We carried out a study to evaluate the quality of results obtained by 14 nontechnical medical office personnel using desktop analysers. The instruments evaluated were the Reflotron analyser, the Seralyzer, the Vision analyser and the DT60 analyser. For precision studies low and high concentrations of control materials were used. For ...

These Singapore Regulations provide the following, among other things: "3. 1) No female workman who is pregnant shall be employed to work during the night or any part thereof unless she has for this purpose consented in writing and is not certified unfit by a medical officer or a registered ...

This Order reconstitutes the Task Force on International Refugee Assistance in the Philippines. The Task Force is composed of representatives of various government agencies and is under the Department of Foreign Affairs. The duties and responsibilities of the Task Force are as follows: "1) to coordinate and cooperate with [the] ...

This Venezuela Resolution requires the performance of a cytological study in all medical offices providing family planning, pre- and postnatal care, adult hygiene, treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, and gynecological services and, in general, all medical offices in the public sector that treat women between the ages of 25 and ...

The Dartmouth Primary Care Cooperative Information (COOP) Project conducted a controlled trial on the impact of antismoking advice from office-based physicians. Eighteen primary care medical practices were randomly assigned to be intervention or customary care practices. Medical personnel assigned to the intervention practices were to systematically identify cigarette smokers (among ...

On Aug 31, 1986, 82 people were killed in the worst air disaster in the history of Los Angeles International Airport. The Los Angeles County Forensic Dentistry Team worked with the Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other agencies during the identification process. The investigation demonstrated the ...

This thesis examines factors influencing a Navy Medical Officer File, END FY85. Data contained in the LOGIT nonlinear estimation technique. The sample was restricted to officers who were not obigated to remain in the service. Several logistic regression models indicated that physician's specialty and source of entry were significant in ...

The rankings of candidates for pediatric internship by the Pediatric Intern Selection Committee (ISC) of the University of Virginia Medical Center were compared with subsequent performance rankings of house officers by faculty members and chief residents. Although a positive correlation was found between the rankings, the absolute magnitude of the ...

To characterize patterns of barbiturate use in homicide victims, we used data from the Los Angeles City Police Department and the Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office to study 4,950 victims of criminal homicide committed in that city in 1970-1979. Barbiturates were detected in 323 (7.9 per cent) of the 4,063 victims who ...

After surveying the existing medical office software, the specifications for an "ideal" medical office system were set forth. These include microcomputer configuration, multi-user multi-tasking operating systems with ability to run multiple printers, Winchester disk-drive storage, color terminals, data base management system with the ability to perform sophisticated patient selection and ...

To study the epidemiology of deaths involving firearms kept in the home, we reviewed all the gunshot deaths that occurred in King County, Washington (population 1,270,000), from 1978 through 1983. The medical examiner's case files were supplemented by police records or interviews with investigating officers or both, to obtain specific ...

The Medical Corps faces a dual role of providing peacetime health care while simultaneously preparing itself to fulfill its wartime medical support mission. In the past, peacetime health care has taken priority over wartime medical readiness. This group study project addresses several issues dealing with the peacetime organization, training and ...

A healthy, 15-year-old male received a thiopental, nitrous oxide, oxygen, enflurane anesthetic for appendectomy. Cardiac arrest, following succinylcholine administration, was associated with marked hyperkalemia (potassium levels 8.7 to 11.6 meq), hemolysis (hematocrit fall from 41.7 to 26.6%, plasma hemoglobin 27 mg/dL), and creatine phosphokinase (CPK) elevation (8900 units). Vigorous resuscitative ...

The goal of this study was to determine the factors that are related to utilization rates among older compared with younger enrollees in a health maintenance organization (HMO). Andersen's behavioral model was used as the conceptual framework for examining utilization rates. The approach was to determine the relative importance of ...

The radiographs of 337 patients attending the casualty department of a large teaching hospital were reviewed by two medical students of different seniority, a radiology registrar and a consultant radiologist. All the films had been examined initially by the casualty officer when the patient attended. The senior medical student reported ...

In both the new medical group practice and the growing established group practice, particular attention should be paid to the physical aspects of the office. The specialized knowledge of a medical planner can be very helpful in providing practical reasons for certain layouts and identifying an office's strengths and weaknesses. ...

