Alena Professor Okun ENC 1101 3 February 2014 Narration Essay Number One Growing up nothing ever affected me as much as the time when I saw my baby sister in agony. Cecelia was only two years old at the time and yet she had already gone through something so horrific and frightening for a toddler to experience. I could not understand what was happening as I was only a little girl. The feeling that I had in the pit of my stomach left me feeling petrified because it was truly one of my worst experiences
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First aid Introduction First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert‚ but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and in some cases‚ potentially life-saving techniques that an individual can be trained to perform with
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reasonable minds can come to but one conclusion and that conclusion is adverse to the non-moving party. In this case‚ the movant would be the Nadel family. 3. Briefly state the facts of this case. The child‚ Christopher Nadel‚ was suffered second-degree burns on his right foot as a result of spilled hot coffee. The Nadel’s raised the below claims: a. Breach of a warranty of merchantability and breach of a warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. Both are based on the allegation that the coffee was
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What is Asthma? Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing difficult. With asthma‚ there is inflammation of the air passages that results in a temporary narrowing of the airways that carry oxygen to the lungs. This results in asthma symptoms‚ including coughing‚ wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ and chest tightness. If it is severe‚ asthma can result in decreased activity and inability to talk. Some people refer to asthma as "bronchial asthma." Asthma symptoms can
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is considered to be a third degree burn. In a third degree burn the epidermis‚ dermis‚ and hypodermis are all affected from this this burn. Third degree burns are the most severe type of bun there is because the affect the epidermis‚ dermis‚ and the subcutaneous layer. After this type of burn the skin may appear charred‚ blanched‚ or bright red and normally the person affected by this won’t feel any pain because of the the nerves that were damaged. After the burn has occurred the patient may require
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ethical issues‚ the defendants preventative measures‚ and then the analysis of it all. Introduction Frivolous lawsuits have over taken our society by storm. Anywhere from someone suing over a pair of lost pants to a person suing over a coffee burn. But what is Frivalous? Perhaps there is more to see in each of these suits that was originally thought. In 1992 79-year-old Stella Liebeck spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonald’s for the coffee being too hot. In May 2005 Judge Roy Pearson sued
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second and third degree burns on her groin‚ inner thighs and buttocks (Press‚ 1995‚ p.32). Ms. Liebeck spent several days in the hospital for her burns and another period of weeks at home recuperating. Subsequently‚ she was readmitted to the hospital for skin grafts. (Press‚ 1995‚ p. 3). It was confirmed that the coffee was stored at a temperature of approximately 180 to 190 degrees‚ per industry standards (Howard‚ 1994‚ p.1)‚ which is likely to cause third degree burns with only a few seconds
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The difference between the cases is how each injury occurred‚ which makes a big difference in my opinion. In the pickle burn case‚ the claimed injury happened while consuming the food in what could be considered a normal process when eating a hamburger which in my opinion represents a more serious threat. In the hot coffee case‚ the injury occurred while the customer was
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that Liebeck had only herself to blame for placing the cup between her legs. It was also stated that Liebeck failed to leap out of the seat allowing the coffee to penetrate her clothing and burning her. A burn expert for Liebeck stated that 170 degree coffee is capable of causing second degree burns
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degrees could cause third degree burns. Although doctors mentioned that lowering temperature to 160 degrees takes a longer time for burns to take effect‚ why wasn’t this implemented in the industry standards? Prior burn cases should have provoked the McDonalds personnel to experts to look deeper into the optimum temperature decision and re-written the manual. Warning on cups: The documentary clearly lists the huge number of previous cases of burn which McDonalds had settled and it
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