Water: An overlooked essential Nutrient “I take at least five glasses of water each day”, is a statement that indeed sparks many mixed reactions and feelings among many people. One would not fail to get an immediate ‘why?” question. This is because water is one of the essential nutrients needed by the body yet it is at many times undervalued. This is despite the fact […]

Bulk Billing Bulk billing is a payment alternative under universal system of Medicare health insurance in Australia. At this juncture, professionals who are more considerate on ensuring well- being of citizens are credible to receive 85% payments of scheduled fees. Apparently, these direct payments from the government are only achieved if the patient has been billed through Medicare cards. Alternatively, this form of payoffs is […]

Medical staff performance The medical profession requires all the doctors and nurses observe high standards of behavior while carrying out their duties. Good medical practice involves the establishment of trust, respect, confidentiality, honesty and accountability between the professions in the field and the patients. Staff members may involve themselves in unethical practices. Such practices include giving out sensitive information to a third party without the […]

EVALUATING A PUBLIC POLICY-PROGRAM, BLACK BOX OF POLICY EVALUATION In order to effectively evaluate a public policy or program is it necessary to open the black box of policy evaluation? Evaluation is the act of fixing or ascertaining worth or value of an entity. It is an appraisal of value considering a policy, program or something by the application of a criteria or preset standards […]

Topic: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)   Introduction Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is demonstrated as a viral contamination originated from previously unrecognized germ of coronaviridae family, hence being confirmed as SARS related corona -bug (SARS – CoV). People affected by this malady obviously develop headaches, flu-like fever, dry cough, malaise, and also experiencing breathing hardships. This illness had started in Guangdong County located in […]

The Use of Re-Infusion Drains in the Surgical Setting Transfusion of blood provides a means of increasing the blood oxygen capacities. However, this has associated inherent risks and complications. Risks of transmission of viruses via allogeneic blood transfusion have been reduced to low and safe levels. However, transfusion-associated acute lung injuries are associable with blood transfusion; haemolytic transfusion reactions are also common with blood transfusion. […]

The world health organization provides that the estimates provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) illustrate that an approximate 50,000 individuals are infected with HIV annually between the years 2009 and 2006. in aIDition, there were 48,100 new infection in the year 2009 which is considered as the recent estimate of the infection in the united states. The HIV incidence was at […]

Overseas Born People and Mental Health Issues Overseas born people in Australia are those Australian citizens who either were born in overseas or have at least one foreign-born parent. Apparently, Australia has one of the greatest populations of immigrants in the world with an estimated 25% of the total population that is approximately 5.5 million people born overseas. (Tangata 2010)Over two hundred and fifty first […]

Problem Definition The quality of health and the amount of health care people can get is determined by the way a society pays for the health care and the amount of resources the society wishes to devote to the health care. There is a rise in the rate of infection of chronic diseases in the world most of which are associated with lifestyles. These chronic […]

Seizure Patients Management   The need for paramedics to manage prehospital seizure patients is paramount and of great relevance as the authors point out the frequency of patients with seizures in prehospital environments who potentially need advanced medical care. Patients that are affected by seizures and those with seizure related complaints constitute just about over 1% of all the patients that visited the emergency department, […]