A Simple Solution to Improve Your Lifestyle

Along with food and shelter, sleep is quickly becoming widely recognized as one of the most crucial commodities, a necessity rather than a luxury. Forced sleep deprivation has been used for decades in the interrogation of prisoners, sparking debates over whether the technique qualifies as torture or not. Navy SEAL trainees must endure, as part of their infamous Hell Week, days of little to no sleep, putting their bodies and minds under extreme duress. And approximately four ordinary people like you and me are fatally injured in vehicular accidents related to tired drivers falling asleep at the wheel or unable to avoid a crash due to slowed reflexes and focusing skills.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asserts that drowsy driving is a leading cause of accidents, injuries, and deaths, accounting for at least 100,000 crashes, 40,000 injuries, and 1,550 deaths yearly; they also proclaim these numbers should realistically be higher due to the underreporting of fatigue as a cause of an accident. [1] Drowsy driving accidents characteristically involve a single car with a lone driver and occur during the late night, early morning, or mid-afternoon hours, when exhaustion is most likely to set in. The three population groups who are considered to be at the highest risk of fatigue-related accidents are teenagers and young adults, night-shift workers and those with long or irregular hours, and people of all ages suffering from untreated sleep disorders, namely sleep apnea and narcolepsy.[2]

Do I Need an EMR or EHR System?

It seems almost futuristic: a patient arrives at the hospital and checks in using an airport-style kiosk. His full medical record, including multiple diagnostic test results and doctors’ notes, is accessible on his bedside screen and on connected computers throughout the hospital. A nurse administers medication and checks his vital signs; the information is automatically included in his file and conveyed to all involved medical personnel. When his hospital stay concludes, all information regarding his updated history is relayed to his doctors with a few keystrokes – no printing, faxing, or mailing necessary – where it will be incorporated into his chart and fully updated before the next time he visits the office. Seems too good to be true? It may be…

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The introduction of electronic health record (EHR) and electronic medical record (EMR) systems into our healthcare structure has been met with mixed reviews. While the use of EHR and EMR systems are becoming widespread in private practices, clinics, hospitals, and nursing facilities, some users express dissatisfaction with their systems for various reasons, such as inefficiency, technological dependency, and high costs. Others appreciate the EHR/EMR’s performance as it delivers the results they expect – improved workflow, decreased human error, and better staff communication and patient tracking. Read on for a comprehensive review of electronic medical and health record systems to help you decide whether implementing an EHR/EMR would help or hinder your facility.

Road Rash

For avid cyclers and skaters, there is nothing that can compare to the adrenaline rush, to the wind in their hair and faces, to the thrill of the sport… or to the pain and consequences of an untimely injury. While cycling is an excellent, low-cost and low-impact fitness activity, it carries plenty of risks for unpleasant mishaps. One of the most commonly occurring injuries is the shallow but painful skin abrasion referred to in the cycling world as “road rash.”

Road Rash & Scarring

When a cyclist or skater falls off of his or her bike, board, or skates, he or she makes damaging and often prolonged contact with the road as he or she lands on the ground and/or slides due to continuing momentum. While most abrasions are not deep or serious, they often remove several layers of skin and can be inordinately painful without excessive bleeding. If road rash is not treated promptly and properly, however, the seemingly harmless scrape can lead to more acute conditions.