Eighty-eight medical students and house officers were given patient management questions to assess their ability to convert from one narcotic regimen to an approximately equal analgesic dose of a second regimen. Only 8 percent of their answers were within the correct range, even though commonly used reference material was supplied ...

The body recovered from the scene of a bombing may contain important trace evidence that links the suspect to the crime. Recognizing the lack of guidelines for evidence removal from the body, we have prepared a protocol to guide the pathologist in the collection of trace evidence from the bombing ...

This article highlights the Army's early involvement with radiography. The mobilization of the Office of the Surgeon General for World War I is depicted, including roentgenologic logistics, personnel, battle area roentgenology, and the development of the portable x-ray field unit. This early period of military medical history facilitated the establishment ...

Exposure of radio officers to radio frequency radiation from telegraphy and telephony equipment on ships was investigated. Eighty-five measurements were made of 12 radio transmitters operating in the 400 kHz to 25 MHz range (power up to 1200 W) and three VHF telephony transmitters in the 150 MHz band. Field ...

The surgeon, medical and nonmedical staff, and the reception, consultation, treatment, surgical, and recovery areas constitute the basic elements of the office operating room complex. In reality these elements are an inseparable dynamic unit; however, for the purpose of discussion they have been examined separately to study their particular aesthetic ...

The medical care of prisoners "declaring sick" to the medical officer and hospital officers in Bedford Prison was surveyed and compared with the medical care given to the medical officer's patients in general practice. The consultation rate of prisoners was higher than that of patients in the practice. Part of ...

Workers in the "non-textile" cotton industry breathe a dust which is similar to the dust in the cotton spinning and weaving or "textile" industry. This exposure prompts the question of byssinosis prevalence and other respiratory disease in the non-textile cotton industry. NIOSH has completed a cross-sectional medical and environmental study ...

A study of police officers who died in the line of duty in Metro Dade County, U.S.A. was performed. All cases in which a law enforcement officer died while on duty or, off duty while performing police action were collected from the files of the Medical Examiner Department from 1956 ...

Electrical stimulation of the midbrain tegmentum can produce differential modulation of quiet biting attack and affective defense behavior elicited from the hypothalamus of the cat. Stimulation of the lateral half of the tegmentum facilitated quiet biting attack and suppressed affective defense. Conversely, stimulation of the medial tegmentum suppressed quiet biting ...

A family practice in rural Breckenridge, Colorado began an evening clinic during the winter months of 1981-82 to serve the extra 1,000 to 2,000 residents that that community accommodated each year during the ski season. The clinic was staffed by a PA, who was aided by an office assistant, on ...

The postoperative experiences of a high-performance pilot who underwent Nissen fundoplication for reflux esophagitis illustrate two important points concerning return to flying duties. Both the gas bloat syndrome and obstructive phenomena are potential sequelae to surgery. Both have obvious implications for flight personnel. A logical approach for flight medical officers ...

On March 1, 1983, the Office of Human Development Services (HDS) published in the Federal Register (48 FR 8453) a final rule with a 60 day comment period to amend 45 CFR Part 1397, Standard Setting Requirements for Medical and Nonmedical Facilities Where SSI Recipients Reside. (These requirements are known ...

With technology as the driving force, there are many changes occurring in medical group offices. The medical office of the future is a concept which encompasses the total office -- the interrelationship of all pieces of equipment. This focus on the total office will mean improved productivity and effectiveness not ...

Medicolegal investigation in America can truly be said to have begun in an organized manner in 1918. The Massachusetts medical examiner system, which began in 1877, never developed with the central control and the completeness that characterizes the New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, nor did it influence ...

During the fall of 1979 three social work officers surveyed the entire enrollment of the advanced Army Medical Department (AMEDD) officer career course. The enrollees represented a wide range of medical specialties and years of military experience. Two questions were posed: Do medical officers enter service with conservative attitudes toward ...

Landing signal officers (LSOs), exposed to high noise levels during carrier operations, do not routinely wear hearing protectors. Noise exposure data obtained during carrier qualifications on the USS Lexington and the USS Forrestal suggested a clear risk for hearing damage. Moreover, a comparison of the hearing of LSO and non-LSO ...

