Imagine spinning towards the ground in your aircraft and not knowing when impact is going to occur. Your mind is racing frantically to decide how to recover, but panic sets in and there’s nothing more you can do. It’s too late. Private pilots who pilot small aircraft should have to go through more extensive spin and stall training. At the onset of a spin the pilot in control should know the exact steps, instinctively, to recover their aircraft. The most important thing to consider when flying an aircraft is safety; not only the safety of yourself, but the safety of your passengers, too. The most common cause of a fatal accident is because of a stall that turns into a spin. “Because most airplanes are spinnable, spin training should be included in the preparation and licensing of pilots” (Mason). Accidents that are a result of spinning or stalling are more deadly than any other general aviation accident. So, why not try harder to prevent them? What is a stall, and what is a spin? According to Ron Fowler, the author of Flying the Private Pilot Flight Test, a stall is the “condition whereby the wings no longer provide lift sufficient to support the plane’s weight, and the plane quits flying.” After an airplane is stalled, it starts yawing and begins to spin about the vertical axis. When there are warning signs, such as buffeting, it is easier to prevent a spin, but a spin can still occur if the pilot is not properly trained. Buffeting is “disturbed air tumbling across the wing roots to shake the horizontal tailplane” (Fowler). Buffeting shakes the plane and warns the pilot that a stall is going to occur. The wing of the airplane begins to stall at the root, close to the fuselage, and extends to the wingtips. An uncoordinated stall, ... ... middle of paper ... ...for the unexpected. Every pilot should have training in spin recovery for the sake of themselves and their passengers; it would make this pastime even more safe and enjoyable. Learning the attitudes of different spins, and stalls that lead to spins, would put private pilots in better situations because the more knowledge and training you have, the better prepared you are to handle any adverse situation. Works Cited AOPA. “Accident Analysis.” Stall/Spin. Aircraft Owners and Pilot's Association, n.d. Web. 11 May 2014. Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. Private Pilot Manual. Englewood, CO: Jeppesen Sanderson, 1997. Print. Mason, Sammy. "West Coast Spin Doctors." West Coast Spin Doctors. N.p., 2009. Web. 05 May 2014. Trzynka, Dean A. "Private Pilot Interview." Personal Interview. 2 May 2014. Trzynka, Robynn D. "Student Pilot Interview." Personal Interview. 2 May 2014.
Flying a home built airplane is a risk that some people are willing to take. Even though there are many safety precautions put out to help reduce the amount of crashes, it is not always the case. As more and more people go into home built aviation instead of general aviation, the amount of plane crashes continues to rise. The only way to stop the rise of failures would be for the FAA or some other flight education program to put out a course for perspective home built plane operators. This will greatly reduce the amounts of wrecks and fatalities and might even one day make flying home built as safe as flying a general aviation aircraft.
Employee training can reduce or eliminate unsafe behaviors by teaching the employees how to perform their job safely. The training needs to be specific on what the employee is expected to do (Bernardin & Russell, 2013). For instance; if an employee was lifting heavy boxes all day, they need to be taught to bend at the knees and always use both hands to prevent back injuries.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation received its current name in 1935. To be in the FBI you must be: between 23 and 36 years old; in great physical shape; U.S. citizen; have a college degree; and at least three years professionally working. (Hamilton 4). One in twenty people that register for the FBI are accepted for the twenty weeks of training. (FBI Special 7). The FBI training academy is in Quantico, Virginia. The training that the Federal agents receive prepares them for real life situations.
It’s been said that, “A pilot’s second greatest thrill is flying. Landing is the first.” Without a doubt, while flying around may be fun, it’s not worth it if the pilot can’t land the plane safely. Flight schools spend approximately 50 percent of ground school time going over landing procedures with soon-to-be pilots. The process is not all that complicated, but every step in the process is important and there is a lot to remember.
Safety is a primary concern in the health care environment, but there are still many preventable errors that occur. In fact, a study from ProPublica in 2013 found that between 210,000 and 440,000 patients each year suffer preventable harm in the hospital (Allen, 2013). Safety in the healthcare environment is not only keeping the patient safe, but also the employee. If a nurse does not follow procedure, they could bring harm to themselves, the patient, or both. Although it seems like such a simple topic with a simple solution, there are several components to what safety really entails. Health care professionals must always be cautious to prevent any mishaps to their patients, especially when using machines or lifting objects, as it has a higher
Stanley Milgram’s experiments on obedience are the focus of Theodore Dalrymple and Ian Parker. Theodore Dalrymple is a British physician that composed his views of the Milgram experiment with “Just Do What the Pilot Tells You” in the New Statesman in July 1999 (254). He distinguishes between blind obedience and blind disobedience stating that an extreme of either is not good, and that a healthy balance between the two is needed. On the other hand, Ian Parker is a British writer who wrote “Obedience” for an issue of Granta in the fall of 2000. He discusses the location of the experiment as a major factor and how the experiment progresses to prevent more outcomes. Dalrymple uses real-life events to convey his argument while Parker exemplifies logic from professors to state his point.
