INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT FOR CONSTRUCTION

Institutional and Legal Context for Construction

Institutional and Legal Context for Construction

Case 1

Question 1

Accidents are the leading cause of death among children, adolescents and the elderly and one of the leading causes of disability, so that everyone including older children, should be prepared to handle an emergency in which medical care arrives emergency, as it is a matter of seconds they can determine the consequences and make the difference between life, death and avoid major complications. First aid is applied techniques: first and quickly, to save the life of a person who has had an accident and then, to prevent further damage or complications.

In the given scenario, a mother slips on a banana peel in front of scaffolding in London and it was really difficult to stand on her feet. However, during this slipping course, her son took the advantage and climbed the scaffold. In the meanwhile, when the woman saw her son on the scaffold, she shouted that whoever will save her child she will give him 10000 pounds and then she faints. In the next moment, Smeagal, the quantity surveyor saved the child from the accident.

Now the main issue in the given situation was that when the woman shouted to save her child, Sam, who was working on the scaffolding, thought of saving the child from accident, but before, he saves the child, Smeagal caught the child and saved him. However, Smeagal made the point that he saved the child accidently but in reality he was the one who saved. The main concern in this case is that who is entitled of the reward. The case is crystal clear, the woman raised the voice that whoever saves the child will get the reward, and thus Smeagal saved the child. An important point to remember at this point that those accidents cannot be notified and happen to everyone, anytime, anywhere and it can be done immediately to save life and prevent many complications and expenses ends.

Everyone can or has been in an emergency situation in which calm and act quickly can mean life or death of a person. Hence the importance of knowing the various first aid techniques to be applied with precision and effectiveness in each case. The first principle of review should be applied to identify the risks to which are the injured or ill and the ability to act without any additional risk to the person who is going to help (Schoenbaum, 2007, pp. 101-10). Also evaluate the conditions of the injured or sick and can determine whether the cause of the accident.

The second principle call, it is important to immediately seek professional medical help, which will be much more effective if it is determined the severity and the main problem of the sick or injured, so you know who to call and the requested service has the resources to meet the emergency immediately (Nexeninc, 2010, pp. 2-5).

The third principle addressing refers to applying first aid techniques to prevent death or ...