuries. A knee injury occurs when an ACL suffers from any kind of damage. The cause of ACL injury could involve collision between the knee and objects, and awkward movement, which may cause awkward angling of legs ...

A wound can be described in several ways i.e. by its aetiology, anatomical location or whether it is acute or chronic. However, these definitions, serve a critical role in the assessment and proper management of the wounds. An actual account, its definition can be broken down into the skin’s protective functions: continuous epithelium loss with or without connective tissues being loosed. This is as a result of an injury caused to the skin by either surgery, blow, cut or even chemicals. A wound can also be said to be any type of an injury that causes harm to the skin. ...

Being able to experience fear is what keeps animals, including humans, alive. Fear is a natural reaction to a potentially dangerous event that can harm or kill a person and it can help one quickly focus on the source of danger and either prepare to fight or run away from it. However, some exceptionally traumatic situations that caused major fear can lead to its persistence many months and even years after the experience. Such situations can cause a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which, according to Psych Central, is a “debilitating mental disorder that follows experiencing or witnessing an extremely traumatic, tragic, or terrifying event” ( ...

Cataract is derived from Greek and Latin word which means ‘to fall down’ or ‘waterfall’. The human eye lens is naturally crystalline. Cataract is any opacity to this natural crystalline lens. It causes visual loss and blindness in humans, other mammals and birds. Generally, visual loss from cataract other than from trauma is gradual and painless.
The etiology of cataract can be any injury or trauma to the lens, including contusion injury, inflammation within the eye or uveitis, metabolic conditions like diabetes mellitus, intraocular diseases like retinal detachment, and intraocular tumors like melanoma, retinoblastoma or congenital factors.
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Abstract

Amnesia is a condition characterized by memory loss or inability to form new memories that can be caused by organic or functional factors. Organic factors that cause amnesia include brain injuries from physical trauma or medical condition. Functional factors are psychological responses to traumatic events or internal conflicts. Although the cause of amnesia is clear when memory is impaired by organic factors, the role of physiological processes in dissociative amnesia is still controversial. This paper aims to provide an overview of amnesia and the physiological processes that can explain how functional factors affect the brain and impair memory recovery.
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Introduction

Matters of sexuality and fertility especially during rehabilitation for the past thirty years have remained controversial because not so many people want to talk about them (Phelps et al., 2001). Persons with spinal cord injuries are in need of answers on how to handle their sexuality. These questions cannot be ignored. Most of them ask questions about their attractiveness, ability to have kids and relationships. To make the matters worse, studies on sexuality among people with spinal cord injuries are scarce (Karellou, 2003).
On a positive note, advances in this sector have provided ways through which such people can ...

Emergency Medical Services, commonly known as EMS, is a coordinated system responsible for the provision of emergency medical care that acts with quick response in case of an emergency. EMS’ responsibilities lie in offering protection to the safety and health welfare of the public. It does this by ensuring that urgent medical services are readily available through use of ambulance services, emergency medical technicians, and emergency medical response agencies. Additionally, EMS has established trauma centers and training entities to help meet or surpass the established standards of emergency care. EMS is also integrated with other systems and services whose aims ...

Veterans are people who have had long service and experience in a given field or occupation. Majority of the war veterans have had a direct exposure to activities of war, death and armed combats. They are often referred to as veterans because of the selfless sacrifices that they make on behalf of defending the needs and interest of their fellow citizens. Military veterans usually receive special treatment from their countries and fellow citizens because of the enormous sacrifices they make during wars. Numerous countries offer to support their veterans and to honor them while others may choose to ignore them. War ...

Marijuana raises controversial debate from time to time on the significance of its legalization. Although, many people attach massive demerits to the substance, others find exclusive benefits in the substance. The benefits of the drug may range from medical to economical. There are unique medicinal benefits that come with the use of marijuana. The economic benefits of the substance may be attached to the tax revenue that the drug attracts to an economy.
The first medical benefit of marijuana is that it acts as the pain reliever. There are some diseases that cause extensive pain to the patient, ...

Introduction:

This paper describes some of the areas of potential advancement towards quality improvement at Phoenix Children’s Hospitals and among its Medicine Centers. One significant improvement strategy is measurement. As Dickson and Tholl (2014) espouses, the attribute involves collection of clinical data to advance patient care and outcomes. By using measurement as a tool, clinical leaders can understand the direction and status of the services delivered as well as define the quality levels within the organization.

