HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MR LLOYD WISHES ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!

Childbirth - Emergency Delivery

First Aid:
1.Try to stay calm and reassure the mother.
2.Wash your hands well with soap and water. Wear sterile rubber gloves, if possible.
3.Select a large, flat surface, such as a bed or table, as a birthing area. Provide good lighting and keep the area warm. Cover the area with a clean sheet or towels.
4.Have the mother remove any uncomfortable clothing. Support the mother's head and back with pillows, and have the mother lie on her side. At the time of delivery, she should lie on her back with her knees bent and spread apart. If possible, place a folded towel or blanket under the mother's right hip to keep her from lying flat on her back.
5.Have the mother take deep, slow breaths, particularly during contractions.
6.When the baby's head shows during each contraction, tell the mother to push. Have her take a deep breath, hold it, and push for a count of 10. Then she should exhale and repeat this breathing for the duration of each contraction. The mother should NOT push between contractions.
7.Place your hand against the area below the vaginal opening and apply gentle pressure during each contraction. This pressure will prevent the baby from coming too fast. Your other hand, placed gently against the vaginal opening over the baby's head, will help control how quickly the baby's head comes out of the vaginal opening.
8.As the baby's head is delivered, support it with your hands. The baby will naturally turn to one side. As soon as the head is out, have the mother stop pushing so that the baby's mouth and nose can be cleaned.
9.Clean the baby's mouth and nose, preferrably with a suction bulb. Use a clean towel if no suction bulb is available.
10.If the umbilical cord is wrapped around the infant's neck during delivery, work your forefinger between the cord and the baby's neck. Gently but quickly slip the cord over the baby's head. DO NOT CUT THE CORD! If it will not slip easily over the baby's head, don't worry about it. Instead, continue with the delivery.
11.Once the head is delivered, the rest of the baby's body generally comes out quickly. With your hands on either side of the baby's head, gently guide it downwards while the mother pushes (the top shoulder should emerge). Guide the baby upwards and support its head and shoulders as the rest of the baby emerges. Newborns are slippery, so hold the baby with a towel.
12.If the baby's shoulder seems stuck, tell the mother to push hard. DO NOT PULL ON THE BABY. Press down on the mother's abdomen in the area just above the mother's pubic hair. You can also try lifting the mother's legs back toward her chest, keeping her knees bent and apart.
13.Once delivered, the baby should be held with its head down, feet higher than the head, so that fluids can drain. Hold the baby at about the same height as the vaginal opening. After the baby starts to cry, suction or wipe the baby's nose and mouth again with a clean cloth. The baby may be blue, but will turn pink within minutes, if breathing well.
14.If the baby is not breathing or crying, place the baby's head lower than the feet and slap the soles of the feet. Quickly stimulate the baby by rubbing its back. If the baby does not start breathing immediately, give two quick gentle puffs of air into the infant's nose and mouth. Continue to stimulate the baby and dry off the skin to prevent cooling. Suction the baby's nose and mouth again to clear secretions, blood, and mucus.
15.If the baby is breathing or crying, dry the baby off. Wrap the baby in dry towels, covering the head, not the face. Keep the baby warm. Do not wash the baby. Place the baby on the mother's abdomen or chest, but be sure not to pull on the umbilical cord.
16.Encourage nursing. This will stimulate the mother to have the uterine contractions she needs to expel the placenta.
17.Tie a clean shoelace, narrow strip of cloth, or thick string firmly around the umbilical cord, no closer than 4 inches from the baby's navel. Do not use thread -- it will cut through the cord. DO NOT CUT THE CORD OR PULL ON IT. Tying off the cord is necessary to prevent continued circulation of the baby's blood to the placenta.
18.The mother will continue to have contractions until the placenta is expelled. Massaging the mother's abdomen will help the uterus contract and expel the placenta. Wrap the placenta in a plastic bag and be sure it goes to the hospital with the mother and baby.
19.If the mother is bleeding outside the vagina from a skin tear, apply direct pressure with a sterile gauze dressing, washcloth, or fresh sanitary napkin until bleeding stops.
20.Once the placenta has been expelled, massage the mother's abdomen to stimulate uterine contractions. This will help control uterine bleeding. Continue to firmly knead the abdomen at frequent intervals for the first 2 hours after birth. Sometimes the uterus relaxes so completely that all contractions stop -- massage can help restore the contractions.
21.Clean the mother with soap and water. Keep both mother and baby warm. Hypothermia can occur rapidly in newborns. The mother may be more comfortable reclining while she nurses the baby. It is important that both be taken to a hospital as soon as possible for examination.
22.Under normal circumstances, there is no rush to cut the umbilical cord. Placing one tie around it and leaving it alone is better than cutting it with unclean instruments. The infant will not be harmed if the placenta remains attached, as long as both mother and baby receive prompt medical help.
23.If you cannot get medical help, you will have to tie and cut the cord after the baby has been delivered. The following steps are recommended:
•If you have tied the first knot around the cord no closer than 4 inches from the baby's navel, tie another firm knot about 8 inches from the navel.
•If you have NOT tied a first knot, tie a firm knot with a clean shoelace, narrow strip of cloth, or thick string around the cord no closer than 4 inches from the baby's navel. Then tie a second firm knot around the cord about 8 inches from the baby's navel.
•Cut the cord between the knots with sterile scissors, a heated knife, or a fresh razor blade. The cord should bleed only briefly after being cut.
•Cover the cut ends of the cord with a clean cloth or sterile dressing.

