Glasgow Coma Scale Essays

INTRODUCTION Despite the fact that we are now approaching the 44th anniversary of the publication of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)1, there is still a debate that exists for the indication and yield of neuroimaging for minor head trauma. Head trauma in children is one of the most common reasons for visiting emergency department with more than 95% of these constitute minor head trauma, defined as Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score greater than or equal to 13. Among these patients, less than 10% have traumatic brain

Forensic imaging, particularly MRI technology is crucial in determining the cause of death in forensic pathology. There are a few main techniques for forensic imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT), and conventional radiography. The PMCT is generally used for gunshot wounds, detection of gas embolism, trauma cases, and changes in the skeletal system. Some advantages of this technique are that it is fast, easy to handle, good three-dimensional reconstruction

can be used in a wide range of mental illness diseases, such as bipolar disease, depression and autism spectrum disorder. There are three types of CGI questionnaires (CGI-Severe, CGI-Improvement and CGI-Efficacy) and each type of CGI has a 7-point scale which allows clinicians to modify to suit the interest of study. CGI is flexible, easy to administrate and understand. However, as CGI is based upon subjective feedback from clinicians and raters, some studies argue the validity and reliability of

Szymborska systematically undoes the damage inflicted upon Lot’s wife by undermining the smug certainty of moralization in response to the human story. In the first line of the poem we are introduced to the idea that curiosity was reason for her disobedience. Her story is then completely unraveled into a flurry of potential alternatives juxtaposing the simple and tragic moral tale “they” reduced it to in order to communicate that disobedience equates to destruction. In the line “A hamster on its

Theories to address the origins or outcome of Malaria: Theory is a systematic approach that help public health specialist to know situations. Theories can be classified into explanatory and change theories. Explanatory theories give reasons to why a problem exist as it help to identify factors that contribute to the problem and how it can be changed. Some of the examples of the explanatory theories include precaution adoption process model, health belief model and theory of planned behaviour. On

Canada. He suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Alan was rushed to the hospital in Kingston via a helicopter. While taking him to the hospital Alan was seizing. Alan and his family spend some days at the hospital while Alan was in coma. After Alan recovered from coma, family shifted to the hospital in Philadelphia. His recovery took his wife and child thru a road of so many ups and downs of emotions. “Where is the Mango Princess?” details emotional and frustrations of a caregiver to their patient

The lads were trapped and they knew pretty well that the old man will not give up so easily. Highly intoxicated, they were not in any mood to compromise their freedom which meant finding a way out of the tight situation they were in, and the only road out of the neighbourhood was blocked by this gutsy old man, Steven Ng Teen Cheong. It was a classic OK Corral showdown again but instead of being the famous Marshal Wyatt Earp of Tombstone, Arizona packing a six shooter firearm it was Steven Ng, the

As modern medicine has advanced and the use of life sustaining technology has become more mainstream, a greater number of families and doctors are being faced with an important decision; when to use artificial organs, and when to shut them off. It’s a decision that haunts people long after it is made (Park). The topic of whether or not life support should be used for long periods of time to sustain brain dead patients is heavily debated. Many believe that brain death, a condition in which one loses

Health literacy is catalyst that strengthens the individuals’ ability to select the right information and take proper decision over their health thereby enabling them to control over their health. For effective health literacy, delivering quality information to the public on healthcare and make public to comprehend the information is very much essential. In Manipur, high quality medical care that is very expensive and also in need of good transportations, can be accessed by only a few rich people

