Guess where I am not today? If you said Washington DC, you are correct. Because the travel gods not only ignored any prayers, they clearly laughed at those prayers, tossed them on the floor and then did a happy dance all over them. The good news is I have an unexpected 3 days at home, so I won’t complain about that. That those 3 days will be spent glued to computer and Blackberry, well, ma nishtana (מה נשתנה).

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I frequently create a supplemental medical record as a tool for trainings I conduct. Unfortunately, I have been creating them from the same 2 medical record forms for years now, so it’s time to mix it up a bit. I am in search of electronic blank medical record forms for the following areas: Emergency, Forensics, L&D, and any adult primary care focus. 

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There’s some good stuff over at the Sustainability site this week. I hope you’ll check it out:

I’m headed to DC this weekend where they’re apparently expecting wicked snow. Say a prayer to the travel gods for me, if you get the chance. Have a great weekend everyone (go Saints)!

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Last spring, I published a piece examining alternate light sources as a tool for semen and other bodily fluid detection. I promised I would come back with a piece on using ALS to identify and photograph injury not obvious or visible to the naked eye. Coincidentally I’ve been asked for some predicate questions by a prosecutor on this very issue, so in the spirit of bang for buck and all that, here you go:

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It was really only a matter of time: FHO is now on Facebook. I’ll be posting relevant news articles and other print resources on our page, so there won’t be a lot of duplication between the 2 sites. Hope to see you there!

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The White Ribbon Campaign is a Canadian organization focusing on men stopping men’s violence against women. I am a big fan, no question. (Personal disclosure: I have their posters plastered all over my office. They’re fantastic.). The Pixel Project is hosting a webinar featuring one of their staffers as part of their Weekend Webinar series.

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IPV & Pregnancy

February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment

I had an email from a reader asking for some information for clinicians on IPV and pregnancy. She specifically wanted something she could use as an inservice for staff. Happily, I can deliver on this one pretty easily, because the CDC and ACOG have done the heavy lifting.

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I’m hanging out in the Detroit airport hoping my late night flight home won’t get cancelled with all the snow falling out there. So I have just enough time to post some pretty interesting news from the EC front. Seems like there’s a new option on the horizon…

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The Family Justice Center Alliance has a webinar on vicarious trauma coming up February 11th from 9-11am Pacific. As with all FJCA webinars, it’s free, but preregistration is a good idea.

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Thanks once again to everyone who entered the latest giveaway. I wish I had stuff to give each of you, but, alas, I have only one copy to offer up.

Click through for our winner…

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