The Post Office occupational health service was established in 1855. Unique epidemiological records of sickness absence, medical retirements, and deaths for 90 years have been extracted from annual reports. The stability of the death rate is striking, but the male sickness absence series is consistent with three periods of roughly ...

In teaching hospitals the responsibility for cardiopulmonary resuscitation usually rests with the house-staff, yet most house-officers receive no formal training in life support. The life-support skills of 45 medical and surgical house-officers in a university teaching hospital were tested by means of simulated cardiac arrests. House-officers were graded on the ...

A simple but reliable method of videotaping the larynx using the Nagashima rigid laryngoscope (telescope) and a low-cost home video color camera is described. Video laryngoscopy using this technique is a useful office procedure. The video material obtained was of high quality and of great value for teaching, voice analysis, ...

The quality of data obtainable by questionnaire from residents of a common lodging house was explored by comparing the answers received by questioning such men on two or three occasions six months apart. Consistency between the answers obtained on different occasions was good for men who already knew the interviewer ...

The Air Force Medical Officer through AFR 35-99 (Personnel Reliability Program) is responsible for the medical evaluation, psychological assessment, and surveillance of persons who will work in sensitive occupations. This paper addresses various personality factors which indicate poor personnel reliability and suggest an interviewing technique of open-ended questions and developmental ...

The use of the powers of compulsory removal contained in Section 47 of the 1948 National Assistance Act is reviewed. It is concluded that the powers are not seriously abused but that there is a need for their amendment. It is argued that any amendment should take the role of ...

The communication skills of house officers in medical clinic were studied. Ten communication skills were identified as being central to the doctor-patient relationship. Twenty interns and residents were observed in 60 clinic visits. Skills well-demonstrated by the house officers related to listening, history taking, assessing patient compliance, examining the patient, ...

The DHSS has made West Midlands RHA responsible for developing new financial information systems for the NHS. Gordon Greenshields, area treasurer, Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham AHA(T), has been looking at two documents outlining the project's objectives and the results of initial consultations with NHS officers of varying disciplines and levels.

Office bacteriology aids clinical judgment in the diagnosis of pharyngotonsillitis and enhances quality medical care. The office bacteriology laboratory requires only a small expenditure of time and money. The technique is easily learned and is sensitive. Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci can be distinguished from other beta-hemolytic streptococci because they are ...

These are guidelines to Amendment No. 3 of Part 199 of this title. The Purpose of Amendment No. 3 was to expand benefits under CHAMPUS regarding computer tomography (CT) scanning coverage. The purpose of these guidelines is to clarify those medical indications for which CT scan benefits are extended for ...

The leasing of space in medical office buildings should be undertaken only after a careful study of the tax, certification-of-need, and reimbursement consequences. Under some circumstances, income from the leasing of space is taxable, and the goal of achieving favorable tax consequences may conflict with the goal of achieving favorable ...

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Pre-registration house officers who answered enquiries in 1973 and 1974 about career preferences were written to again in 1976. This yielded 205 comparisons, in which 134 (65.5%) doctors retained their original first choice of career, thirty-five (17%) opted for their previous second or third choice and thirty-six (17.5%) gave a ...

The medical examination has been conducted periodically to determine medical qualifications for the continued performance of military service and as a preventive medicine measure to reveal latent and undiagnosed disease. When an individual fails to meet the medical standards for flying duties, he may be granted a waiver. A waiver ...

A candidate for qualification as Submarine Medical Officer is required to conduct an independent research project in operational submarine medicine. This work is then submitted to the Naval Undersea Medical Institute in the form of a thesis. To increase the circulation of this information, a Key-Word-In-Context (KWIC) index system was ...

Government Hospitals not involved with medical schools often lack the full facilities of the paramedical sector. Therefore the medical officers are faced with this difficulty when attempting to write medical papers. The government should try to improve this so as to raise the interest of all concerned in reporting interesting ...

Absences attributed to sickness were investigated in 1410 deck and engine-room crew members during a period of two years and five months. The mean frequency of absences was 0-23 per man year, with a mean duration per absence of 41 days. The absence frequency varied with both rank and place ...

Can the medical student benefit from spending time in the offices of community physicians? Eight consecutive final-year medical students visited the offices of 39 physicians, 31 family physicians and eight specialists, in the communities of Richmond and Delta, British Columbia. The students describe the value of their experience, common problems ...