I was at Fort Benning Georgia in August 1988 to attend jump school. I had done my basic training here four years earlier with Sgt. Smith who would be my black hat true instructor for airborne school. I was standing in formation at five in the morning. It was cold now, but Georgia has hot, humid daytime temperatures that were draining mentally and physically for a student from Northern California. I knew I wanted to be here even though there would be physical and mental stresses, challenges and the possibility of serious Injury. The students would be weeded out at every point. I did not want it to happen to me. During my four years in the Army, I learned that I like to be an independent, resourceful, goal oriented problem solver. In the infantry, I had to obey the orders and not think for myself. Uniformity in everything was demanded.
Every hospital is committed to ensuring that their patients in stroke rehabilitation wards and other facilities are safe from any form of harm that may occur as a result of the health care providers’ negligence. Firstly, every hospital integrates quality and safety approaches into its everyday’s operations to promote and enhance the safety and quality of its environment and services respectively (Garban, 2011). This is usually complemented by other strategies meant for enhancing organizational knowledge to improve efficiency and overall productivity. Some hospitals provide further training to their health care personnel to ensure that they efficiently incorpor...
This skill will enable oneself to identify the situations thoroughly and act accordingly when things are
Patient falls in the hospital is a serious issue and challenging problem that could lead to prolonged hospital stay, longer recovery time for patients, increased costs for hospitals, and a source of distress and anxiety for patients, nurses, and families. Patient falls can cause minor or major serious physical injury depending on the situation and the age of the client. In addition to the physical harms, patients can suffer from psychological injuries which make them lose their independence and confidence on themselves and build a lot of anger, distress and fears of falling.
Historically, the nursing profession has been actively involved in the health promotion and disease prevention among the general public. However, while caring for others, nurses often neglect their personal safety, which ultimately results in the high level of work-related injuries. Failure to timely address risk factors for nursing can have dire consequences for patient outcomes, since it is often associated with increased medication errors and patient falls, poor quality of care, and permanent disability of the nursing staff (Stokowski, 2014).
A to prevent these injuries is to use a proper technique in landing. This could be done to land in a proper stance were feet are set width apart.
Training sessions aim to develop one’s skills and knowledge on a particular topic, usually to benefit their job performance (Hubbard, 2004, p. 124). Preparation is the inevitably one of the first stages of training sessions. According to Polonsky and Waller (2004) “effective presentations, academic or business require preparation” (p. 432). This stage can be separated into three subcategories, forming, storming and norming. Yeung (2000) defines forming as when the team assembled and storming being when discussion increases amongst the group members (p.18). Lastly, the stage where the group begins to develop and construct their project is referred to as norming (Yeung, 2000, p. 18). This paper will focus the reflection of the preparation phase as a whole, from the recent percussion training session conducted by, James Gilmore, Tik Man Mok (“Henry”), Nguyen Duc Danh (“Daniel”) and myself, Courtney VanGent. Overall, the training session was deemed satisfactory; I found that the core strengths were found in the preparation sector and included, the regular meetings and that there were no conflicts amongst the group members. Although the training was successful, the evaluation forms completed by the participants’ suggested that some trainers lacked a suitable about of knowledge of the topic and that the group should have spent more time practicing. Recommendations will also be made throughout so that future-training sessions can be considered effective.
Safety is the vital foundation of the healthcare system. Making sure patients are not victims of human errors while caring form them. Safety is what people think of when it comes to quality improvement. It refers to the treatment given in healthcare setting does not harm patients. Unfortunately, humans are not perfect and errors are made. In order to provide safe care, it is required from everyone to be involved in identifying opportunities where patient care can be made safer. Constant learning and proven based evidence are necessary to the improve care and prevent harm. There are many ways to prevent errors and cue staff before or while providing care in a medical setting, such as, doctor’s offices, hospital, nursing homes, or rehabilitation facilities. For example, making sure that medications are labeled, providing correct dose to correct patient. Making sure bed rails and
It’s true what everyone talks about safety – you are the key to your safety, when you do it safely you do it the right way and the best gift you can give to your family is to always stay safe. We have been taught by our parents and teachers to be cautious while doing a number of things. That’s very essential in our daily lives, because one needs to be extra cautious to prevent unavoidable accidents. However, mishaps do happen everywhere in the safest of places, no matter how careful we are in our actions. It is highly unpredictable, what’s going to happen the very next instant. There are numerous incidences we come across like simple trips, falls, cuts due to sharp objects, burns or sudden worsening of a person’s health condition, causing