Areas of potential improvement:

The core areas of consideration are pediatric research and trauma diagnostics. Both of these aspects have a significant impact on the organization’s mission statement ...

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Fear is triggered by an incident that threatens the safety and security of an individual. While it is a natural reaction, some people are unable to manage the concept of fear. Usually, this happens after a traumatic experience. In that case of a patient who has been to a car accident, it is necessary to know the circumstances behind the incident which could be causing the distress. After interviewing the patient, it was found that the accident led to the death of a friend who happens to be the passenger of a vehicle he was driving. The reaction is normal considering that ...

Abstract

The most widespread causes of seizures are infection. Seizure can occur in all ages and the infection can vary base from age. Toxoplasma occurs in newborns while Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease occurs in elders. Moreover, for some infections like neurocysticercosis, seizures are the only observable symptom. Seizure can be the only indication of global central nervous system dysfunction including rabies and sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis .
This paper focuses on the discussion of seizures, their types and causes, as well as the pre-hospitalization rehabilitation and hospital rehabilitation of seizures.
Seizure is a momentary absence of control usually in the company of unconsciousness, ...

Evidence-Based Practice on Wound Packing Following Incision and Drainage

Identification, critical appraisal, and synthesis of evidence from research articles is an essential skill in evidence-based practice (EBP) (Titler, 2008). This paper will critique two primary research articles related to the issue of wound packing following incision and drainage. The first article is authored by Leinwand et al. (2013) and is entitled “Incision and drainage of subcutaneous abscesses without the use of packing”. The second article is authored by Alimov et al. (2013) and is entitled “Use of a silver-containing hydrofiber dressing for filling abscess cavity following incision and drainage in the emergency department: A randomized controlled trial”.
The ...

Improving Trauma Care Act 2014

Abstract
Health care policies are amongst the most important agenda in the administration of a nation. With the right health laws and policies in place the government can provide a wide range of health care benefits to its people. However, with changing times, amendment and constant up-gradation is required. It is true for both medical as well as legal definitions. Improving Trauma Care Act is one such amendment in the Public Health Laws of the federation. The following paper is a research on the reasons to make this amendment and what may be its impact in the health care scenario
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Abstract

In this paper, I have dicussed and explained two types of brain injuries i.e. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). I have written majorly about traumatic brain injury as it is the most frequent brain injury in individuals. I have focused on its occurrence, causes, mechanisms, treatment, and recovery. I have particularly written about the traumatic brain injury in children. Lastly, I have given several recommendations regarding the prevention of brain injuries. All in all, this paper comprehensively discusses brain injuries and how they can be treated and prevented.

Introduction

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Abstract

Adequate nutrition is required for optimal wound healing. The normal processes that allow the progress of wound healing are disrupted due to nutritional deficiencies. Increased infection rates and decreased wound tensile strength are associated with malnutrition. Chronic on-healing wounds are formed in malnourished patients or individuals. Such patients can develop infections, pressure ulcers, and delayed wound healing. Morbidity and mortality among malnourished patients with chronic wounds constitute a serious clinical concern. Wound healing is considered as a complex process. It is the process of replacing injured tissue with new tissue (produced by the body). Production of new tissue is associated with ...

In the arenas of both amateur and professional sports, particularly high contact sports such as American football and hockey, athletes are significantly at risk of receiving a variety of severe injuries which can lead to physiological complications that persist for decades or entire lifetimes. One such injury that is especially prevalent yet routinely underrepresented among athletes in high contact sports is the concussion, which has the potential to cause a myriad of psychological and cognitive complications that can range from depression to dementia. Concussions among athletes such as hockey and football players are especially prevalent at both the college and professional ...

Black’s Dictionary (1990) defines gross negligence as the intentional failure to manifest or perform a duty in a reckless manner, with a lot of disregards to the underlying consequences as effects to another party. It is a situation in which the actor intentionally plans and/or fails to do an act that is his duty to another. Such act can lead to a bodily harm. In a recap of events that unfolded hence calling for this case, one of my participants who is the plaintiff in this case, Mr. Edison Derwood had been injured during a training session. A medical report upon examination reveals that the ...

