Occupational Trauma Case Study

Tina Hildebrand is a 72-year-old woman who lives in rural Manitoba with her husband John. For most of Tina’s life she lived on the farm with her husband, and moved 10 years ago to a nearby town closer to their children and grandchildren. She is very active in the community through her church, volunteering at thrift stores and cooking for community events. In her spare time, she enjoys her sewing group and attending sporting events and concerts. These activities have been a constant throughout Tina’s life, now she just has more time to devote to them. Tina practiced as a nurse for a few years but as soon as she and John began to have children, she chose to stay home with them. As a young

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a commonly recognized stress disorder found in many combat soldiers after exposure to life-threatening and traumatic experiences. Since 2001, the prevalence of PTSD has increased with over 2.4 million troops deployed to warzones in Afghanistan and Iraq (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2012). Although researchers and civilians commonly understand symptoms of PTSD, they often fail to recognize the difficulties veterans’ face- reintegration into civilian society, alienation, and identity crises (Demers, 2011). Currently there exist two major sources for best practice guidelines in the management of PTSD. They include the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Post-traumatic

On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at about 1541 hours while represent at Brooklyn Special Victim Unit, located at 653 Grand Ave, Brooklyn, Sgt. Smolarsky, SVU and I interviewed Ms. Ryan-Mary Roberts. The following is a detail description of what transpired;

As the client becomes able to participate in therapy the OT would assess functions relating to movement of the upper extremity, ADLs, cognition, vision and perception sensation, Joint ROM, motor control, Dysphagia and emotional and behavioral factors (Tipton-Burton, McLaughlin, Englander, 2013). The occupational therapist will use the information gathered to determine the best ways to perform daily living skills with the focus on the clients’ occupations (Tipton-Burton, McLaughlin, Englander, 2013). Some of the key assessment used during the rehabilitation phase are the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory, Moss Attention Rating Scale, Neurobehavioral Rating Scale and the Participation Objective, Participation Subjective assessments (Powell,

I am writing to provide you with an updated status concerning the above-referenced industrial injury case.

The client name is Johnny. He is an eight-year-old, low SES African American male. He identified himself as Black. He lives with a seven-year-old stepbrother and mother in an independent home in inner city of Milwaukee. The client was referred to intensive outpatient unit by his mother due to suicidal / homicidal ideations (almost daily), impulsive / disruptive behaviors and mood instability both at home and school. Mother was also worried about his sexualized behaviors towards brother, cousin and peers. The client’s behavioral and emotional problems started at the age of four. He has multiple inpatient admissions over the past three years (Mom believes at least five admissions). The client had a multiple trauma history including sexual and

DOI: 2/11/2014. This is a case of 37-year-old male production worker who sustained a work-related injury to his back when he bent over to scan the rack tracking bar. As per OMNI, he was initially diagnosed with lumbar spine sprain/strain and gastritis secondary to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Patient is status post left-sided L4-5 discectomy on 03/11/2015.

The incident is in its fifth day with little to no change in status. Dykes continues to be demanding and disinterested in offering any concessions and continuing his initial demands. Dykes is now giving deadlines for which he intends to escalate with violence. We feel the justification for preparation of a plan to assault due to this lack of change is necessary.

Classical music performers face many challenges throughout their careers; dealing with an occupational injury is one of them. Nowadays, studies show that up to seventy-four percent of musicians suffer playing-related injuries. These injuries slow down musical growth, can take time out of performances and practices, and may cost a musician lose his/her carrier forever. Fortunately, today many treatments can be used if injuries are diagnosed quickly, and prevention methods are available to prevent an injury from ever occurring. Factors such as genetics and age (mental and physical characteristics inherited from parents) should be considered as well when a musician decides his/her practice schedule. The physical demands of long practice

There are many way that occupational fatalities can be avoided. Paying attention to ones surrounding and your work environment could be a great way to prevent work place fatalities. Although, a lot of people go to work because they enjoy their career a lot of other people do not enjoy their work. They either dont't have the education or the skills to work somewhere they would like. This can bring a lot of stress on a indidual especially since this is their way of providing for themselfs and family. Wacthing the people you work with and recogzing signs of depressing can lead to a lot of saved lifes. Another thing jobs could offer to prevent work place fatalitices is better training. Every employee needs the proper training in order to do good

DOI: 3/2/2016. Patient is a - year old female who sustained a work related injury when she tripped/fell backwards on to a pallet. As per medical report dated 5/2/16, it was noted that the patient had a trigger point injection last time, which relieved some of the tightness that she had in the low back. Pain is exacerbated with bending and extension activities. Pain level is 8. Lumbar spine examination revealed that there is 50% of normal range of motion with 80 degrees of flexion, 20-30 degrees of extension, 35 degrees of lateral bending, and 45 degrees of lateral rotation. Positive facet maneuvers, mostly on the right side is noted. Impression includes lumbar disc protrusion at L3-L4 and L5-S1 and facet hypertrophy at L3-L4 and L5-S1. It was

Minor workplace injuries occur daily. A simple paper cut or minor bruise can happen in almost every type of business. Severe workplace injuries are generally not a common occurrence in a business. After receiving a workplace injury, you may start to question your employer’s safety protocols.

I do not agree with this statement because there are many cases or situations such as job-related permanent injury cases, frequent adjustments have to be made by experts for damage calculations in respect of the expected work life. Adjustments are required to damage estimates from time to time for certain factors such as termination of the employee or injury to the employee etc. which are highly uncertain circumstances in nature. The damage calculations need to be adjusted; future risks have to be accounted for. The worker made it clear that he/she will retire by the age of 65 but it is still unclear on how productive he/she will be. The mortality rates are correlated with disability status, the employers cannot therefore take a general estimate

Workplace injuries are typically not our first thought when we head into the office for the day. However, these instances do occur and there are certain guidelines you should take when it does. If you, or someone you love, is injured on the job you will need to take the proper steps written below in order to ensure you are properly cared for.

The other I woke up exhausted. The thought of waking up and going to work overwhelmed me. My heart grew weary at the idea of getting ready and heading to “That place”. On top of that, it was incredible gloomy outside. Nevertheless I got up, showered but even my favorite task of "beating my face" seemed discouraging. Replaced with my normal inspirational meditation time was the weekly conference call that I loathe the most. In my head; it was all bad. I dallied into work, checked emails, made small talk and at about 10:40am realized what the day was; my workiversary. As I dramatically collapsed to the not so soft carpet in my office, it dawned on me that I had been at my job for 2 years! Where did the time go? I'm I really still doing this? My already sad morning just took a turn for the worse. I got up and