The EPA 9/11 pollution controversy was the result of a report released by the Office of the Inspector General
of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
in August 2003 which said the White House pressured the EPA to delete cautionary information about the air quality in New York City around Ground Zero …
Which of the following are most commonly involved in unintentional deaths?
The top three causes of fatal unintentional injuries include
motor vehicle crashes, poisoning, and falls
. Suffocation was the leading mechanism of unintentional injury death among infants. In 2010, 33,687 motor vehicle-related deaths occurred. In 2010, 33,041 unintentional poisoning deaths occurred.
In which state does the law allow health care institutions to withdraw life support when further treatment is judged futile even against the wishes of the patient as expressed in an advanced directive?
The
Texas
Advance Directives Act (1999), also known as the Texas Futile Care Law, describes certain provisions that are now Chapter 166 of the Texas Health & Safety Code.
What factor has the most substantial contribution to premature mortality in the United States?
The top risk factors for premature mortality are
diet, high blood pressure, obesity, and tobacco use
, he reported. Tobacco remains the second leading risk factor, despite the 37 percent decrease over two decades in age-standardized rates in current smoking prevalence.
Which of the following is the most visible form of air pollution?
4)
Particulate Matter
:
Source: Industrial processes, mining, transportation. Effects/Problems: Most visible form of air pollution, reduces visibility, acts as an absorbant for other pollutants. Respirable particles can cause lung damage.
What are the top 5 unintentional injuries?
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for Americans aged 1-44 years old. The leading causes of death for unintentional injury include: unintentional poisoning (e.g., drug overdoses), unintentional motor vehicle (m.v.)
traffic, unintentional drowning, and unintentional falls
.
What are the 5 most unintentional injuries?
Some of the most common types of unintentional injuries in the United States include:
motor vehicle accidents, suffocation, drowning, poisoning, fire/burns, falls and sports and recreation
[2].
When should I stop medical treatment?
While significant disagreements remain at important points, there is evidence of an emerging consensus in Western medicine: (1) that palliative care and counselling through the dying process should be increased whenever curative or life-sustaining treatment is curtailed; (ii) that any treatment that is not curative, …
Is withholding or withdrawing nutritional support from a person ethically justifiable?
When an intervention no longer helps to achieve the patient’s goals for care or desired quality of life, it is
ethically appropriate for physicians
to withdraw it.
What does withdrawal of care mean?
Broadly speaking, “withdrawal of care” is used by healthcare personnel to refer to
the discontinuation of life-prolonging treatments
, such as a ventilator, dialysis, vasopressor medications, extracorporeal bypass, artificial nutrition, and others.
What are the 10 leading causes of premature death?
- All Causes – Premature Death. 6,296. 107,398. Cancer. 2,248.
- 31,867. Heart Disease. 1,133. 16,211.
- Unintentional Injuries. 471. 14,475. …
- Suicide. 238. 7,221. Liver Disease.
- 4,792. Stroke. 245. 3,636.
- Diabetes. 213. 2,949. …
- Homicide. 2,369. Chronic Lower Respiratory Dis.
- 1,918. Congenital Disorders. 1,420.
Which of these is the most important risk factor for death globally?
The leading global risks for mortality in the world are
high blood pressure
(responsible for 13% of deaths globally), tobacco use (9%), high blood glu- cose (6%), physical inactivity (6%), and overweight and obesity (5%).
What is the most common cause of premature death?
Four factors—
poor diet, high blood pressure, obesity, and tobacco use
—were identified as primary causes of early death (defined as occurring before age 86) in the United States, according to the study led by Christopher Murray, of the University of Washington.
What are the six levels of air quality?
These six pollutants are
carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, ground-level ozone, particle pollution
(often referred to as particulate matter), and sulfur oxides.
What type of pollution is haze?
Haze is
an air-borne mixture of pollutants
that includes soot particles, carbon dioxide and other toxic gases. Haze pollution affects several Southeast Asian countries on a regular basis, notably Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, and to a lesser extent Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.
What are the effects of haze?
Haze, produced by biomass burning, can
cause lung and respiratory disorders and decreased lung functions
; e.g. acute respiratory infection and acute excacerbation of asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease. It is still a big question as to whether the haze from forest fires can cause lung-cancer.
