Health and Safety Can be Easy
How do you answer a question from a safety inspector such as "Where is your health and safety program manual?" or "Where is the safety documentation on this injured worker?" Don't know. Well, a safety inspector might answer you with a fine or even jail time for a business owner and manager. Recently a fine was issued for $70,000 to a greeting card shop's owner. The greeting card shop had no health and safety plan in place and had no formal safety training for employees. The employee was changing a simple light bulb and fell from a step stool. The employee was stepping on the top step marked "not a step" and lost her balance and fell to the floor. The solution is simple-to have step stools high...
There have been no such surveys as yet but I have a haunch that if ever there is a survey to determine the most widespread disease in the world, depression would emerge as the unrivalled and the undisputed winner. Depression is there in the lives of all- be it the young or the old, the rich or the poor, the civilized or the uncultured. Even when there are serious mishaps in Nature or the economics of the world they are referred to as depression. Depression can be referred to as a silent killer. For the fact that this disease is nothing but a slow poison that eats up a person from within without any striking apparent cause. Only when the degree of depression in a person rises, are the symptoms...
Emotional Intelligence, Reading Faces, and Meditation
Copyright (c) 2007 SharpBrains Concealed emotions, also called facial "microexpressions", are the fleeting expressions that, believe it or not, you make when consciously or unconsciously trying to hide your true emotions. In conscious microexpressions you may be trying to lie, while with unconscious expressions, you may not even be aware of what they are truly feeling. Paul Ekman, Ph.D. has made a study of these microexpressions. According to Ekman, "These expressions tend to be very extreme and very fast. Eighty to 90 percent of people we tested don't see them." Ekman was a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco for 32 years. His...
Old Colony Elderly Services Launches Supportive Housing Program in Brockton
The Supportive Housing program, which operates from a 10 story building housing 266 residents at 105 Bel Air Street, gives senior residents and those who are under 65 years old and disabled, more enhanced services that are meant to help them "age in place...
Health Care Industry
There are about 580,000 establishments that are part of the health care industry. There are a few things that make up the health care industry. Whatever your illness there is a doctor. So lets say your lower back has been killing you for about a week, you go to your family doctor and he may send you to a back specialist, or maybe even a chiropractor, in turn that doctor may send you to an x-ray technician to find out what is wrong with your back. Here is a list of members of the health care industry. Hospitals are a big health care facility to the community, ranging from nursing to diagnostic care, surgeries, cancer patients, mental health, and children. Some are inpatient and outpatient hospitals...
How to Prepare for a Medical Emergency
What do you do when a friend or relative has an unexpected medical emergency and you have to accompany them to the emergency room? If it is a serious medical problem, you will need to call the emergency services phone number 911 (in the U.S. and Canada) and be ready to provide important information about the person's health. You may need to give ambulance paramedics important health information. You may need to register the person at the emergency room and provide additional information, including insurance documentation. Doctors, nurses and medical staff will have questions to aid them in making critical decisions. In other words, someone needs to take charge and that someone may be you! When we...
Protecting your loved ones with medical alerts
A medical alert device, also referred to as medical alert systems, is essentially a tiny personal emergency medical alert pendant or bracelet that is monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When subscribed to, a medical alert service provides extra protection for seniors or home bound individuals with health issues A medical alert device is a small wireless alert that can be worn as either a medical alert necklace or medical alert bracelet. Small and compact, it is easy to use as well as water proof, so there is no need to ever take it off. There are many benefits to subscribing to a medical alert system. Seniors that are in ill health, weakened state or just coming out of surgery can benefit...
Simple Steps To Take Before You Evacuate For A Fire
In 2007, a fire started by downed power lines and driven by 60-80 miles-per-hour wind, swept through Malibu. The Sheriffs' Department came to our home at 4:30 AM and told us we had 15 minutes to evacuate. If it happens to you, I guarantee you, you will not be thinking clearly. You will be frantic getting your spouse, children, pets, and maybe Aunt Millie's picture into the car and out of the neighborhood. Fortunately, even in the most serious circumstances, you should have more than 15 minutes notice, and there are some simple things you should do. First, understand how fire protection works. If fire weather has been predicted, Fire crews may be predeployed, which means they will be somewhere nearby...