The Use-of-Force Continuum is dependent on two key factors such as defensibility and applicability of the continuum. The continuum must in line with a defendable departmental policy and procedures that have a well thought-out legal standard, and it must be easily comprehended and applied by all officers in the…
Today I observed a left total knee replacement procedure. The surgeon was Dr. O’Neil and anesthesiologist was Dr. Wells. Before the operation began, I followed one of the nurses to ask the patient questions to help us determine their medical history and if the patient ate anything within the last twelve hours. Once we took the patient to the O.R., Dr. Wells checked the patient's vital signs and ordered the patient to sit up and have bad posture. Dr. Wells cleaned an area of the back where he injected a sedative into the patient’s spinal cord to relieve them of severe pain once the surgery was done. The patient laid down on the bed and was strapped down. The left leg was wrapped in gauze and connected to a monitor. The scrubs and Dr. O’Neil…
Paragraph three tells of a student that forgets the way the medical actor/doctor in training arrangement works and exceeds what is necessary for the situation in asking questions that Jamison does not know the answer to since they were not in the patient description. This encounter is described in two sentences—one being extraordinarily longer than the other with many sentence breaks reminiscent of a…
Use of force is inevitable in police work. Incidents involving the use of excessive force by the police frequently receive attention from the media, legislators and in some cases civil and criminal courts. Whether the use of force is aberrant behavior of individual officers or is a pattern and practice of an entire law enforcement agency, both the law an public opinion condemn such…
I think that the police use a reasonable amount of force when they’re entering a premise. If the people inside the premises are compliant which the police by doing what they say such as opening the door for them or letting them enter the premises then the police would not have to use any force at all. They will just do their job and and be on their way. I also believe they use the right amount of force when raiding someone's house where they have reason to believe that drug dealing is taking place. Warrants will be executed under the Misuse of Drugs Act and the police will use police battering rams to hit the door where the locks are so that they can gain entry. Then they would use tactics to scare and detain any suspects in the property. They…
Due to his subtle social commentary and familiar stories, during the tumultuous 1850’s, Ivan Turgenev was one of the more respected figures in Russian literature. His story, The District Doctor, focuses on one of the countless middle-class physicians who were split between poor and rich by more than just monetary terms. The doctor comes across as perhaps someone who isn’t terribly intelligent, but is a very earnest man in his intentions and seems slightly uncomfortable talking about this encounter with a particular patient. He begins to tell the story, explaining how he set out one night to answer a call out in the middle of nowhere. It’s pretty clear from the beginning that the doctor is not at all too pleased…
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“Have you ever used force?”, In the spiel “The use of force” by William Carlos Williams, a physician uses force to save a child's life. Doctors make a promise called the “Hippocratic Oath”. This oath assures that doctors do no harm. The story reveals how force is portrayed by all characters.…
In the movie The Doctor, the main character Dr. Jack McKee, got a taste of his own medicine. He attended to his patients in an inappropriate and unprofessional manner. One of his patients complained how her husband and her are losing their relationship, Dr. Jack McKee responded that the staple on her chest scar made her look like a playboy centerfold and that her husband would love that. He was impersonal and cold hearted towards his patients and his family. He works long hours and is never home. One time Jack went home unexpectedly , his wife was astonished and called on their son to greet him. Instead of running to embrace him, he grabbed the phone, thinking that his father called him like usual. His life went downhill after discovering he was diagnosed with cancer.…
Children rely on their family to make the best decisions for their health. In The Use of Force and The Worn Path, we see two very distinct decisions being made about a child’s health. In The Use of Force a doctor suspects that a child might have Diphtheria, and actually has to use force to provide the best medical care in deciding if the child has that deadly disease because the child refused to open her mouth. In The Worn Path there is a woman who has to travel a long distance facing discrimination just to get a medicine for her grandchild. In both of these stories we see people making decisions believed to be the best for the child in question. Children are not capable of decision –making capacity, or the ability to decide what is best for…
William Carlos Williams wrote a short story called “The Use of Force”. In this story a doctor tries to determine what’s wrong with a child named Mathilda, that ultimately refuses to be examined and refuses to communicate with both the doctor and her parents. The doctor goes from a professional to as then uses force complete Mathilda’s examination. Going from professional to sadist in a short while after Mathilda refused to be examined. Thus, the title “The Use of Force” plays an important role in this story.…
During that period, there is a serious epidemic of diphtheria, which worsens the situation and forces the doctor to take cautious measures aggressively. There is no shame or guilt felt once the man performs his violent maneuvers, thus leading the readers to believe this man finds pleasure in pain. One could interpret the use of force positively or not but it is the grasp of the story. Saving the young girl through inappropriate manners saves a life although it destroys a reputable career.…
The title, “The Use of Force”, gives away the doctor’s true intentions. He has the power and authority to let him act in such a way, because he is saving the girl's life. Although that's what he appears to be doing, his intentions are completely different. The most important quote of the story is where he is explaining how he could rip her apart and enjoy it. This is the opposite of the caring doctor, he appears to be in the first part of the story. This story goes to show that when given power, your intentions may be different than what other people perceive them to…
Police officers have the authority to use force to ensure that laws are upheld and public safety and security maintained. The granting of that authority carries with it an expectation that the individual police officers and their law enforcement organizations will be openly and publicly accountable for any use of force. Police use of force is officially sanctioned, but questions remain. What is a reasonable use of force? Why and under what circumstances is one type of force chosen over another? What standards are in place to ensure that all police officers are consistent in addressing potential use of force situations? This paper will focus on such protocol, which is the use of force continuum.…
In Crawford v Board of Governors of Charing Cross Hospital, a patient sustained a brachial plexus injury from being in one position for too long a time period. An article describing such a complication had been published 6 months previously. However, the anaesthetist had not read this article and was not aware of its implications and so was found not to have breached their duty of care to the…