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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Rescue Work"”.
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Aspects of Police Search and Rescue Work for Missing Persons in Canada
… understood tasks within policing: search and rescue (SAR). While many missing persons cases reported to the police in Canada are successfully resolved within 48 hours with the individual located safe and well, some are significantly more challenging because of unique aspects of the …
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Enacting patient safety on the frontline: an ethnographic study of rescue work with acutely illpatients
International concerns over ‘failure to rescue’ acutely ill patients on hospital wards have led to the widespread implementation of rapid response systems. Despite these system level changes, management of deterioration in such patients’ conditions remains problematic. Rescue is a complex process …
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Risks to responders safety and mitigation strategies during rescue work in natural disasters: a scoping review
Introduction: Emergency medical services (EMS) who attend to natural disasters are at a high risk of experiencing numerous psychological and physical conditions that adversely affect their health and safety as well as their ability to serve their purpose. This study aimed to identify factors that …
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Dissecting the 2015 Nepal Earthquake: Rural Response and Way Forward for Nepal
… systems and emergency management response frameworks, ensuring improved parity in disaster preparedness for all citizens.
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So others may live : the perceptions, thoughts and fears of emergency first responders in crisis situations
… situations. The research inquired how these workers deal with the stresses of their job, and the way it effects their personal life. Given that the focus was on their unique subjective experience, a qualitative stance was employed and data was obtained through the use of semi-structured …
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Clifford Odets: playwright-poet
… what is perhaps the standard view: "Although his work transcends the social problems of the 1930's and yields characters of wider psychological and social validity, Odets’ plays, particularly the early ones, reflect an attachment to his times which precludes true universality. " My intention in …
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Wildlife law enforcement: a sociological exploration of the occupational roles of the Virginia game warden
… of hunting and boating accidents and search and rescue work. The "master role" of wardens is found to be one of law enforcement, in that most wardens consider this to be the main aspect of their job, spend more work time engaging in such efforts, and indicate a preference for law enforcement …