Abstract
The paper discusses the need for more parental awareness on the dangers of choking among children ages 1 to 4. It recommends that health care administrators and agencies use the health belief model as a routine tool for educating parents about the potential dangers associated with toddler choking. It proposes that this model supplies ample information about choking prevention and can supply parents with the education they need to intervene in a choking situation. It also explores how adopting this model will help, not only promote awareness, but to educate parents about the specific strategies they can adopt to remove this hazard from their environment.

Outline:
Introduction
Prevention Need Toddlers
Health Promotion Model/Rationale for Selection
Significance of Study and Model
Recommendations

From the Paper
"There is much support for the health belief model as an effective technique for educating parents and preventing choking in toddlers. Chew, Kim & Palmer (1998) conducts a longitudinal study promoting use of the health belief model for adapting nutrition behavior among motivated participants. Their results lend positive support for use of this model. Epstein et al. (1993) suggest that the health belief model is a theory driven model that provides positive findings in most cases. Further their research investigations suggest the health belief model is ideal for adapting behavior and promoting positive and compliant health related behavior among parents (Epstein et al. 1993)."

Tags:Heimlich, maneuver, finger, sweep, abdominal, thrusts, back, blows, chest

Abstract
The paper looks at the most authoritative document relating to restraints that is the CNO (2008) Practice standard because it is based on Canadian law and on evidence from clinical trials. The paper discusses how the CNO makes it absolutely clear that using restraints (physical, chemical, environmental) can result in death for the patient. The paper relates that among the numerous other outcomes of restraints are choking, pressure ulcers, and panic, and in fact, restraints cause depression and increase agitation in a client who is already upset (CNO; Barton & Johnson, 2009).

From the Paper
"The most authoritative document relating to restraints is the CNO (2008) Practice standard because it is based on Canadian law and on evidence from clinical trials. The CNO makes it absolutely clear that using restraints (physical, chemical, environmental) can result in death for the patient. Among the numerous other outcomes of restraints are choking, pressure ulcers, and panic. Restraints cause confusion and fear in the client and also make falls more severe; they cause incontinence, constipation, and emotional distress. In fact, restraints cause depression..."

Tags:restraints, debate, unethical

Abstract
This paper examines the issue of safety within the home. The paper explains that some of the leading causes for injuries and accidents at home are falls, poisonings, fires, choking and suffocation, and drowning. The urgency for education on safety is conveyed in the paper so that more people are made aware of this fact, and safety measures may be implemented without delay.

From the Paper
"Home is where the family expects to be safe and secure from all outside influences, but the truth is that even at home there must be a measure of safety in all respects. Home safety can protect the family from, for example, intruders, but can in some cases turn out to be more dangerous than the actual hazard, like for example, in the case of a fire, safety measures taken against an intruder must not interfere with easy escape for the family from the fire. Persons who want to provide safety within the home may end up, albeit unwittingly, putting themselves at risk from other risk factors. Therefore, it must be stated that home safety and home security must work together if it is to provide any solution to the problem of safety within the home. Home security measures include a gamut of alarm systems like the fire alarm, the smoke alarm, the burglar alarm, the gas detector, the medical alarm and alerts, and so on. However, home safety is another issue. (Explaining Home safety: Educate yourself about the best fire, smoke, gas, flood and medical alarm)"

Tags:hazards, accidents, protection

Abstract
The paper argues that society's feeble minds are continuously being contaminated by popular media that is skewing our entire basis for human interaction and relationships. The paper looks at Chuck Palahniuk's film "Choke", and discusses how through compulsive behaviors, such as watching television, people forget their lives and focus on other people's problems. The paper contends that this media is brainwashing society with flawed and stereotypical ideas that then are associated into people's real lives. The paper refers to Plato's ideas and Eastern philosophy's teachings on not falling victim to the material world and calls for society to move beyond contemporary media.

From the Paper
"The contemporary state of our U.S. culture is outrageously flawed, undoubtedly much more than the majority of Americans realize. The reasons for this are many, complex and interconnected. One of the worst problems--perhaps even the unholy hub between these catastrophic spokes of our problematic nation--is the mass media. It truly is massive, and therefore is filled with a variety of problems that cause affliction in the form of mind destruction, quite unbeknownst to the masses. Most people today would rather sit in an alpha-trance receiving thirty second information bytes and devotedly following the unrealistic lives of envy-invoking people than engaging in a creative conversation or environment. Another favorite stimulant is music, a classic attention diverting technique. While people attempt to numb their minds, they are inadvertently causing much more harm than anyone used to believe."

Tags:human, interaction, brainwashing, stereotypes, associations, information

Abstract
This paper provides an insight into the condition of androgenetic alopecia, otherwise known as male baldness, and attempts to dismiss the myths, such as inheritance of baldness from the mother's male relatives, how longer hair puts a strain on roots, and how hats choke off circulation to the scalp causing hair loss. It describes how scalp hair grows and the main causes of it falling out and looks at the typical pattern of male pattern baldness. It also discusses solutions to baldness, from hair grafting to medication.