Abstract

Amnesia usually originates from memory loss as a result of particular situations, mostly brain illness, injury, or psychological trauma. Memory loss is frequently the most disabling attribute of numerous disorders, weakening the ordinary day by day actions of the patients and intensely distressing the people (Madan, 2011).
Amnesia is based on the proximal cause of the injury such as psychogenic amnesia and organic amnesia. This paper discusses psychogenic amnesia, its causes and its types including the psychogenic fugue and psychogenic focal retrograde amnesia. Psychogenic amnesia was then differentiated from retrograde and organic type of amnesia.
Psychogenic amnesia is ...

Concepts of Compassion Fatigue and Warning Signs

Compassion fatigue is defined as a secondary traumatic stress disorder because the person experiencing it does not directly experience a trauma, but an empathic engagement with others results in a traumatic experience that depletes a person mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. The main concepts related to compassion fatigue are fatigue, empathy, and engagement.
There are various definitions of fatigue, but all definitions agree that fatigue is a state of impaired performance resulting from caring for other people in times of distress, and it inhibits the caregiver’s ability to cope with stress and guilt (Sabo, 2011). The concept of empathy is critical for understanding ...

One of the most common sports-related knee injuries is medial collateral ligament (MCL), which occurs in almost every contact sport, such as football, hockey, wrestling, and martial arts. Those more at risk are intercollegiate male athletes, who can experience mild MCL sprain that could keep them away from exercising sports for an average of three weeks (DeBerardino, 2014). However, the severity of the injury has a broad spectrum, it is impossible to determine the incidence of MCL injuries, especially since minor MCL injuries are never evaluated by a physician.

Anatomy of the Injury (structures involved)

One of the most commonly injured knee-joint ligamentous structures is the medial ...

Post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental condition whereby the sufferer experiences fetes of extreme fear long after a tragic or extremely bad incident happens to them. In fact it is an emotional condition where the sufferer experiences instability with regard to their emotions. This condition is known to set in when the people suffering from it tend to remember a tragic incident or when they come into contact with things and places that remind them of what happened to them. In as much as it has been in existence for a very long time, it became recognized in the 1980s ( ...

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Since the beginning of science, humans have always marveled around the human body. They have especially been interested in the human body and how it works. One such marvel is that of the autopsy. Post-mortem bodies have been examined and discovered ever since the Egyptian period when mummification practices led to organs being removed and studied. Since then autopsies have been performed as a means of diagnosing and determining causes of death. They have also been used as court evidence, as autopsies are performed to determine cause of death and other ailments that may have occurred. Recently, a method ...

Introduction

Certainly, much has been documented regarding the significant role of exercise as an antidote for obesity, mental health illnesses, and other conditions that have evolved into issues of public health concerns across various contexts all over the globe. It is with this regard that both the young and the old; women and men, have equally sought professional help on how they can exercise for the sake of being “active.” Worth noting is the fact that the recent past has experienced an upsurge in the number of women and children enrolled for different training programs in preparation for athletic performances ...

Introduction

Exercise or training occurs as one of the most comprehensive factors that enhance the performance of athletes across various settings all around the globe. As such, there exists various resistance training methods that have been devised by sports professionals of various cadres. Speaking of resistance training methods, these connotes to exercises that are streamlined to assure that an athlete can endure prolonged periods of athletics performance (s). While much has been hypothesized regarding the various resistance training methods that have been devised for use in coaching of athletes, it is of immense significance to note that every athlete has ...

Fall injuries during construction are one of the biggest problems in a health sector. Many accidents happen on the site of constructions. However, the need is to find a solution to the problem. If we look at the surveys conducted by various countries worldwide, they show a large number of people affecting due to injuries at the site of construction. U.K. has faced almost 40 to 45% deaths caused due to fall from any area of construction, and same percent of people got injuries (Yang, 2006). These injuries are sometimes so severe that a person could not carry on their normal life activities ...