Module: Ethics and integrity for health professionals Name: Alumai John Bosco Reg No: 2016-MPH-RL-AUG-015 Submission date: Assignment 1 (Revised) Instructions: • Answer both questions. • The word limit including references is 1000 words • Proper and complete referencing is expected for both questions. • Plagiarism of any nature will lead to a zero mark • Submit your assignment through the turnitin program. • Acceptable similarity percentage is below 30%. • A similarity index of above 30%

this scenario, you and your spouse are admitted to the hospital after experiencing a car crash. You are severely injured, but are expected to make a full recovery; on the other hand, your spouse has taken serious head trauma and has fallen into a coma with little brain activity. Five years later, your spouse is in a comatose and is still in the same state as they were when admitted to the hospital. All of the charts and opinions from doctors say your spouse will most likely be in a comatose for

successful lives. Resiliency scale for children and adolescents was developed by Sandra Prince-Embury in the year 2006. The scale was designed to systematically identify and quantify core personal qualities of resiliency in youth, as expressed in their own words about their experience. The purpose of the scale is to provide theoretically and empirically sound assessment of core characteristics of personal resiliency in children and adolescents of (ages 9-18)

ratio. The Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (1994; See Appendix B for Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale) is similar to a five-point Likert scale, with the exception of being a four-point scale. The scales are ordinal because although they cannot be quantitatively measured, the qualitative questions can then be put into quantitative categories (Noia & Tripodi, 2008). Some of the scales are ratio because it has a true zero (Noia & Tripodi, 2008). The four-point scale has four answers, which then are divided

Below) and are set up as 1st-3rd-5th-7th. Blues use chords which are solemnly heard in Pop, Hip Hop, or Rap, Blues uses 9th chords. 9th chords do not have a root note, a 1st, they only have a 3rd, 5th, 7th, and the 9th, which is the second note of the scale, and set up as 9th-5th-7th-3rd. 9th chords have the 9th in the base of the note and use different intervals because of it, 9th at bottom, the 5th four intervals above the 9th, the 7th three intervals above the 5th, and the 3rd four intervals above

Construct Validation process including principal component analysis and final description of the factors of the new scale. The aim of the study was to develop a new tool that would be able to measure the readiness of practitioners entering and participating in an interprofessional team effectively. The initial objective was to determine if an instrument, the new Readiness to Collaborate Scale, could in fact measure interprofessional team readiness and; secondly,

Imagine being outside in a gigantic thunderstorm with wind speeds up to 300 mph. Suddenly, violent, rotating columns of air extend from the sky, reaching all the way down to the ground. The funnel shaped twisters starts destroying large buildings and homes alike. They uproot trees, and vehicles race through the air for miles. These channels of intense wind are called tornados. In an average year, 1000 tornadoes are reported nationwide. On the afternoon of Friday, April 14th, a supercell thunderstorm

This chapter is divided into three sections. The first section of this chapter reviews the World Culture Theory of Globalization and second section reviews the Cultural Capital Theory, to offer a theoretical explanation for tourist food consumption. Both these theories are related to food consumption and thus provides a strong build for theoretical and empirical objectives of the present study. The third section is devoted to various other studies highlighting the characteristics, significance and

The word “ballet” brings to mind words such as “grace” or “beauty” when heard by many people. The definition itself states that it is a form of dance that uses precise steps and light, graceful motions. This definition was in the minds of those who attended the Théâtre des Champs-Élysèes in May 1913, but rather they were greeted with the complete opposite. When Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Rite of Spring opened, the audience was greeted with swift, chaotic music that quickly became a whirlwind of sound

Title: Gun Safety Rules and Tips Guns are inherently dangers and should be handled with care. Improper use, storage and care of firearms leads to unintentional deaths, injury or damage. If you are a firearm owner, a potential gun owner or a curious about the use and effects of guns, then learning about gun safety is essential. Gun safety rules are the recommendations given to minimize or eliminate accidental or negligent discharge and the consequences of malfunctioning firearms. They also impart

In the vast African Savanna, many people are sleeping at night in the middle of it all, cozy near a campfire. A twig breaks, and one of the men wake up, who later decides to go back to sleep. The sound comes again more frequently, which is when everyone has woken up. On the southern side, they see a moving animal just walking in circles around them. Everyone is afraid, but they do not know what it is… until is roars. The beast is a lion, and all of the men are sure they are going to die. This is