Interim Placements

“Sierra Leone: The Millenium Development Goals”

Interim Placements — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:50:59 +0000

President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone–The Millennium Development Goals September 19, 2005 11:00 AM

Why Staffingbook? A Recruiter Marketplace for Passive Candidates.

Interim Placements — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:45:59 +0000

Recruiters using this innovative recruiting tool to market passive candidates.

Board of Trustees Meeting – September 7, 2011

Interim Placements — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:45:59 +0000

Washington DC Race to the Top Presentation

Interim Placements — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:45:59 +0000

Washington DC, one of 16 state finalists in Phase 1 of Race to the Top, made a presentation on its application to peer reviewers on March 16-17, 2010.

Yelena Liptser, Platon Lebedevs Defense Attorney, on Appeals at the Moscow City Court.

Interim Placements — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:45:59 +0000

Merraine Group

Interim Placements — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:40:59 +0000

Merraine Group specializes in the placement of middle and senior level managers and directors within the life sciences including the healthcare, pharmaceutical,clinical research and biotechnology sector(s). Our firm has staffed more than 400 hospitals & medical centers as well as dozens of pharmaceutical and clinical research firms since inception. Merraine Group’s focus is on allied health, nursing management, hospital administration as well as middle and senior level management positions throughout the life sciences. The company handles permanent placement as well as interim (locums) staffing and virtual staffing. With a 97% retention rate nationwide, our goal is to be the leading talent provider in the healthcare industry.

AHA ACLS 2010 ECC (Interim Video) Video 1 of 2

Interim Placements — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:40:59 +0000

Extensive medical knowledge and rigorous hands-on training and practice are required to master ACLS. Only qualified health care providers (eg physicians, paramedics, nurses, respiratory therapists, clinical pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other specially trained health care providers) can provide ACLS, as it requires the ability to manage the patient’s airway, initiate IV access, read and interpret electrocardiograms, and understand emergency pharmacology. Some health professionals, or even lay rescuers, may be trained in basic life support (BLS), especially cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR. When a sudden cardiac arrest occurs, immediate CPR is a vital link in the chain of survival. Another important link is early defibrillation, which has improved greatly with the widespread availability of AEDs. ACLS is an extension of BLS. It often starts with analysing patient’s heart rhythms with a manual defibrillator. In contrast to an AED in BLS, where the machine decides when and how to shock a patient, the ACLS team leader makes those decisions based on rhythms on the monitor and patient’s vital signs. The next steps in ACLS are insertion of intravenous (IV) lines and placement of various airway devices. Commonly used ACLS drugs, such as epinephrine, atropine[2] and amiodarone, are then administered. At this time, the ACLS personnel quickly search for possible causes of cardiac arrest (eg, a heart attack, drug overdose, or trauma). Based on their …

Comments on the Emerging School of Public Health

Interim Placements — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:35:59 +0000

West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center administration, faculty, staff and students comment on the move from a Department of Community Medicine, to the emerging School of Public Health (publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu). On January 19, 2011, the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center’s Chancellor, Christopher Colenda, MD, MPH, announced that West Virginia University will establish a new School of Public Health. Aided by support from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, these plans are now well established. Five academic departments have formed to lead the pre-accreditation phase of development for the new School. On June 23, 2011, five interim department chairs and four planning committees, including about 50 faculty representatives from across the university, began to work on curriculum and organizational reform on the planning path to School status. An organizational chart can be seen here. The emerging School is building upon a strong foundation, the existing Department of Community Medicine and its allies. There is already a CEPH-accredited program with over 100 MPH students and more than 20 PhD students. Our students have achieved success in professional placements. There is a dynamic interdisciplinary research enterprise. The mission has always been to provide primary prevention, intervention, and public health research to West Virginia communities and beyond. Now, the scale and scope of …

The Dependency Court Process and the Role that Foster Parents Can Play

Interim Placements — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:35:59 +0000

Webcast from the Kitsap County Juvenile Courrt featuring a panel discussion about the Adoptions and Safe Families Act as it pertains to Washington Child Welfare Practice.

Alert on Philips Avalon Fetal Monitors (January 2010)

Interim Placements — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:35:59 +0000

Philips Healthcare is recalling the company’s Avalon fetal monitors because of an increase in inaccurate readings. As a result, users may fail to identify fetal distress, fail to perform needed interventions, or perform unnecessary interventions such as cesarean delivery. All of these could result in serious injury or death to the mother and fetus. Increased inaccuracies have included switching between the fetal and maternal heart rates, doubling or halving of the fetal heart rate, false decelerations, a mismatch between the audible and printed readings, and noisy or erratic signals. The affected models are the FM20, FM30, FM40 and FM50. Philips is not removing them from the market at this time. While the company continues to investigate this situation, it recommends several interim steps to reduce the likelihood of inaccurate readings or their impact. These include using the monitor’s cross-channel verification feature to differentiate between the fetal and maternal heart rates, and, when in doubt, confirming the fetal heart rate with ultrasound imaging or fetal scalp electrodes. The company also recommends that users recognize situations that can increase the likelihood of inaccurate readings. These include contractions, maternal tachycardia, fetal or maternal movement, and maternal pushing, coughing or vomiting.