Research paper

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Introduction
Dramatically increasing numbers of victims of different disasters (natural disasters, large-scale accidents and disasters, local wars and related events, etc.), illegal activities (terrorism, robbery, rape), serious conflicts in society lead to increased prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among the population, and, therefore, to an increasing interest of scientists to this problem.
Analysis of the vast clinical experience gained during many years of studying mental disorders has established that patients affected by this disorder have a number of common and recurring symptoms with specific severe and outlined features. Given that none of the accepted ...

Section I:Introductory Overview

A. Background and History of PTSD
Many research findings found out that anxiety disorder known as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a ubiquitous neuropsychological phenomenon. It happens to almost any individuals, no matter what their age, gender, ethnicities, etc. Being associated with serious traumatic events, it has many characteristic symptoms, such as survivor guilt, lack of involvement with reality, recurrent images and thoughts, numbing and reliving the trauma in dreams. People undergo the reliving of traumatic events via recurrent nightmares or similar threatening scenarios (National Institute of Health, 2014). Individuals with the disorder have excessive distressing feelings triggered by ...

Abstract

Both chronic stress and an exposure to a traumatic experience can cause a myriad of issues, both mentally and physically. If the physical and emotional symptoms that accompany prolonged stress or posttraumatic stress disorder is not addressed, the effects can be lethal. Fortunately, research has helped us to understand the impact stress has on one’s mental and physical well-being, leading to developments within the field of psychology known as positive psychology. Through monitoring the mind-body connection, the effects of stress can be reduced greatly. The following paper will address the diagnostic criteria and background of PTSD, the biological changes that ...

I. Background
Combat stress or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), among military veterans and service personnel, is an anxiety disorder associated with severe traumatic conditions. It is characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt and numbness, recurrent thoughts and images, re-living the trauma in dreams, and lack of involvement with reality. Current or previous combatants who were exposed to severe combat-related traumas show characteristic symptoms such as markedly dissociative behaviors and unreasonable complaint participating in events they previously enjoyed doing. They also show decreased interest, emotional estrangement and detachment, as well as, diminished affection, tenderness, intimacy, and sexuality. Because ...

Introduction

Any sporting activity is associated with injury. Many sports men and women know that the only drawback in their carrier is injury. An injury to a footballer means a lot of many things that a normal person cannot realize. To start with, an injury stagnates any training and preparations that a footballer is entitled to meaning that the activity that a person devotes a lot of time and energy can be taken away. For a footballer, playing football is part of his or her identity and a very significant activity. Once such an activity is taken away from a player even for a short period, it creates possible negative ...

The core refers to the muscles deep inside the abs and the back joining to the spine or pelvis. Many people associate core strength with a flat tummy or six-pack abs. Even though those may be motivating goals to perform core training, there are other numerous benefits that come with strengthening the core.
Strengthening the core also helps to alleviate back pain. Those people who have weak core muscles have a high risk of experiencing back ache and injury because they do not have adequate spine support. Exercises and workouts such as Pilates and yoga play a great role in strengthening ...

Haunting is a common word bearing one or more meanings, depending on the context. One definition of haunting is continual memory to the mind that has a disturbing effect or arousal of strong emotions. These memories are unforgettable, and are commonly referred to as haunting memories. Second definition is recording of past event done on an environment like a household, battleground, or building. These recordings are capable of playing repeatedly when triggered in a manner similar to a film or a video. Psychologists believe that the presence of an individual can trigger playing back of these recordings. Details of how these recordings are made are not ...

Zero injury concept includes a certain working environment which most companies are now aiming at to attain a reduced rate of injury in the workplace. This concept does not imply no injuries will occur rather it emphasizes that there is the need to have longer durations without injuries (Ghormely, 2010). Also, this program requires organizations to train employees on how to work in a safe manner.; it requires observation of the safety policy of the company. This has to be in line with the existence of well-set rules to guide on how to set safety measures. According to Smith (2010), Adolfson & Peterson ...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): An Introduction

PTSD is a well-known acute anxiety syndrome that is created after an experience to any incident which is considered as threatening and causes psychological distress. Normally, the PTSD is created following the exposure to a horrifying incident or trauma in which grave bodily harm has taken place or was endangered. The distressing incidents that can activate PTSD consist of violent personal physical attacks such as rape or robbery, natural as well human-created calamities, mishaps in military warfare. PTSD can be at times turns to be an extremely disabling condition.
These traumatic events may invoke the risks of death to oneself ...

