Paramedic

A paramedic is a medical professional, usually a member of the emergency medical service, who primarily provides pre-hospital advanced medical and trauma care. A paramedic is charged with providing emergent on-scene treatment, crisis intervention, life-saving stabilization and, when appropriate, transport of ill or injured patients to definitive emergency medical and surgical treatment facilities, such as a hospitals and trauma centers.
The use of the specific term paramedic varies by jurisdiction, and in some places is used to refer to any member of an ambulance crew. In countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, the use of the word paramedic is restricted by law, and the person claiming the title must have passed a specific set of examinations and clinical placements, and hold a valid registration, certification, or license with a governing body.

Partners In Health

Partners in Health is an amazing organization run by amazing, committed people. Read on for more......

The PIH Vision: Whatever it takes
At its root, our mission is both medical and moral. It is based on solidarity, rather than charity alone. When a person in Peru, or Siberia, or rural Haiti falls ill, PIH uses all of the means at our disposal to make them well—from pressuring drug manufacturers, to lobbying policy makers, to providing medical care and social services. Whatever it takes. Just as we would do if a member of our own family—or we ourselves—were ill.

PIH was founded in 1987, two years after the Clinique Bon Sauveur was set up in Cange, Haiti, to deliver health care to the residents of the mountainous Central Plateau. PIH co-founders had been working in the area for years. The Clinic was just the first of an arc of successful projects designed to address the health care needs of the residents of the poorest area in Haiti. In the 20 years since then, PIH has expanded its operations to eight other sites in Haiti and five additional countries and has launched a number of other initiatives.

Partners in Health Web Site

Seek Your Center

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Marathon Healthcare Center Celebrates National Nursing Home Week

As a society, we often wonder where the days have gone when young people offered an unsolicited helping hand, a kind gesture, or an expression of gratitude to our elder generation. This week, the staff, residents, and friends of Marathon Healthcare Center of Torrington celebrate the very special importance that such expressions of kindness, admiration, and service for our elders represent for our community. Throughout the United States, skilled nursing facilities are celebrating National Nursing Home Week from May 11 through May 16, and we here at Torrington have put together a wonderful schedule of events to make this year especially beautiful.

We kicked the week off on Monday morning. All the staff donned red “We Love Our Residents” buttons which will be worn like badges of honor throughout the week. At 9AM, we welcomed 12 students from the Brio Academy of Cosmetology who volunteered their time and excellent work, providing complete makeovers including hair cuts, sets, styling, manicures, hand massages and makeup. We thank the students at Brio who provided these services with utmost professionalism, respect, kindness and compassion.

On Tuesday, we honored an excellent group of community volunteers who devote so much of their time, talents and vibrant enthusiasm to Marathon’s residents on a daily basis, with a buffet style luncheon, complete with live entertainment and a certificate ceremony.

Four agricultural students from Womogo Regional High School joined our residents on this beautiful, Spring Wednesday morning, to help plant a butterfly garden in the facility courtyard, with plants and flowers donated by Christine’s flower shoppe, Moscarillo’s garden shoppe and our facility’s dedicated staff.

The week’s festivities culminate on Friday afternoon with our first Spring kickoff BBQ, a resident and staff social in the courtyard now beautifully decorated with a fresh new garden. Nursing Home Week at Marathon Healthcare Center is a great time for our residents, staff and community to reflect on the gifts that we have been provided by our elderly generation, and to celebrate the kindness, love and service that make skilled nursing facilities like ours run so well.

We would like to thank everyone who has given so much of themselves to our beautiful home, especially those volunteers and community members that have joined us to celebrate this wonderful week.

Residents and Staff members of Marathon Healthcare Center of Torrington

Medical Billing Specialist

The opportunities for a Medical Billing Specialist are many. Once a person is finished with the training, which includes working with insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid billing, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, coding, and proper form completion, that person is qualified to join the staff of a healthcare provider and provide billing services.
Potential employers are hospitals, nursing home companies, doctors offices, and medical billing companies. Many jobs have set hours, although he or she can also work from home.

