A mindset or emotional support is often overlooked. Anyone who wants to succeed, but tends to stumble knows this well. Everyone wants to be the best there ever was in a certain profession, unfortunately those who want to succeed occasionally have distractions which cause them to “screw up” that take over his or her ability to put the past behind them and notice the flowers blooming outside. In Janice Hudson’s memoir Trauma Junkie, Hudson takes her reader on a series of CLASTAR (California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue) flights that reveals why “trauma junkies” must be emotionally stable to combat the eyesores they witness on a daily basis. Throughout this action packed memoir, Hudson and her fellow junkies have to combat the emotional stress that…
Title: The Second King of Rome, Numa Pompilius The reason that I have choose to do this as the subject, is because the reign and size of the Roman Empire is one of the most documented and discussed civilizations in human history. Researching and writing about one of the more influential figures and leaders of the Rome, provides great insight and understanding of how they were able to thrive and survive. Also using Numa Pompilius adds the angle of the early development and progression.…
In this essay, we will dive in to a series of scenarios and situations that may prove a long- lasting impact on human behavior. To understand the emotion ‘Hate’, and how an innocent baby who is born come to acquire such knowledge. To understand why is it almost socially accepted in some extreme scenario, were we use phrases such as “well nobody is perfect”, and “nobody changes over night” whenever we are forced to take some sort of responsibility openly about our actions, if deemed negative. I will attempt to prove that there’s a connection between what a parent teaches through word of mouth and in action, is manifested through the results of their children in a lot of cases. Effects of Disguised Trauma…
This is new information for me. It is interesting to learn how our body functions and work with one another. The impact of trauma and how it affects each individual is very complex. Understanding the impact of trauma and its variation of the different patterns of how stress affect each person is very unique in their style. The neurons plays and important part in the brain and it has the ability to adjust to sensitivity and reaction.…
Understanding, Assessing, and Treating Motor Vehicle Related Trauma Tiffany Tirico Liberty University Abstract Motor vehicle accidents are one of the most significant forces for physiological, social, and spiritual concerns amongst trauma in the United States. On average 90 people per day are killed by a motor vehicle related accident and 2.3 million people are injured in the United States every year.…
Trauma can affect every areas of a person’s life (body, soul, and spirit). Trauma can affect a person’s faith; their will to live; their view of themselves, others, and their worldview; their sense of safety, every aspect of their emotions, physical & psychological health & well being, their relationships, etc. The list can go on and on. Trauma knows no boundaries in it affect on an individual.…
As a freshman Radiology student, I expected to see a large amount of physical trauma once I started my clinical rotations. However, at Spohn South that is merely not the case, broken bones are actually quite rare. Merriam-Webster defines trauma as “a serious injury to a person 's body”, but to me trauma is physical damage to the body that happens unexpectedly and is rather instantaneous. Being able to perform radiographic examinations on patients that have experienced physical trauma is an important part of a student’s clinical experience. Nevertheless, knowing how to adapt to a patient’s specific needs and still obtain diagnostic images is not as easy as it may seem.…
SUMMARY: On Sunday, 10/22/2017, at approximately 1345 hours, V1 VARGAS, Diana reported her vehicle was vandalized while parked at 25 Poncetta Dr. Apt. 234 in Daly City, CA. VARGAS believe S1 REYES, Michael to be the suspect because he had damaged her vehicle in the past with spray paint. VARGAS has a restraining order against REYES for kidnapping, vandalism, Domestic Violence and other cases. REYES has not been taken into custody. Case open pending further leads.…
Trauma can be described as experiences or situations that cause physical, emotional or mental pain, that one cannot control. For children and adolescents, the most common trauma is interpersonal trauma which affects their biological, cognitive, psychological and social developments. (D’Andrea, Ford, Stolbach, Spinazzola, & Van der Kolk, 2012). When someone experiences trauma they experience negative results throughout their body, there is an increased level of cortisol and catecholamine that result in the bodies increase of heart rate, blood pressure and can suppress their immune system which can then trigger physical problems such as ulcers or stomach pain if there is prolonged exposure to the trauma (De Bellis & Zisk, 2014). Also, there…
The term trauma is used to depict the sudden, painful, and distressing state that an individual is forced to endure. No one wakes up in the morning and says, “hey I am going to have a cup of trauma today.” However, when life offers you a cup of trauma and you are forced to drink it, what do you do? People who experience trauma may not express it in a clear and detailed manner.…
1.) Biological (including neurobiological), psychological, social, and developmental factors that are important for understanding the child’s behavior. Some of the biological and neurological factors that would be considered in this case are the effects of trauma on the child’s brain development. Applegate& Shapiro (2005) explained, “Thus, while the brain is thought to remain plastic and responsive to new experience throughout life, early childhood experience is particularly salient because the neuronal organization and structure of the brain is still in its formative stages” (p. 15).…
Angelique Howington September 17, 2015 Dr. Ribeiro Introduction to Psychopathology and Adaptive Behavior O’Hare, T., Shen, C., & Sherrer, M. V. (2015). Lifetime abuse and self-harm in people with severe mental illness: A structural equation model. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, And Policy, 7(4), 348-355. doi:10.1037/tra0000016 Article Review People with severe mental illness (SMI) generally have experience with an extreme trauma over their lifetime (Muesser et al., 1998).…
HOW TO ASSESS AND CARE FOR TRAUMA PATIENTS Introduction: Trauma nursing can be very scary, if you don’t know what you are doing, with this set of instructions I will allow you to gain confidence in your emergency nursing practice which enable you to be better prepared in a trauma situation. For documentation of these steps please follow your facilities guide lines, but there is an example of a trauma documentation flow sheet on the final page of these instructions. This is basic information and steps that you need to know while assessing and caring for trauma patients. Always remember stay calm and remember your ABCs! Step 1: Get report from EMS:…
Since the start of the century, the use and advancements of computers in modern society has exploded. One such example is the medical field, where computers have rapidly become the norm, and continue to expand and solve new problems that previously plagued the field. Of the many problems facing the medical field this specific research will focus on paralysis of limbs and spinal cord injury resulting from brain trauma and these injuries can be improved with the introduction of computers and biotechnology related to a brain computer interface therapy. “Brain computer interfaces (BCI) or brain machine interface (BMI) take signals acquired from the brain, analyzes, and then decodes the signals into commands that are transmitted to output devices…
I have experienced trauma myself more than once in my life and another reason is because I want to understand how each person based on their individual experiences, culture, race, and ethnicity define and deal with trauma. Even though I have experienced trauma, I tend to deal with the issues it brings up for me by…