Hannah's Senior Project

Healthcare in the US versus Canada  There are as many ways to do healthcare as there are people, but typically systems only exists at the country-level (which, if you are counting Taiwan, there are 196). This means that there are at least 196 ways to do healthcare  - not counting al the countless ways the states could - and can - do it. For this bonus essay, I will be comparing the modern day healthcare system of the United States of America and Canada. As one probably (should) know, the United States of America and Canada are two neighboring countries, with Canada being to the north, and the United States to the south. While Europe was still in the colonization business, French people  conquered/maintained control of modern day Canada and the British did the same of the United States. (If one is interested in any thing more than this incredibly less rudimentary introduction,  I would tell you to google it as I don't have enough words to cover that in this blog p...

Abortion Abortion has long been a controversial issue. The history goes back to he 1973 Roe v. Wade case, and then it goes back further still. In this blog post, I will be talking about the history of abortion all the way up to 2017 (focusing on the United States of America).  There has long been a history of abortion in many societies in all over the world. In America, the first (and many following) settlers openly allowed and discussed abortion.  While I couldn't find a source that said how they viewed it (they could have looked down on people who needed one/got one, but allowed it anyway versus accepting it as a normal part of life, etc), it certainly seemed to be an accepted part of society. One reason why abortion was immediately made legal in America was because they believed that settlers had higher birthrates than native women, and they didn't want to dominate and take over the local people (or at least they didn't immediately). But during the 19th century...

Career Paths in the ER There are many jobs to be filled in the Emergency Room as there are a near - infinite number of ways people can get injured or need to come into the emergency room.  As I learned with last week's blog post,  early emergency room staffers soon learned that things tended to go smoother when they had people specialize. Patients were better taken care of as medical professionals were able to focus on less specifics (medicine-wise), allowing for a wider range of conditions and ailments to be detected. And because of specialization, there are now a wide variety of positions in the Emergency Room - or in other words, there are a lot (of different jobs one can do in (and around!) the ER (and they are all extremely important!) ER Nurse An ER  nurse is a nurse by many name. The can be known as trauma nurses and critical car nurses. A nurse can have a bachelors degree (at a bare minimum), a medical degree, or a PhD. ER nurses make up about 30% of...

History of the ER Many people have a general idea of what services are provided in the Emergency Room (ER). I think of it to receive physical and phycological care in times of crisis. According to The American Academy of Emergency Medicine, " The field of emergency medicine evolved out of the necessity of caring for a rapidly growing population of patients seeking immediate and unscheduled medical care for emergency conditions."  Although this source is describing emergency physicians, they say the following:  "Emergency physicians in the U.S. emergency departments and sometimes other settings provide urgent and emergency care to patients of all ages, including definitive diagnosis of emergent conditions, prolonged stabilization of patients when necessary, airway management, and life-saving procedures using rapid sequence intubation and sedation. They use a multitude of diagnostic technologies including laboratory studies, bedside ultrasound and other sophisti...

Research Topic: History of CPMC: The Different Campuses California Bay Connection California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) is a leading healthcare provider in the Bay Area. They are comprised of the four oldest hospitals in San Francisco (Children's Hospital, Davies Medical Center/Davis Campus/Franklin Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital and Presbyterian Medical Center), along with some newer additions to the city's medical system (such as the Pacific Campus and the California Campus). I am going to go over a history of each individual campus as well as the overall history of California Pacific Medical Center. Every campus has grown and changed with the neighborhoods and city they serve, which is important to bear in mind. The California Campus was founded in 1875, as a hospital for women, run by women. It was initially called "The Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children".  This particular campus - and hospital - was the vision of Charlotte Blake Bro...