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.
I know World Thrombosis Day is coming up so I'm re-energized to try to spread awareness. I asked my doctor's office today if they would be willing to put up posters or include pamphlets in their examine rooms. They want me to bring in some samples and they will use them if they approve of them.
I was thinking that either stoptheclot.org or clotconnect.org used to have a tri-fold pamphlet that you could download and print, but I'm not finding it now. I found a book mark that can be downloaded and printed. That will work, but I was really hoping for a pamphlet. I also found a 1 page double-sided handout, but that wouldn't work very well as a poster.
I found some posters from World Thrombosis Day. They look great, but I would prefer something that isn't so focused on a specific day.
Please respond if you know of a link to materials that a doctors office might want to use either as a poster or a pamphlet.
If I don't find anything else, I think I'll print the book mark and the world thrombosis day poster.
Thanks!
I was thinking that either stoptheclot.org or clotconnect.org used to have a tri-fold pamphlet that you could download and print, but I'm not finding it now. I found a book mark that can be downloaded and printed. That will work, but I was really hoping for a pamphlet. I also found a 1 page double-sided handout, but that wouldn't work very well as a poster.
I found some posters from World Thrombosis Day. They look great, but I would prefer something that isn't so focused on a specific day.
Please respond if you know of a link to materials that a doctors office might want to use either as a poster or a pamphlet.
If I don't find anything else, I think I'll print the book mark and the world thrombosis day poster.
Thanks!
-
Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
-
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.
http://files.www.clotconnect.org/DVT_and_PE.pdf
I'm rethinking this now, and I think I will bring that document along with the others and let the doctor's office decide what they would find useful. If they have a patient with a clot, the more detailed document you linked will definitely be helpful for them.
I'm still hoping to find something this is more of a tri-fold pamphlet.
I see you're still engaged in trying to make information available for the average person-----ones who would NOT know to go to ClotConnect,
Good luck with that----- and that wasn't meant to be snide. I really mean it.
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/publications/attachments/cp134a_stop_the_clot_brochure.pdf
http://www.wimedispa.com/Portals/0/DVT%20Brochure.pdf
http://www.health.wa.gov.au/docreg/Education/Population/Health_Problems/HP9930_deep_vain_B.pdf
I didn't read these materials so I can't speak to the information in them but it seems there are brochures out there. Also, I didn't look for anything with PEs.