December 2019

Surgery In The Dirt
In Iraq in 2007 five hundred pounds of explosives detonated beneath Combat Medic Greg Dotson’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle. His unit soldiers, trained by Greg, pulled him and his medic bag from the wreck and began work. Read more…

November 2019

Should We Abandon Routine TB Testing for Healthcare Workers
It’s been a requirement for all my career. Is it still necessary? A new report has revealed that tuberculosis (TB) has become so rare among healthcare workers that it is not worth the time and expense to do routine testing. The report was published in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Read more…

October 2019

Doctors File Lawsuits Against Hospital for Failure to Provide Fluoroscopic Radiation Safety
In what may be the first lawsuits of their kind, 3 surgeons have filed lawsuits alleging a hospital’s radiation safety practices were inadequate and that radiation exposure caused their cancers. The first of the lawsuits will take place early in 2020. Read more…

On-site Training in Port Lavaca, Texas:
Calhoun County EMS Advanced Patient Services Adding Ultrasound to Mobile Emergency Units

AHEC faculty travels to teach 16 paramedics FAST scan
AHEC faculty, Shawn Shanmuganathan, traveled to Port Lavaca TX this month and had the pleasure of training 16 of Calhoun County’s finest paramedics in FAST exams. Read more…

September 2019

Are You Fluent in Swearing?
Do you think swearing isn’t big or clever? Think again. A study done by psychologists at Marist College has concluded that the use of swear words is a sign of a better vocabulary.  Being a person that was taught how to swear when I first went to clinical assignments, I am highly interested in this subject.
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How Prepared Are You for an Active Shooter at Work?
If an Active Shooter Situation can happen in Midland-0dessa, TX, it can happen anywhere!   Midland and Odessa are connected cities and the recent site of random, senseless shooting deaths and injuries by one perpetrator.  Read more…

August 2019

The Surgical Attire Debate Goes On…
Be it common sense or what we learned in school, it is commonly accepted that surgical attire limits the surgical patient’s exposure to organisms, aiding in the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI). The great debate is not only what should the surgical attire be, but also what rules should be applied for the surgical attire. Read more…

The Disengagement Epidemic: Who Can Save Us? Be it common sense or what we learned in school, it is commonly accepted that surgical attire limits the surgical patient’s exposure to organisms, aiding in the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI). The great debate is not only what should the surgical attire be, but also what rules should be applied for the surgical attire. Read more…

July 2019

Who is the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine?
The Mayo Clinic announces the end of the use of live animals in emergency medicine training as the Physicians committee for Responsible Medicine claims it is the FINAL medical school to do so.
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June 2019

Non-compete Agreements and Doc-Napping
A geographic pos-employment restrictive covenant is often called a “noncompete clause” in a contract stating you are unable to work within a specified number of miles for a specified number of years should you resign or be terminated by your employer. These clauses apply when one group of physicians lose the business at a healthcare. Read more…

May 2019