Source: http://adam.about.com

Hopenhagen

Sign the climate change and becomea citizen at Hopenhagen.org.

http://www.hopenhagen.org

We can do our part to save the earth. Make it more eco-friendly. Reduce pollution. Reduce carbon.

Stay tune at news for the climate meet at Copenhangen tomorrow.

Give the earth hope.



My Predictions:

It won't become like 2012.

It will move more slowly, but smoothly.

With the global government's salvations, it will prolong, but not change what will eventually happened.

It will happened in a couple of centuries.

The land will become smaller. Eventually the whole earth will be covered in water.

There will be no room for people to stay on the land.

People will start to fight among themselves and the fittest will survive on the limited land.

Until it happens, the last land to be covered by the earth's water will end in around 10 more centuries, which is still very far from now.

What difference do u want in life?

1) Love the things you do.

2) Make money from the things you love doing, and make more money!

3) Be happy in whatever you do.

4) Make some good friends, or better!

5) Meet positive and well learnt people.

6) Be optimistic and happy.

7) Be humble, hold your pride, absorb what you deemed right, and of course, filter whatever you deemed not right!

8) Enjoy your hobbies during free time!

Yesterday - World Kindness Day.

Can we make it happen?

In 1997, seven countries, including Singapore, came together to sign a declaration for the world Kindness Movement. Its mission is to inspire individuals towards greater kindness.

A year later, on 13 November, World Kindess Day was established.

As human beings, we have to look beyond the boundaries of race, gender or creed.

We can live together in peace if we focus on what we have in common - Kindness.

The singapore Kindness Movement aims to inspire spontaneous acts of kindness, be it big or small to make life more pleasant for all.

Considering what our Prime Minister and Patron of the Singapore Kindness Movement, Lee Hsien Loong said, "Becoming a vibrant global city isn't enough; we need to build a Singapore with heart."

We hope to transform our nation to be more generous with our time and compliments. One that is willing to lend a helping hand and always be gracious to everyone around us, regardless of race, creed or status.

We can start today with a simple appreciative gesture of giving a daisy to those who have performed acts of kindness around us.

We can make World Kindness Day a meaningful day for all.

Together, we can make it happen.


by Koh Poh tiong
Chairman.

As I read the above article from 'Today' paper, my work bag has already, a Daisy flower protruding out. People were glancing at it. However, i could not be bothered with their glances, and brought it home - For my mother.

During work, bunches of Daisies were displayed at Olio cafe, outside APMI's lobby.

Was surprised at first, but was eventually delighted to be able to pick up a few of the Daisies -free, and passed some of them to my colleagues; those that i thought had shown me kindness in some ways.

Nevertheless, this kindness day fell on Friday, the 13, and indeed, it was a totally unique day in my life, much more unique than usual, but less unique than the word 'unique'.

Lee Kuan Yew sees 3.0pc growth for Singapore in 2010.

Singapore's economy is set to grow by around three percent in 2010 after suffering its worst ever recession this year, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew said in remarks published Monday.

Lee, 86, now an adviser to the cabinet of his son Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, cautioned Singaporeans against expecting a return to high growth rates soon because of the island's heavy dependence on exports to rich markets.

"We will not resume high growth for several years until the major economies in the world have recovered," Lee, who holds the title minister mentor, was quoted by local media as saying on Sunday.

It was the first time a government official has publicly put a number to 2010 growth, and it appears more conservative than some private economists' forecasts for next year's recovery, the Straits Times newspaper said.

The government currently predicts a gross domestic product contraction of 2.0-2.5 percent this year, less severe than the previous forecast of 4.0-6.0 percent shrinkage in 2009.

The economy grew by an estimated 0.8 percent in the three months to September from a year ago, the economy's first year-on-year expansion in five quarters, according to the ministry of trade and industry. But key industrial output during September fell 7.7 percent year on year as declines were posted across every sector.

The figure snapped two straight months of expansion and was worse than analysts' expectations.

The central bank said last week that Singapore will increasingly look to its services sector rather than industry as the main engine of growth in order to soften the impact of any future global economic crises.


Extracted from
http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/091109/1/4rweh.html

Multiple Source of Income VS Multiple Flows of Income.

The differences between the Multiple source of income and multiple flows of income are:

Multiple source = Many sources of networks, jobs at hand, which one needs to juggle. For eg, freelance personnel who has many sidelines, part time jobs at hand, at the same time which can or does not need to occur together at the same time, but can juggle around, and overlapping one another at times.

Multiple source of income is good for surviving hard times, or when one has some hard time finding a full time stable job. However, although one have a stable job, i would advise them to at least have another passive source of income or sideline, to enhance their income, or to act to sustain themselves, should adversity arise.

Multiple flows = Many passive incomes that keep on generating, without the need to keep working too hard on it. For eg, playing shares, trading, forex, MLM, or any overriding commissions from your downline or subordinates, even rental of houses, rooms and more than 1 source of money rolling in on-goingly, is the multiple flows of income.

Usually, multiple source of income may or may not earn great, but sure to survive oneself. Whereas multiple flows is meant to be a bigger scaled amount in combine by common sense, as u can see the multiple flowings of income.