public-health

Susy Molano, CMI explica los diferentes tipos de servicios de apoyo disponibles para familias con dominio limitado del inglés.

Vaping is regularly a concern in the media. Dr. Pebbles Fagan, Director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco at the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, discusses vaping.

In this episode, Brendon Stiles, MD and Jonathan Avery, MD examine the dangers of teen vaping. They share great advice on preventing kids from vaping or getting your kids to quit if they have started.

The ongoing opioid epidemic typically refers to adults, but children and adolescents undergoing surgery are at risk of dependence and addiction to opioid medications as well.

Dr. Ellen Raney explains how this affects the pediatric population and the devastating statistics surrounding the opioid epidemic. She shares with listeners the many different approaches for pain management that physicians are using when dealing with children in pain.

• Dr. Raney is a member of the Advocacy Committee of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA)
• This is her publication, “Raney EM, van Bosse HJP, Shea KG, Abzug JM, Schwend RM.  Current State of the Opioid Epidemic as it Pertains to Pediatric Orthopaedics From the Advocacy Committee of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.  J Pediatr Orthop. 2018 May/Jun; 38(5) e238-244”

Many children in schools across the country have now heard about the tragic events that happened in Parkland, FL. As a result, they may struggle with their own feelings of fear, confusion and uncertainty.

In this very important podcast, Suzanne Thompson, PhD discusses how to talk to kids about traumatic events that they see in the media, mental health issues in light of the Florida shooting, and resources available for parents and physicians at St. Louis Children's Hospital. 

Tune in to this very timely topic.

Stop the Bleed: Launched in October of 2015 by the White House, Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign and a call to action. Stop the Bleed is intended to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives.

Here to tell us about this important national awareness campaign is Dr. Thomas Robb. He is the Medical Director of St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital’s Trauma Program.

In partnership with the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, Shepherd Center has created AutoCoach, an app that teaches parents how to effectively and safely teach their teen to drive. AutoCoach aims to improve parental supervisory behaviors and involvement through quizzes, distraction notifications, driving logs and a ten-chapter curriculum based on best practices.

In today’s podcast, Shepherd Center director of injury prevention Emma Harrington discusses how the app aims to combat motor vehicle crashes and promote injury prevention. The app will be available as a free download in the Apple and Google Play app stores in summer 2017.

There's so much to do and enjoy outside and in nature, however, there are some tride and true safety tips to make your outdoor fun safe and enjoyable!

You never know when you'll have a medical emergency, but you always know that you can go to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital.

In this segment, Seth Sushinsky, MD an emergency medicine physician, shares his best advice for actively enjoying the outdoors, with out having to put an end to the fun because of an injury and possibly end up in the emergency room.