Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
For those members here who run marathons (half or full) it seems it would be prudent to check out who sponsers it and if the medical care assigned to it is sufficient or outsourced to an outside entity, which might or might not be sufficient.
"On February 5, 2011, the annual Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon took place. As is typical of large races, Kaiser was the main sponsor but outsourced the race management to a company called RhodyCo Productions."
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/07/health-care-providers-created-equally.html
There are, of course, people who might focus on another aspect of that article---- 'who and what is a Health Care Provider?" I'm not going to comment on that part of it (grin). I just hope that members who run in sponsered marathons will check out who and what is considered 'medical personnel' at their marathon.
"On February 5, 2011, the annual Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon took place. As is typical of large races, Kaiser was the main sponsor but outsourced the race management to a company called RhodyCo Productions."
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/07/health-care-providers-created-equally.html
There are, of course, people who might focus on another aspect of that article---- 'who and what is a Health Care Provider?" I'm not going to comment on that part of it (grin). I just hope that members who run in sponsered marathons will check out who and what is considered 'medical personnel' at their marathon.
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Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
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We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is important. Watching a little bit of a video about how sitting affects us made me aware of how much sitting and laying down I do. Gonna have to work on that.Your turn. Tell me another truth.
I have done the Kaiser Women's Fitness 5k, and they always have had an ambulance and EMTs there.
I did a half last year where a friend and I ran past someone who'd collapsed, he also had some kind of heart issue, but didn't pass away. There were EMTs there within minutes, despite it being on a trailed area.
I bet Kaiser will hear about that, though. Being and HMO, they should really have doctors out there, or EMTs at the least.
Most people know they're seeing a PA. I mean, when you make the appointment, they will ask if you want to see the PA, or you ask to see one. There's not this bait and switch thing happening once you get to your appointment. If there is, that's a bigger issue.
And what doctors should know is that most people go to a PA because they're doc is unavailable or booked solid. There's a certain greed in taking as many patients as you can, yet patients are often left with no choice to see a PA, because they can't get in and see their doc for 2, 3, 4 weeks or longer. Anyone who has a chronic health condition knows this all too well.
I had said ***There are, of course, people who might focus on another aspect of that article---- 'who and what is a Health Care Provider?" I'm not going to comment on that part of it (grin).****
@rmb------ your comments on that 'other aspect' is appreciated. Plus it gives me a chance to focus on that other aspect now that it's been brought up and I have more time.
A link provided in the article by the author points out one of the reasons I posted it.:
http://www.sfdem.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=1160
"This document provides analysis for lessons learned, best practices and recommendations for future planning, training, and exercise development. As the City and County of San Francisco works toward addressing these improvement actions, it is important that any relevant plans, policies and procedures are updated accordingly."
Although, sadly, the death of a man had to bring this to pass------ I think that the City and San Francisco AND Kaiser will improve their vigilance.
Secondly, the author of the first link said:
*** Im not saying that physicians are at the top of the hierarchy [...]. Im just saying that patients deserve to know who is providing their health care and what their training is.****
And that is the main reason I posted it. If people are comfortable with students treating them for heat exhaustion etc----- that's fine. But it should be stated up front and in caps. And upheld.
A note of hilarity does appear in the comments though, as follows:
"I would rather have an ACLS trained ICU or ER nurse, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant than a psychiatrist or a plastic surgeon"
Slots right in with:
"Not even wrong (or the full version "That's not right - that's not even wrong") refers to any statement, argument or explanation that can be neither correct nor incorrect, because it fails to meet the criteria by which correctness and incorrectness are determined.
The phrase implies that not only is someone not making a valid point in a discussion, but they don't even seem to understand the nature of the discussion itself, or the things that need to be understood in order to participate."
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong
ROTFL