For information and to learn to become a Medical Billing Specialist and create your own business at home, click below.

Become a Medical Billing Specialist

Let's Not Forget The Volunteers!

FRANK JULIANO

From www.connpost.com

MILFORD — Her co-workers at Milford Hospital like having Kay Provencher around.

The staff of the medical records department feted the 88-year-old Provencher, a volunteer for the past 10 years, with a proclamation and a table full of pastry on Friday.

While the retired office worker insisted that she was "no big deal," her co-workers took turns praising the active senior.

"Kay is an inspiration to our department," secretary Donna Taylor said. "She comes in every Friday morning and does a good morning's worth of work without getting paid for it."

But there was another reason for honoring the volunteer records clerk. "Kay is the only volunteer who caught on to what we do here," said records technician Sherrie Moyher.

"I was just looking for something to do," said the grandmother of two. Provencher is also a part-time crossing guard for the Milford public schools. "I was familiar with bookkeeping so I thought I'd do this."

The Bridgeport native had worked for the old Connecticut National Bank and later for a medical practice doing billing and coding. "Bridgeport was a great place to grow up," Provencher said. "I graduated from Harding High and I remember reading the Bridgeport Herald every Sunday. Harry Neigher wrote up all the dirt," she said of the defunct scandal sheet.

A resident of the Black Rock section of Bridgeport until recently, Provencher now lives at Foran Towers, apartments for seniors on High Street in Milford, and drives herself to her many appointments.

"They don't treat me like an old lady in here," Provencher said of her co-workers. "They treat me like one of them; I like that."

But the vivacious widow wasn't the only hospital volunteer Friday with ties to the Park City. Jim Santo, a retired educator who taught in several Bridgeport schools, has logged more than 900 hours in less than three years as a patient escort. Wearing his blue volunteer jacket and waiting in the lobby, Santo said he chose the hospital to volunteer in because he knows many nurses.

"But also, I wasn't a fan of hospitals and I thought that this would be a good way to get over my apprehension," Santo said.

CAMC promotes health care careers

Local high school students will gain an up-close look at surgery and health care career options during the second Imagine U: Virtual Healthcare Experience broadcast.

Charleston Area Medical Center representatives will be on hand Thursday at Charleston Catholic High School and Buffalo High from 8 to 10 a.m.

Imagine U is a collaborative effort between CAMC and the West Virginia Department of Education that introduces students to health care careers using technology that links classrooms to hospitals.

Participants will view open-heart surgery and hear about careers from health care professionals. A cardiovascular surgeon will conduct a question and answer session with students.

From Charleston Daily Mail

Certified Pedorthist

A Certified Pedorthist, or C. Ped. is a specialist in using footwear - which includes shoes, shoe modifications, foot orthoses and other pedorthic devises - to solve problems in, or related to, the foot and lower limb.

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Primarily, a C.Ped will select, make and/or modify footwear and foot control devices to help people maintain or regain as much mobility as possible or to optimize their lower extremity biomechanics. Their scope of practice is typically defined in layperson's terms as the ankle and below.
When ability to walk is affected, everything that surrounds or touches a foot - whether it is foot orthoses (commonly known as orthotics or arch supports), shoes, boots, slippers, sandals, socks, hosiery, night splints, bandages, braces, partial-foot prosthetics, or other devices - interacts with a foot. That makes footwear a crucial part of a recommended treatment plan.
Most often, it is Certified Pedorthists, not Podiatrists (or D.P.M.s), who create foot orthotics, whether custom-molded, or pre-molded. A Podiatrist will often take an image of the foot by means of a plaster cast, foam mold, or computer scanned image. He or she will then make recommendations for changes to that image, and send the mold to a lab where the Pedorthist produces the final product.
Becoming a C.Ped. requires completing the educational requirements approved by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics (ABC) and passing a written credentialing exam Efforts are currently underway to establish an A.A. degree in Pedorthics, and are expected to be set by 2010.
Pedorthist are not doctors.
For More Information Visit- http://www.abcop.org/