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May 15, 2014
Training for a quick and adept medical crisis response
The West Hartford Police Department in Connecticut trains police officers, members of the military and firefighters in how to assist critically injured members of the public and other emergency responders, and in how to provide self-care if injured or wounded.
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May 15, 2014
Trauma surgeons want more people trained to assist in mass casualty incidents
More than 250 people have been killed in the United States during active shooter and mass casualty incidents since the Columbine High School shootings in 1999.
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May 15, 2014
Human touch is integral to the art of medicine
In Dr. Abraham Verghese's novel, Cutting for Stone, Dr. Thomas Stone, a renowned surgeon, poses this question to an audience of 200 medical students: "What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?"
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May 09, 2014
With Detroit economy improving, ministry facilities up capital spending
After years of steep economic decline, Detroit is seeing signs that the worst may be behind it. Although the city is still working through municipal bankruptcy, there are glimmers of economic activity in the city's private sector and some signs of economic hope in the region.
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May 01, 2014
Keeping Up
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May 01, 2014
Patient donates Hot Wheels collection
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May 01, 2014
CHRISTUS Health acquires Chilean hospital
CHRISTUS Health and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile said on April 9 that they will be equal owners of a full-service hospital in the Santiago area, where the two entities already have a partnership in a health care system.
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May 01, 2014
Youth learn to tune out violent media in course from St. Joseph's
Children ages 2 to 18 watch television an average of three hours per day, and some children's television shows can average 20 acts of physical violence per hour.
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May 01, 2014
CMMB leaders: Haiti initiative's success depends on community involvement
In some international aid circles, Haiti is becoming known as the "land of the NGO," with nongovernmental organizations of all stripes from around the world swooping in periodically to try to solve the many, deeply entrenched problems of the Caribbean nation.
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May 01, 2014
Saint Peter's teams with Rutgers to counsel LGBT families
Michael LaSala admits he was more than a bit skeptical when he was approached two years ago about starting a diocesan-backed program to assist families of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.