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Although cervical spine injuries are uncommon in children, a missed or
delayed diagnosis may have devastating consequences for the patient. A
thorough understanding of normal pediatric anatomy, injury patterns,
and children who are at increased risk for injury is critical for the
physician caring for the acutely injured child.
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Influenza Vaccination and Reduction in Hospitalizations; Screening Men for Prostate and Colorectal Cancer; Weight Loss in CHF and Treatment with ACE-I; Impaired Fasting Glucose vs Impaired Glucose Tolerance; Risk Stratification in Long-QT Syndrome; EBCT, Motivation, Behavioral Change, and Cardiovascular Risk Profile
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This is the second of a two-part series that examines family caregiver issues such as education, stress, burnout, and support. In this months article, programs to support caregivers and different ways to offer care to home health patients are discussed.
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Although Valley Health System in Winchester, VA, originally set up its community nurse case management program as a separate department that operated independently of home health, staff soon realized that the two areas needed to coordinate their activities.
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At the height of AIDS mortality, hospices built inpatient facilities and assembled the expertise to deal with an epidemic that seemed to have no end in sight. Since then, however, improved drugs and prevention education have lowered the number of annual deaths.
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Don Schumacher, PsyD, president and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in Alexandria, VA, challenged members of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to learn more about futile medical care.
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It sounds funny to talk about finding and keeping good volunteer leaders, but as anyone whos been associated with a less-than-stellar fundraising campaign can attest, your campaign is only as successful as its leaders.
