A major accident team is a group of professionals who will go out to a scene of a major accident and provide on site care to those who require it. A professional is someone who has trained for a long period of time, formalised through exams and assessments, someone who is in possession of the code of ethics, someone who uses research based knowledge and someone who practices for the benefit of others. Healthcare professionals in a care setting will provide the best quality of medical care that they can.
There are a number of professionals in the major accident and emergency team such as; A paramedic, an accident and emergency doctor, an accident and emergency nurse and a general surgeon. There would also be a student nurse and a junior doctor at the scene of the accident, however they are not professionals yet as they are still training and they are not registered by the Nursing Midwifery Council. One of the healthcare professionals listed above
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The NMC regulates nurses and midwifes in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The NMC aims to protect the public and sets the standards of education, training, conduct and performance so that nurses and midwifes can continue to deliver high quality of care throughout their careers. The NMC makes sure nurses and midwifes are up to date on their skills and knowledge, they also maintain the register of nurses and midwifes that are allowed to practice in the UK. It is important to have a professional body that regales and maintains the register because otherwise anyone could forge a certificate and pose as a healthcare professional. The NMC also keeps a record of healthcare professionals who have been struck off the register. This is also important to ensure that members of the public are safe and that employers do not hire someone who has been struck off and is not allowed to practice medicine
Saunders (2012) states that the treatment of a breech delivery requires the paramedic team to work simultaneously and efficiently to perform several interventions. He states that the paramedic team should undertake a primary survey and introduce themselves to the patient on arrival. From the initial patient contact, the paramedics should begin providing reassurance to the patient and their family, both verbally and non-verbally (Saunders, 2012). Reassurance aims to reduce patient anxiety, create a rapport with the patient and encourage an environment of care, respect and understanding (Pincus et al., 2013). The paramedic team should complete a secondary survey, including vital signs and a complete patient history, particularly pregnancy relevant
It is unfortunate that accidents that result in injuries are a part of life. Further more it is also unfortunate that often the party responsible for said accident do not feel compelled to offer compensation to the party affected. However in spite of this, there is still hope for the injured party thanks to personal injury lawyers. They are tasked with representing their clients who suffered from these events while making sure that their clients receive the compensation that they deserve. Ultimately personal injury lawyers play a big role with regards to safety initiatives by helping those injured, which is something that we all should aspire to do.
As Redhead, J and Gordon, J stated “To fail to prepare is to prepare to fail” (2012. P.2) shows how important it is to prepare in medical emergencies in sport. One of the main things that a sports therapist should do in preparation of any match or a situation that would result in any form of trauma/injury is an Emergency Action Plan (EAP).an EAP is a formal document covering the steps to be taken in the occasion of a medical crisis or disaster (France, R.C.2011). Not only should there be an EAP but it should be assembled and well-rehearsed in advance as this helps with the efficiency of preventing any further injury and transporting the athlete off of the pitch as fast and effectively as possible. The advantage of actively practising an EAP is that it can show any weaknesses in the plan allowing time for corrections to be made thus the better service of care the whole team delivers and also it gives each member of the team time to refresh/learn emergency action skills (Potter, Brian W. & Martin, R. Daniel. 2009). Within the EAP not only would the sports therapist devise a plan for a possible injured athlete but they would take into consideration the type of venue and how to get additional help (e.g. ambulance) onto the venue through a safe entrance and then a safe exit (Redhead, J & Gordon, J. 2012).
In the event of a disaster, EMS and other professional must be prepared to come together and help each other provide care to help the victims and their families. EMS develops response plans, policies, and procedures that provides guidelines and prepares EMS for any emergencies that arise ("POSITIONING AMERICA’S EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO RESPOND TO ACTS OF TERRORISM."). Training makes perfect is what some people would say, Disaster EMS medicine also uses that saying as they test their disaster medical response plans through periodic exercises with the local, state and federal levels ("POSITIONING AMERICA’S EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO RESPOND TO ACTS OF TERRORISM.").Disaster EMS medicine includes many different departments from all over the world. Training is also now including the Viper system to allow communication from county to county and state to state in case of a catastrophic event that requires immediate action. 9/11 was a major terrorist attack that changed the world’s perspective and showed the world how unprepa...
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The Department of Health preceptorship framework (2010, P11.) describes preceptorship as “A period of structured transition for the newly registered practitioner during which he or she will be supported by a preceptor, to develop their confidence as an autonomous professional”. The nursing and midwifery council (NMC) define the role of a preceptor as “providing support and guidance enabling ‘new registrants’ to make the transition from student to accountable practitioner”, suggesting that a period of preceptorship should be offered at registration. Locally, the Welsh Government (2009) supported this in their post registration career framework.
Both health care professions have to register with a regular body, nursing have to register with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) whereas Social Workers register with the Scottish Social Service Council (SSSC). Nurses maintain their registration throughout their careers. Nurses, midwives, and specialist community public health
The SSSC codes of conduct contains 10 codes 5 are for employees and other 5 are for employers where as in the NMC there is 4 codes which are, prioritise people, practise effectively, preserve safety and promote professionalism. Both codes are very similar even when dealing with different patient groups both codes state in 1.1 to prioritise people and treat each person as an equal individual. These both codes of conduct should be followed correctly at all times by anyone working in the health and social care. The NMCs aim is there to protect the public and decides if a nurse or midwife is fit to practice up to their high standards. The NMC was published on the 29th January 2015 but didn’t come effective to 31st March 2015.
Both Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Practitioner-students work closely with patients to monitor their health and provide care for acute and chronic illnesses. However, in the academic-clinical setting, the NP-student may only perform this function at the discretion of the supervising NP. Although work environments and responsibilities bestowed upon these distinctive nurses can be quite different, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses and students is bound to the same laws and regulations governed by all states and territories that have enacted a nurse practice act (NPA). The NPA itself is insufficient to provide the necessary guidance for the nursing profession, therefore each NPA establishes a state board of nursing (BON) that has the authority to develop administrative rules or regulations to clarify or make the governing practice law(s) more specific (NCSBN
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Competence in nursing is having the knowledge, judgement, skills and experience to carry out professional duties correctly and effectively (RCN, 2009). All nurses must prove their level of competence before they can become registered as a nurse. They must do this by showing their competencies in all fields of nursing, and by proving their specific competencies in their own field of nursing, without doing this, they will not be allowed to practice. This ensures that all practicing nurses have a high level of competency. The nursing and midwifery council also states that to protect the public they ensure that they set standards for education, training and conduct, and by ensuring registered nurses keep their skills and knowledge up to date.
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The rate of errors and situations are seen as chances for improvement. A great degree of preventable adversative events and medical faults happen. They cause injury to patients and their loved ones. Events are possibly able to occur in all types of settings. Innovations and strategies have been created to identify hazards to progress patient and staff safety. Nurses are dominant to providing an atmosphere and values of safety. As an outcome, nurses are becoming safety leaders in the healthcare environment(Utrich&Kear,
Staunton, P., & Chiarella, M. (2012). Law for nurses and midwives (7th ed.): Elsevier Australia.
SAR Teams In South Africa there is a wide variety of different search and rescue teams but we will be concentrating on WSAR and USAR. We will be looking at the skills and training required to compile a successful team. The team will depend on the size and terrain of where the rescues need to take place and the size of the team will also depend on these factors. The team size can vary from 6 members for a rescue mission up to 70 members for a search and rescue mission.