At the request of the Hamilton Police Department, the ASPCA National Field Response team is on the ground assisting with the rescue of nearly 30 dogs, including puppies, from a property in Hamilton, Alabama. We are providing support with evidence collection, legal assistance, forensics exams, medical and behavioral care and sheltering for the animals. The Greater Birmingham […]
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COVID-19 in the radiology department: What radiographers need to know
Using their expertise and a range of state-of-the-art imaging technology and techniques, radiographers work with other healthcare professionals to delineate what disease or condition is causing a patient’s illness. To respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, radiographers need to be equipped with the best information available to understand the potential risks posed by the virus to […]
Checklist for emergency department team’s COVID-19 surge
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to many health care systems across the globe. With limited science to guide staff and structure surge response, authors Matteo Paganini, Andrea Conti, Eric Weinstein, Francesco della Corte and Luca Ragazzoni from the Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Medicine (CRIMEDIM), Università del Piemonte Orientale in Novara, Italy reviewed […]
Youth TBI laws promote head injury evaluation in emergency department
Millions of children and teens are affected by sports and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI) annually. To help reduce the effects of TBIs in youth sports, all 50 states and the District of Columbia enacted state youth TBI laws between 2009 and 2014. A new study from researchers in the Center for Injury Research and […]