Essays on Suffocation

John Magill is a 75-year-old male with Parkinson’s disease, which he was diagnosed with five years ago. John was admitted to the hospital after falling at home. The physical examination revealed bruising on John’s hips and buttocks, as well as a tear on the right hip, but the X-ray did not reveal fractures in the lower extremities. The emergency department noted generalised tremor, decreased mobility, signs of confusion, agitation, and restlessness. The assessment of John’s vital signs showed that most measures are within expected ranges for an elderly person (temperature 37.2; respiratory rate 24; heart rate ...

Hit and run homicide

A hit and run are normally defined as being involved in a vehicle accident with either a pedestrian, another vehicle or an object and escaping from the scene without being identified or give any assistance to those in need. It is mostly defined by leaving the scene whether you caused the accident or not. However, if you return to the scene maybe you had gone to access emergency assistance will not be considered as a hit and run. In a hit and run accident, there are several wound and injuries that are common and they assist in reconstructing the ...

Suicidal asphyxia refers to suicide by inhaling inert gases. Suicidal asphyxia with helium is used medically in the process of alleviating airway. Notably, the condition is used to prevent any sense of panic or suffocation (hypercapnic alarm response). The patient is deprived of oxygen, and the air is displaced wit carbon dioxide (Grassberger & Krauskopf, 2007, p. 325). The kind of death tends to be untraceable and give the autopsy expert hard time to reveal the cause of death. It is a form of death infliction that is used by thugs in ensuring investigations is misled. In contrast, accidental asphyxia ...

Introduction

Ambrose Bierce is a prominent author known for his many works one of which is An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. This is the story of Peyton Farquhar a planter from the South. The story is set during the civil war. Peyton has been sentenced to hang by the Union Army for his failed attempt at destroying the Owl Creek railroad bridge. The author leads the reader to believe that Peyton escapes the hanging by falling into the river below and reunites with his wife and children at his farm. This is not the case since it is revealed ...

Investigation of Bodies in Water and Asphyxia

Essay Abstract Asphyxia is the blocking off of oxygen to the brain. There are several ways for this phenomenon to take place. These involve strangulation, drowning, positional and traumatic asphyxia, and suffocation. However, for forensic pathologists and police investigators, this is not as simple as it may seem. Asphyxia is a complex occurrence that does not lend itself to a simple classification. There are numerous subtypes and factors that have to be considered in asphyxia-related death investigation. For instance, once a body is found in and extracted from the water, investigators have to look for specific aspects, such as ...

The selected exam reading for this critique is Cribs for Kids: Risk and Reduction of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Accidental Suffocation. The study research has been conducted by Eileen M. Carlins and Kathryn S.Collins. The study paper is in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Pennsylvania. The study explores the campaign efforts under ‘The Cribs for Kids’ and the effectiveness. Other factors such as progress and effect of the disease campaign have also been focused on. The critique paper within will seek to interrogate the research design and unravel what steps have been carried out well and correctly. ...

After viewing these data sets about the leading causes of injury deaths in the United States between the ages of 1 and 24 years, I noticed that, unintentional motor vehicle traffic accidents cause the highest number of injuries and deaths among most of the age sets. The statistics show that since children between one and four years get little exposure to traffic, motor vehicle traffic accidents to do not cause much of the injuries for them. However, as children grow up and start moving out of the home settings without the guidance of their parents, they get exposed to ...

Natural gas represents a gases mixture that can be found in the ground and is created by the way of organic substances decomposition of anaerobic character. Typically, this type of gas is a mix of gaseous hydrocarbons, such as butane, ethane, methane, propane, etc., which is found in the earth's crust. It is broadly utilized as a fuel of very economical kind for various power plants in the glass and cement industry, nonferrous and ferrous metallurgy, building materials production and for household needs. It is also used as raw component for various organic compounds. This type of gas is a mineral deposit ...

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Q1. Anaphylaxis identification, management and prevention

Anaphylaxis is referred to as an allergic reaction encompassing anaphylactic shock as a severe manifestation of the said allergic reaction according to Sinclair (2010). The average number of the people believed to be at risk of the aforementioned condition is about 1 to 15% if exposed to certain allergens. Experts believe that the estimated figures vary depending on the definitions of reaction (allergyfacts.org.au, n.d.). During an anaphylactic attack, the patient’s body reacts badly to allergens causing by food, venom, medication, and or insect bite. The body has a natural defense mechanism that fights the allergic ...

Introduction

An estimate of 861 billion tons of coal deposits exist worldwide. According to the present rate of production, this amount can last for 112 yrs contrary to the oil and gas reserves that will last for fewer years approximately 45 to 54. Several countries in the world have coal reserves found in the biggest ones are China, Russia, USA and India. To prove recoverable reserves, engineers drill on the ground hence technically and economically extractable. In contemporary times, reaching peak coal is questionable due to fall in the ratio of reserves to production. The point when there is ...

The term Paraphilia was developed from two Greek words Para-meaning alternative and Philos-meaning loving; it is used to refer to sexual tendencies involving things and activities other than what is considered normal sex. The American Psychiatric Association categories paraphilias as sexual perversions/deviations. Whereas several paraphilias are illegal, there are some that are legal. However, the underlying factor among paraphiliacs is that they are very secretive about their behavior; psychiatrists observe that paraphilic sexual behavior is associated with individuals who have problems in interpersonal relationships. Due to the secretive nature of paraphilia’s its prevalence cannot accurately be established although ...

Ethics Violation in Abu Ghraib

The word ethics spans an adage of definitions advanced by various scholars in the world. Right from the days of Emmanuel Kant and other notable Geek philosophers, the term ethics has been accorded with the treatment or the study of the moral right or wrong of human actions. It is in this trajectory that this paper tries to establish the moral wrong or right that is advanced by the American soldiers in the Iraqi Abu Ghraib Prison, also called Baghdad correction facility. The paper tries to establish the various ethics and human rights violation in the prison and the ...