By Tami Dennis, Los Angeles Times News stories, official reports and patient anecdotes frequently highlight the perils and problems encountered by emergency room patients. Considerably fewer stories focus on the perils and problems posed to the people working there. A new study does that. It found that more than half of emergency nurses say they’ve …
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Governor to review Virginia Tech shooting report
from CNN.com Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine agreed Tuesday to review the report examining the deadly 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech and to correct any errors based on what has been learned since its publication. Relatives of some of the victims of the 2007 shootings issued a statement Tuesday asking Kaine to reinstate the panel that …
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2009
Threat of stalking deserves more attention
By Jenice Armstrong, Philadelphia Daily News Stalkers, often seemingly nice guys who refuse to take no for an answer, are the single woman’s nightmare. You most likely know of someone who has been terrorized by someone who just won’t leave them alone. Public figures are frequent targets. In April, actor Jamie Foxx fought off a …
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2009
New emergency system skips the sirens, computers, cell phones
By Kermit Miller, ConnectMidMissouri.com When disaster threatens, seconds count, people often depend on sirens for warning, but they don’t always work, and some people cannot hear them. That is why the city of Fulton has taken a step in the future of emergency communication. Tuesday, the city launched the PT2. The new emergency alert system …
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