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By general definition‚ the term “resilience” suggests an individual’s capacity to positively transition through times of adversity. Contemporary research in the social sciences has coined the concept of a psychological construct‚ which has gained currency in its application to theories covering trauma and loss and subsequent clinical implications for the treatment of psychological disorders. Within neuropsychology‚ there are a number of arguments about the adequate nature and use of the term as applied
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understanding the military culture and experience are rare amongst community-based practitioners. Given this knowledge‚ one can now empathize with veterans who face challenges in locating providers who use best practices to treat depression and PTSD. Since some practitioners lack the training of evidence-based guidelines and core competencies‚ the DoD and VHA have begun developing and implementing programs to train in this lack of
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troops to go through major depression and anxiety up to the point where they take their own lives. Leaders of the army/military say they are taking every precaution that they can in order to decrease the suicide toll among our veterans. The effects of PTSD of our troops who have seen the worst of the worst have affected them greatly; in worst case scenarios it gets so bad they commit suicide. The Military and The Veteran Affairs (VA) need to start doing more about this and get the rate
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levels of training are Emergency Response Technician‚ EMT-Basic‚ EMT-Intermediate and EMT-Paramedic. Each level requires a different amount of training hours. The minimum hours of training varies from 40 hours for an Emergency Response Technician‚ 120 hours for an EMT-Basic‚ 320 hours plus an addition of 40 hours for an EMT-Basic for an EMT-Intermediate and 1000 to 1200 hours of training for an EMT-Paramedic. Emergency medical technicians have a lot of responsibility. They are the first people
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for the Boulder‚ Colorado Phase 2 MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) trial‚ the MDMA assisted-psychotherapy for treatment of PTSD is a “catalyzer of psychotherapeutic processes and an innate healing mechanism” (Razvi‚ 2016. PTSD was once classified as a “treatment-resistant” disorder‚ however‚ numerous studies and empirical research have shown that disorders such as PTSD are finally within the realm of healing and
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with the decision on whether or not to help. If they do not help many people will criticize because they did not help save someone’s life. If they do help they will be thanked for helping but will be criticize for interfering with the work of the paramedics. No matter what reporters do when this task is handed to them‚ they will be criticized. People
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tachycardic‚ and cyanotic. The paramedics inform the physician that it was difficult to ventilate A.W. A STAT portable chest x-ray (CXR) and arterial blood gases (ABGs) are obtained. A.W. has an 80% pneumothorax on the right‚ and her ABGs on 100% oxygen are pH 7.18‚ PaCO2 92 mm Hg‚ PaO2 32 mm Hg‚ HCO3 27 mmol/L‚ base excess (BE) -5 mmol/L‚ SaO2 53%. 1) Given the diagnosis of pneumothorax‚ explain why the paramedic had difficulty ventilating A.W. The paramedics couldn’t ventilate C.W. because
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such a random act took place. Firefighters‚ police officers‚ and paramedics that were called to the scene‚ ran into the burning building unprepared for what was to come. 343 firefighters died in the collapse of the towers. 23 New York police officers were killed‚ along with 37 port authority police officers. Also‚ 43 paramedics were killed in the line of duty. In spite of surviving the attack‚ many firefighters‚ citizens‚ and paramedics were exposed to the toxin in the debris from the twin towers which
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