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WorkSafeBC / BY: Craig Martin, MD, September 2009
... investigated further, including consultation with a poison centre if necessary. Emergency room tetanus immunization and ... Workers in the fin-fish and seafood harvest industries in BC must wear personal protective equipment to prevent toxic-spine puncture injuries. In BC waters the sharp spines of dogfish, ratfish, rockfish, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen Wheeler, MD October 2009
... the danger they pose to themselves and the crew. Most of BC’s population is located in the southwest corner of the ... ground transport time for stable patients going from rural BC to tertiary medical care is expected to be longer than 5 ... advisor through the Provincial Dispatch Coordination Centre (1 800 561-8011). Physicians with general concerns ...
Letters / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC October 2009
... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,[ 5 ] European Centre for Disease Control,[ 6 ] and the World Health ... MSc Influenza & Emerging Respiratory Pathogens Team BC Centre for Disease Control Letters BCCDC responds ...
Letters / BY: Blanka Jurenka, MD, October 2009
... option of forensic evidence collection is offered by the BC Women’s Sexual Assault Service at VGH emergency, no ... other services for sexual assault patients throughout BC, call 604 875-2183 during office hours. In urgent cases, ... Director, Sexual Assault Service BC Women’s Health Centre Letters Sexual Assault Service ...
News October 2009
In September three BC physicians received the Order of BC in Victoria. Geneticist and health researcher  Dr Michael ... disabling and devastating diseases. He has built a leading centre for genetics research in Canada, cofounded three ...
News October 2009
... (only if performed at MSJ’s Screening Mammography Centre). • A physical breast abnormality as determined by a ... medical oncology consults, radiation oncology consults, BC Cancer Agency consults, and referrals for other breast ...
News / BY: Ciara Chamberlain, MSc, October 2009
On 8 September 2009 at the beautiful Life Sciences Centre, UBC celebrated the release of the first issue of ... as well as faculty members and special guests from the BC medical community. The  UBCMJ  landed in the national ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD October 2009
... with one thought only—it will be bad. Health Canada, BC’s Public Health Office, the BC Centre for Disease Control and our health authorities have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS November 2009
... After residency, both established practice in Vernon, BC. The Vernon Jubilee Hospital is a regional referral ... to be effective in the community setting,[ 11 ] and at our centre we will likely expand our indications by further ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC November 2009
The BC Lung Association, with support from the BC Ministry of Environment, has developed information on air ... than previously believed. Dr Tom Kosatsky of the BC Centre for Disease Control has analyzed some of the ...
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