- Situation Acceptance
Injuries and accidents among the old have been increasing in the current decade (Curie, 2008). The main cause has been associated with dementia and arthritis which leads to weakening of old people’s joint.
- Arthritis
The question on whether arthritis is a big menace to old people has been ringing minds of technologists and scientist because they have been thinking of how they can improve lives of old people especially when they climb staircases. Arthritis is a dangerous disease that has affected lives of many old people in almost all parts of the world ( ...

Introduction

A safety incentive program is defined by (Steenbergen and Gelder, 2013, p.1564), as a scheme set by an organization that rewards or recognizes the workers for their safe practice behavior or upon achieving safety performance milestones or goals. An organization usually rewards staffs who get involved in the identification of potential hazards, participate, and make suggestions towards the process of creating a constructive change in the company’s workplace safety principles. The promoters of Safety Incentive Programs have confidence that Safety Incentive Programs as a tool are an important and essential instrument for almost all business. Safety incentive tools are essential to ...

Abstract

Research shows that childhood traumatic experiences and stressful life events can lead to manifestation of mental disorders like Dissociative Identity Disorder in young adulthood. Individuals with this mental disorder display varying personalities at different moments especially when the traumatic memory or experience is triggered. A patient with this disorder is diagnosed using the DSM-IV classification and psychiatric management is enforced with the aim of achieving non-dissociation and acquisition of a consolidated personality and identity.

Hypothesis statement

Mental disorders refer to any condition that manifests as deviation from social norms, thoughts, perceptions, behavior, and mood leading to an impaired social functioning. Causes of ...

Part 1: Justification for Selection of the Articles

The writer chose the three articles cited in this paper (Witvrouw, Mahieu, Danneels & McNair, 2004; Thacker, Gilchrist, Stroup & Kimsey, Jr., 2004; Andersen, 2005) because the authors of these articles provided a comprehensive discussion to support their claims of whether stretching prevented injury and reduced post-activity muscle soreness in majority of athletes.
Witvrouw et al. (2004) presented qualitative evidence that resulted from a systematic review. This research method enabled the authors to obtain comprehensive information that provided them with a holistic view of the research subject, considering that their studies involved a review of the results of previous researches. As such, their findings ...

Interview

This interview was conducted through email. The respondent was Jacky Mills, a deputy public relations officer at California Workers Compensation county offices in Los Angeles. The interviewee was responsive and timely in supplementing answers relating to compensation fraud in California. Here are her responses on the ten interview questions.
Question 1: A single claim in California goes for about $65,000. This means that the government loses a lot of money through fraud annually and the fraudsters are not brought to book. Since this is a lot of money what can the government do to prevent fraud?
Answer: Despite presence ...

Audience Age Range: 18 to 40 years old

Gender: Male and Female
Known as the perfect cardiovascular exercise, running is defined as “to go steadily by springing steps so that both feet leave the ground for an instant in each step”. It is a convenient exercise because there is no need for any equipment or training.
There are a plethora of reasons why one should take on running as a form or exercise or a recreational activity. According to Bower, there are 12 health benefits that can be derived from running. First, running gives one a healthy heart because it improves blood circulation and reduces the risk of a stroke, heart ...

The primary purpose of this paper is to explore how trauma patients can receive counseling in an effective way. It will describe the methods that counselors in Pakistan are recommended to take. Counselors have to be sensitive to the physical, social, psychological and spiritual dimensions of the trauma experienced. The paper will take into consideration the context of the clients and challenge to find ways of reaching out to these women and provide such effective support, as may be found in other countries in the region such as India and Bangladesh. In this way, the aim is to examine ...

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Considerable Variables
Determining the variables to be used in testing the hypothesis constitutes segmentation of the dependent and independent variables. For this study, the independent variables are factors that can be observed, which provides the anticipated outcome of the study. In terms of identifying the effects if traumatic brain injury to behavioral change encompasses the need to look into an important set of variables. Factors such as injury proportion to the general population, age and sex are variables to the study that only be observed and quantified, but can be manipulated in order to test the probability of ...

