Aug
18
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Natural Disasters
August 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury has an upcoming webinar: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Natural Disasters. The session will be held August 25th from 1-2:30 pm ET. Speakers include Dr. Robert Ursano, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress director, and Dr. Valerie Cole, American Red Cross, Disaster Mental Health senior [...]
Jun
27
Healthy People 2020
June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
In the US, the Department of Health and Human Services provides science-based healthcare objectives for the country in a document called Healthy People. Healthy People 2020 was released at the end of last year, and if you haven’t had a chance to see it (made easier by a pretty decent website), it’s worth looking at. Struggling to [...]
Jun
16
The Defense Centers of Excellence are hosting a webinar June 23rd, from 1-2:30: Anatomical and Physiological Changes Secondary to PTSD. The session is free of charge, but preregistration is required. Even if you can’t attend, it’s worth checking out the enormous number of resources they list on the site’s page.
Apr
18
Violence in Black and White
April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today, and the 2011 winner for featured photography is Barbara Davidson from the LA Times. She was awarded the prize for a series she did on the aftermath of gang violence, and the images are really quite moving.
Feb
6
Abusive Head Trauma Article
February 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment
For those of you who work with kids, check out today’s article in the NY Times. You’ll recognize Dr. Cindy Christian’s name in the article if you attended the 2010 Annual Assembly. It’s a very interesting read–I’ll look forward to hearing people’s opinions on it.
Dec
28
Injury Surveillance
December 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment
WHO has an upcoming webinar on Injury Surveillance, January 13th at 10:00 CET (click here to convert this to your time zone). Participation is free, but requires signing up for their webinar mailing list in order to get an invite (instructions after the jump). You can also check out their archived offerings on child injury [...]
Sep
21
Clinical Guide: Consensual Sex Injury
September 21, 2010 | 3 Comments
As part of the process of writing a book chapter on injuries obtained during consensual sexual intercourse, I put together a grid of the research that looks at this issue. I figured I’d go ahead and post it after some lengthy conversation today during a 2 hour Q&A session with Army defense counsel. Understanding what [...]
May
17
Common Problems in Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology
May 17, 2010 | 1 Comment
Medscape has a new CME offering, Common Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Physicians can earn 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 credits (sorry nurses, no CEUs on this one). “This article focuses on two common vulvovaginal problems in the pediatric patient: vulvovaginitis and accidental genital trauma. Common infectious pathogens and treatments are reviewed along with [...]
Jan
12
Management of Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The United States VA/DoD have developed new guidelines for managing concussion and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Whether as combat injuries or resulting from assaults or MVAs, this is an issue we’re seeing pretty regularly. Medscape is offering a free CE/CME on the new guidelines; maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for physicians, 0.50 ANCC [...]
Dec
14
The Choking Game
December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
ABC News is running an article on their site about the choking game, which is a popular search term on this site. The article doesn’t break any new ground, but it does a decent job of providing an overview to the lay public. What I liked about the article, though, was the mention of an [...]
