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WorkSafeBC / BY: Janet Friesen, MD, CIME, September 2012
... container and a bulkhead. She was trapped and hypoxic for 2 minutes. Initially, the worker was intubated. She had no ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... that this increase is not limited to adult patients.[ 2-5 ] In British Columbia be­tween 1996 and 2010, a 4.5-fold ... 1. Ensure the appropriate psychiatric diagnosis is made. 2. Consider target symptoms, ap­proved indications, and ... . 2. Consider symptoms, indications, and functional impairment ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD January/February 2011
... TBIs, including concussions, among children ages 5 to 18.[ 2 ] This would equate to about 2000 cases per year in BC. ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Hynes, BA, MBA, May 2011
... to the occupation of firefighting:  1. Primary leukemia 2. Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 3. Primary bladder ... is set out below:  1. 5 years for primary leukemia 2. 20 years for primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 3. 15 ... section of the Workers Compensation Act (Part 1, Division 2, Section 6.1) may be viewed at:  ...
News September 2011
... access to specialists by phoning a single number. Within 2 hours—often sooner—the GP will receive a return call ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2011
... million for InspireHealth’s “Integrative Medicine”[ 2 ] (alternative medicine treatments offered alongside ...
News&Notes / BY: J. Pawlovich, MD March 2011
... kind of place like Fraser Lake. The fall of 2010 marked 2 years of echo service in Fraser Lake. As of September 2010, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, July/August 2011
... from a rural BC community contacted the DPIC regarding a 2-year-old girl with a blood lead level of 1.29 µmol/L (26.7 ... that fetal exposure also causes neurologic damage.[ 2 ]  The major sources of lead exposure for Canadian ... µmol/L, 15 µg/dL) resulted in average IQ increase of 2.2. to 4.7 points, which corresponded with a $100 billion to ...
News / BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC October 2011
... filtered, or UV treated, boil for at least 1 minute (2 minutes at elevations >2000m). •  Filters . Filters used ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Clay Barber, January/February 2011
... to specialists by phoning a single number and within 2 hours—and often sooner—receive a return call from an ...