Imagine That the Head of Emergency Services in a Large

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Essay

Imagine that the head of emergency services in a large city strongly believes that heterogeneous teams are more effective than homogeneous teams.The executive wants to put this belief into practice by frequently rotating ambulance and other emergency service teams so that teams would constantly have new people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.This would be supplemented with a hiring process that deliberately selects people with diverse ethnic,cultural and educational backgrounds.Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the executive's actions in the emergency services agency.

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Definitions:

Left Ventricle

The chamber of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood to the aorta and throughout the body.

Heart Failure

A chronic condition where the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's needs.

Coronary Artery Disease

A condition caused by the buildup of plaque in the arteries that supply blood to the heart (coronary arteries), leading to reduced blood flow and heart function.

Embolism

The presence of an obstruction in a blood vessel.