From the Paper
"Surgical remedies are also offered. Follicular micro grafting is the common surgical solution. This is where selected hair follicles are removed from a region of hair growth that remains unaffected by testosterone. These follicles are then implanted in an area of hair loss. These results are permanent. Multiple sessions may be required to achieve the desired affect, with the slight possibility of scarring or infection. For hair loss caused by illness or medication use, no treatment is necessary. The hair will usually grow back when the illness has ended or therapy has stopped. A wig, hat, or covering may be used until the hair grows back. "

Tags:androgenetic, alopecia, grafting, hair, follicles

Abstract
This paper describes that both Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath were victims of the 1950 middle-class woman's assumed passivity; both of these women reveal in their work the inner-turmoil of being choked by a masculine world. The paper states that Sexton and Plath are classified as confessional poets because their writings detail with honesty the journey from discontent to mental instability with few societal constraints impacting their works. The author believes that the poetry of both Sexton and Plath is a catharsis of their Electra complexes and reflects their struggles to accept their womanhood amid worlds dominated by their fathers.

From the Paper
"Plath's experiences as a masculine sacrifice are conveyed in her writings with much more hostility than are Sexton's, her involvement with the father-daughter relationship of the Electra complex a deeply-rooted emotional disturbance that affected her marriage as well. Consumed by an overwhelming guilt, Plath resents anyone who has power over her, at the same time despising herself for her vulnerability. Unlike Sexton, Plath is neither able to laugh about her role in the Electra complex nor tease about the sexuality of it, for the emotions bombarding her are too complicated, especially since, as her poetry indicates, she loathes her cold, stern, dark father."

Tags:mental, confessional, instability, father, daughter

Abstract
Saint Augustine presented the idea that faith and understanding (in the broad and narrow senses) go hand in hand. Because of this, his teachings were that to understand life, one must have faith, and to have faith, one must pursue an understanding of life. Augustine has proved to be one of the most influential thinkers in European and western history. While still a teenager, Augustine converted, became a priest, then the leader of the Church in North Africa, and, before he became Bishop and his writing career was virtually choked off, Augustine was a prolific producer of scriptural scholarly works. The "City of God", which was written between the years 413 and 426, was Augustine's response to the criticism leveled at Christianity by the pagans after they had sacked Rome in 410. This work represents Augustine's most significant contribution to Western religious thought and, like many personalized texts, takes on the Aristotelian method of posing questions to the self in an argumentative fashion and systematically refuting and explaining away each.

Tags:augustine, city, god

Abstract
This essay draws on the similarities and comparisons between Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and Tim Burton's film, "Sleepy Hollow" with specific reference to the daydream scenes.

From the paper:

"Yet this daydream has no few of the aspects of a nightmare as well. In the real world, the worst Ichabod will ever endure is a fall from his faithful, and borrowed, steed Gunpowder. In the daydream film, he shall be skewered with a ghostly sword, beaten, choked, and otherwise bodily assaulted. The horsemen will not be a possible figment, a traveler who merely keeps pace and tosses pumpkins; to the contrary, he shall kill any number of people."

Tags:scarecrow, fields, dreamer, hero, horsemen, fighter, pacifist, bookish, melodrama

Abstract
Children and teenagers growing up being bullied think it is a normal part of life. Long-term consequences are associated with bullying and can lead to criminal activities. The paper shows that little attention has been paid to the effects of bullying or the connection between bullying and other forms of violence. Bullying on school property during recess has become lethal in the past few years and research is suggesting bullying is the beginning of school violence. This paper shows the problems facing children who are bullied, problems in schools and the long-term psychological effects caused from years of bullying.

Paper Outline:
Definition of Bullying
Problems Facing Bullying
Problems of Bullying in Schools
Psychological Effects
Long-term Consequences of Bullying
Missouri State Statue HB 1301 and 1298
Manifest Goals
Latent Goals
Eligibility Rules and Service Delivery
Interview
Evaluation and Flaws
References

From the Paper
"Boys are bullies more often than girls are and usually bully other boys. Regardless of the gender of the victim, boys tend to use physical force or threats. Likewise, girls typically bully other girls, but do so verbally and indirectly more often than physical. Teenage girls are often the targets of rumors and sexual comments. Teenage girls who bully often spread gossip or encourage others to reject or exclude another girl. Bullying is often a warning sign that children and teens are heading for trouble and are at risk for serious violence."

Tags:choking, kicking, rumors, taunting, teasing, violence

Abstract
This paper discusses why it is important for a respiratory practitioner to gain certificates as a PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) instructor, or a NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Practitioner) instructor. The paper examines why it will advance the practice of the respiratory practitioner. The paper provides a look at what each certificate means to the medical professional, and what the guidelines for each are.

From the Paper
"The PALS course teaches guidelines and requirements for resuscitating a child who is in a trauma situation. These requirements include knowing the conditions of risk for cardiopulmonary arrest, the parameters that indicate cardiovascular compromise in the patient, and strategies for prevention of cardiopulmonary arrest in children. Students must demonstrate skills of establishing and maintaining an airway in children. They must also identify the effects of multitrauma in children, and know the sequence and priorities of newborn and pediatric resuscitation. Proper techniques of management and maintenance of proper alignment of the cervical spine in the patient."

Tags:cardipulmonary, cardiovascular, choking, healthcare, newborn, CPR