All Blog Posts Tagged 'cdc' (3)

As with all guidelines, the Field Triage Guidelines need to be updated. Just like CDC revises immunization guidelines, we anticipate we'll be updating these guidelines in a few years. Or even sooner if there's compelling evidence we need to change them in the best interest of our patients. So, I would like to also hear your reactions—positive, neutral, or negative—to the actual criteria. How does it, or will it, impact what you do everyday?… Continue

...So why is CDC putting out new field triage guidelines? As someone who has worked in the emergency care field for over twenty years, I know first-hand that the decisions made at the scene of an injury are vital to saving lives. That’s why as CDC’s Director of Injury Response, I feel so strongly about making sure you have access to information and tools to help you continue to do that great work. It has been a long process, but worth the effort. To start, CDC partnered with the American Colleg… Continue

Just when we thought the H1N1 (a.k.a. "Swine") flu was winding down, the World Health Organization felt compelled June 11th to raise their alert to a full blown Stage 6 Pandemic. With the caveat that this represents the widespread nature of the H1N1 flu, not the seriousness of the illness the outbreak is producing, all of us have to wonder, "just what is really going on here?" Mixed messages abound. Our own CDC (Centers for Disease Control) recently issued 4 guidance documents on when to close… Continue