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Critical Incident Stress (CIS)
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 875.... 86).
CIS reaction's are incident specific. They may be either Acute or Delayed.(Mitchell 81)
An acute CIS reaction begins while the ESW is engaged with on scene operations. It is an incident that is often very disturbing for ESW's and may become physically ill as a result of the intense stress level associated with the event.(Bush Fire Services 92). Under particularly stressing circumstances some maybe unable to function properly at the scene or at a later date. This happens for example in the case of a death of a fellow worker in the line of duty and cannot .....
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The Human Brain
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2229.... the parts are controlled by an organ called the brain, which is located
in the head. The brain weighs about 2.75 pounds, and has a whitish-pink
appearance. The brain is made up of many cells, and is the control centre
of the body. The brain flashes messages out to all the other parts of the
body. The messages travel in very fine threads called nerves. The nerves
and the brain make up a system somewhat like telephone poles carrying wires
across the city. This is called the nervous system.
The nerves in the body don't just send messages from the brain to the
orga .....
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Birth Defects
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2396.... loss, dental problems, poor speech development, heart disease and
intestinal problems where surgery is required. Parents feel very helpless and
guilty in many of these and similar situations, feeling as if they are abnormal.
However most can learn to walk, talk, dress themselves and eat. Special work
programs are available that can help the child reach their education level. Also
these work programs help takes off the many stresses facing parents. They no
longer have to go it alone.
Tay Sachs disease is another selective genetic disorder that destroyed
nerve .....
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Flour Baby Project: Parenting
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1868.... a lot of stress on the body itself. The stomach gets
really big and stretch marks do appear and it just gets heavy at times.
The pregnancy keeps on going for 2 more trimesters the 2nd trimester is
based on shopping for maternity cloths, checking for blood sugar, avoid
strenuous physical labor, and plan for maternity leave. the third
trimester is a little more complicated your must see your practitioner once
a month through week 28 and every two weeks until the 34 and once a week
there after. Parents should be buying baby clothing, diapers, purchase
outing equipment such as .....
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Pursuing A Career In Psychiatry
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2508.... of civilization, people have attempted to understand the causes of human emotional behavior. Most primitive societies believed that mental illnesses were caused by a demon who took possession of the victim’s body. The early civilizations would treat the mental illnesses by trying to make the body so uncomfortable that the demon would want to leave. But, by the late eighteenth century, most people were convinced that mental disturbances were not caused by supernatural powers. Scientists, however, were still unsure whether such illnesses stemmed from physical problems or ps .....
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Alzheimer's Disease
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 736.... brains of Alzheimer's
victims. They are found within the cell bodies of nerve cells in the
cerebral cortex, and take on the structure of a paired helix. Other
diseases that have "paired helixes" include Parkinson's disease, Down's
Syndrome, and Dementia Pugilistica. Scientists are not sure how the paired
helixes are related in these very different diseases.
Neuritic Plaques are patches of clumped material lying outside the
bodies of nerve cells in the brain. They are mainly found in the cerebral
cortex, but have also been seen in other areas of the brain. At the core of .....
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The Digestive System
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 420.... teeth, your tongue, liver and your pancreas.
The Esophagus is your tube that your food goes down into the stomach. If we didn't have an esophagus we probley wouldn't be alive. Your stomach is your main organ because it is the thing that makes your food into smaller units and you would die if you didn't have a stomach. Enzyme is a kind of protein that speeds up chemical reactions in the body. If we didn't have enzyme everybody would be walking 1 mile an hour and you wouldn't have any energy. The Liver is an organ that stores food substances and produces bile. Digestion is the .....
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Ebola: A Contagious Trend
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 975.... it is human or animal, Ebola Reston does not seem pose a threat to humans in any way.
“Ebola viruses are spread though direct contact with a person who is very ill with the disease. Usually wide-spread action of the virus takes place among hospital care workers or family members who were aiding an infected person.” Ebola can spread by the reuse of hypodermic needles, which occurs frequently in under-developed countries like Zaire and Sudan, but it is not likely to be infected by close contact with people infected, who show no signs of symptoms. As well as, there is no proof .....
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