Posture analysis can be referred to as an evaluation of person's posture in search of signs of injuries, and poor habits of posture that can result in trauma in the future. In a set up of a clinic, such evaluations of a patient can be important for determination of the sources of postural strain as well as development of a suitable program of treatment. This technique may as well be applied for things such as assisting a person grow a more ergonomic workspace, right athletic shoes, and so on (Toronto Chiropracter, 2013).
There has been carried out an extensive study on human posture in ...

I. Background of the Research
Military service members and veterans may be exposed or suffer posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to severe combat-related traumatic stressors. Because of their exposure to an extreme trauma, they suffer from persistent re-experiences of the threatening or traumatic event, continual avoidance of associative stimuli for the trauma, unusual numbness for general sensitivity, and other symptoms of exaggerated arousals. Any direct personal contact, witness of an actual recurrence, or experience with seemingly similar events may pose a threat to their physical integrity. Victims of PTSD manifest disarrayed behavior, intense horror, fear, agitation, powerlessness, etc. because ...

In the clash that made cars driven by Deb and second by Abe, plaintiff suffered head injuries, quickly followed by suffering a serious knees injury because of the car driven by Anne. Upon arrival at the hospital, the doctor said to the injured that he had to have an operation or his legs must be amputated. Knowing the risk damaged was certainly accepted surgery. Although it has been unsuccessful, although damaged lost both legs, he had to endure a lot of pain, which are created( it was later determined) by incorrectly specialist, who left a piece of metal that to accrete with ...

Disorders have been present as long as the existence of human kinds. As time passed, human beings have been able to come up with better ways of dealing with the disorders. Technological advancements and innovations have been able to form a milestone in approaching these disorders. Some disorders have no curative measures, but there are medicines that have been able to suppress the disorders thus enhancing the duration of time a person lives with the condition.

Description of the disorder

American Psychiatric Association has formulated a system referred to as The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, abbreviated as DSM-IV-TR. This manual is used to ...

Introduction

Negligent tort refers to the harm caused by a person to another due to the failure to act reasonably towards a person to whom a duty of care is owed. Negligent torts are among the most prevalent types of torts. It is however important to note that negligent torts are not caused by deliberate acts (Owen, 2007). This kind of tort originate when a person or an entity fails to act reasonably leading to personal harm on a person or persons to whom the person or entity owes a duty to. Negligent acts lead to personal injury to an individual or individuals and in other ...

Comparison between invasive & non-invasive ventilation in managing flail chest

Abstract
Background
Invasive ventilation has been beneficial with the provision of the airway defense for patients with respiratory complications and blunt injury such as the flail chest. It increases the airway defense and consequently minimizes the risk of reparatory related infections. Furthermore, invasive ventilation has the ability to allot the flow of lower tidal volumes. On the other hand, non-invasive ventilations involve the use of a ventilator support without the invasive artificial airway. This type of ventilation has been in a wide use and it has become popular within the previous two decades. The flexibility nature of the method ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a modern name given to a disease with a long history. One of the first clinical papers describing the malady was from Jacob DaCosta in 1871 that described soldiers with what he termed an “irritable heart” (Kaplan, 2007, p. 613). The disease is often marked by autonomic dysfunction and cardiac symptoms. Because of these symptoms, following the American Civil War, physicians termed it “soldier’s heart.” As the Freudian school of psychoanalysis grew in stature the disease became “traumatic neurosis.” Following the First World War, the condition was referred to as shell shock and was attributed to traumatic ...

ABSTRACT

PTSD is a relative new diagnostic term for an old problem. Soldiers returning from home from military service need time and help to readjust to civilian life. This is especially true for soldiars who served in a war zone and for the 23% of women soldiers who may not have seen combat, but were subject to sexual abuse and rape in the military. Some of these women are diagnosed with Military Sexual Trauma or MST. They may recover from this or they may go on to develop full PTSD. Some people are more susceptible to PTSD than others are. Of course ...

Introduction

The concept of zero injury involves a culture in which most companies are now aiming at attaining a reduced rate of injury in the workplace. Zero injury does not imply no injuries will occur rather it emphasizes that there is the need to have longer durations without injuries (Ghormely, 2010). This program requires organizations to train employees on how to work in a safe manner. This requires observation of the safety policy of the company. This has to be in line with the existence of well-set rules to guide on how to set safety measures. According to Smith (2010), Adolfson & Peterson Construction ...