Childhood obesity rates have been increasing steadily for 30 years. Currently, one-in-three children are considered obese, meaning they have excess body fat. Being overweight or obese happens due to “caloric imbalance”: simply put, children are taking in more calories than they are expending. Childhood obesity has long-term impacts on our nation’s children. Obese children suffer Read More
Month: January 2017
Pocket Nurse Brings Medical Education Solutions to IMSH
When Anthony Battaglia MS, BSN, RN and President of Pocket Nurse®, made it his mission to advance and assist medical educators by providing high-quality, cost-effective supplies, medical simulation was in its infancy. In 2017, Pocket Nurse marks its twenty-fifth year of operation. A major driver of Pocket Nurse’s success is attendance at trade shows, and Read More
Developing Realistic Blood Transfusion Scenarios for Safe Practice
Overall, receiving a blood transfusion is one of the safest medical procedures in the United States. The U.S. blood supply is safer today than it’s ever been. According to the CDC, there are an estimated 5 million patients who receive blood annually, and 9.5 million blood donors. That’s a total of 14.6 million transfusions in Read More
Fred Hull: Do Well, Go Far, Never Quit
Fred Hull, DC Specialist II at Pocket Nurse®, celebrated his seven year anniversary with the company in December. He said he is “very likely” to recommend Pocket Nurse as a place to work, primarily due to the compensation and benefits. Fred explained, “I am a high school graduate. To be making what I am shows Read More
NREMT Psychomotor Exam Changes: An Overview
The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) is the organization responsible for certifying most of the EMRs, EMTs, AEMTs, and paramedics in the United States. Their uniform examination process has tested the skills and knowledge of emergency medical service providers since 1970. On January 1, 2017, the NREMT officially implemented their new psychomotor exams Read More
It’s in the Bag: Student Health Totes
Mars Hill University started its BSN program at the Judge-McRae School of Nursing in 2015. As a new program, one of the things the faculty sought to provide for their students was some of the medical education equipment they would need in classrooms and clinical rotations — and an easy way to transport everything. Associate Read More
5 Carfentanil Facts to Know
Opioid overdoses are a huge concern in the United States despite the growing availability of the reversal drug naloxone. The synthetic sedative carfentanil has worsened the crisis by appearing in recreational narcotics. Its potency endangers the emergency responders treating overdose victims. The following tips are suggestions made by organizations like the Centers for Disease Control Read More
Simulation, Pharm Tech, and the Millennial Patient
Millennials, defined as the generation born between 1979 and 1998, now outnumber Baby Boomers as the largest generation in America. (Poor Gen X’ers aren’t even close.) Millennials have a different approach to healthcare than Boomers, which is hardly surprising. They are more skeptical of medical authority, less likely to have insurance, and are pessimistic about Read More