Significant Life Event Essay

A significant life event or crisis is a perception of an event or sit. It can be best described as an intolerable difficulty that exceeds the resources and coping mechanism of the individual. A significant life event can happen anytime and to anybody independent of age, ethnicity, faith or sex. Examples of significant life events can be: death, sickness, miscarriage, menopause, ageing, any form of abuse and violence, or emotional pressure. According to Caplan Crisis Theory (1964):” crisis states persist approximately 6 to 8 weeks, however, in the aftermath of the crisis event, a person can be transformed into a chronic and long-term period of instability and inadequate functioning.”

1.1 Scenario (real case):18-year-old Helen suffered from

Furthermore, for my own health and safety, I implemented: “The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, these regulations require employers to minimise the health risks associated with manual handling”, (Government UK ,2016). As Helen must be lifted once a week from the bed to the bathtub.

Through the vegetative state it is difficult to say how much Helen recognise of her personal area. Or in other words, the patient consciousness, is trapped between different stages. However, there are small signs that also patient’s in a vegetative state recognises its personal area.

For example: Helen was a huge fan of the Backstreet Boys. By playing songs of that group, it could be observed that Helen responded in the form of smiling. Patients in a vegetative state can open their eyes, but with a vacant stare. However, by playing the songs her eyes changed in the form of a different expression and it seemed to the carer that Helen remembered a positive situation of her life.

Other evidence was Helens “body language”. Through the heavy brain bleeding, Helen suffered from spasms. It could be recognised and monitored that Helen’s body musculature relaxed during music