'ER' star Edwards pitches in on TV version of Brown prof's emergency-medicine book

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Where to begin?

With the book a Brown University medical school professor wrote that, for the first time, chronicles the rise of modern emergency medicine?

Or with his uber-achieving, Appalachian-Trail-hiking, Ivy-League-degree-collecting medical student who was so inspired by the book that he made a documentary about the evolution of emergency medicine and even got Anthony Edwards, star of the hit TV show ER, to narrate it.

Just think what it once would have been like to have a heart attack before the advent of 911, before virtually every city and town had trained paramedics ready to jump into action, before hospitals devoted staff and departments to the practice of emergency medicine.

Thats exactly what Brown Prof. Brian Zink sought to convey in his book, Anyone, Anything, Anytime: A History of Emergency Medicine, which then inspired his former student Mark Brady to make the documentary 24|7|365: The Evolution of Emergency Medicine.

Both are odes to those who pioneered emergency medicine, despite meeting resistance that today seems incomprehensible.

It was only a generation or so ago, says Brady, that the vehicle that would respond to an emergency call might be a hearse with a mortician, that hospitals to which people were rushed had minimal emergency departments, that the only doctor on the premises might have been a dermatologist, and that someone having a heart attack might have been given little more than an aspirin to swallow.

There was no EMS system, says Brady, 34. There was no one to call.

Even his own brothers police officers and firefighters in North Providence and East Providence didnt appreciate how far emergency medicine has come in such a relatively short time.

All of this dawned on Brady, a graduate of LaSalle Academy and Providence College, while he was taking a course with Zink, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown and chief of emergency medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital. Brady was inspired by Zinks 2005 book.

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ERs Anthony Edwards pitches in on 24|7|365: The Evolution of Emergency Medicine

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Where to begin?

With the book a Brown University medical school professor wrote that, for the first time, chronicles the rise of modern emergency medicine?

Or with his uber-achieving, Appalachian-Trail-hiking, Ivy-League-degree-collecting medical student who was so inspired by the book that he made a documentary about the evolution of emergency medicine and even got Anthony Edwards, star of the hit TV show ER, to narrate it.

Just think what it once would have been like to have a heart attack before the advent of 911, before virtually every city and town had trained paramedics ready to jump into action, before hospitals devoted staff and departments to the practice of emergency medicine.

Thats exactly what Brown Prof. Brian Zink sought to convey in his book, Anyone, Anything, Anytime: A History of Emergency Medicine, which then inspired his former student Mark Brady to make the documentary 24|7|365: The Evolution of Emergency Medicine.

Both are odes to those who pioneered emergency medicine, despite meeting resistance that today seems incomprehensible.

It was only a generation or so ago, says Brady, that the vehicle that would respond to an emergency call might be a hearse with a mortician, that hospitals to which people were rushed had minimal emergency departments, that the only doctor on the premises might have been a dermatologist, and that someone having a heart attack might have been given little more than an aspirin to swallow.

There was no EMS system, says Brady, 34. There was no one to call.

Even his own brothers police officers and firefighters in North Providence and East Providence didnt appreciate how far emergency medicine has come in such a relatively short time.

All of this dawned on Brady, a graduate of LaSalle Academy and Providence College, while he was taking a course with Zink, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown and chief of emergency medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital. Brady was inspired by Zinks 2005 book.

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Dr. Michael A. Sullivan, prominent hematologist

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Sept. 23, 1929 Dec. 18, 2014

Dr. Michael A. Sullivan, former medical director at Kenmore Mercy Hospital, died Thursday in his Williamsville home after a long illness. He was 85.

He was born in Lackawanna and lived in Buffalo and its suburbs his entire life. He graduated from Lackawanna High School, and earned a bachelors degree from the University at Buffalo, where he was on the deans list, and a medical degree from UB Medical School.

Dr. Sullivan did his internship at the former E.J. Meyer Memorial Hospital, with residencies at Ohio State University Hospital and E.J. Meyer. He also completed a fellowship in hematology at E.J. Meyer.

Dr. Sullivan was board certified in internal medicine and hematology, and operated a private practice in Kenmore from 1972 to 2010, when he retired.

He was an attending physician at Erie County Medical Center from 1963 to 1972 and at Kenmore Mercy from 1965 to 2006. He served as director of medical education at Kenmore Mercy from 1965 to 1966, chief of the medical department at Deaconess Hospital from 1966 to 1972, chief of staff at Kenmore Mercy from 1986 to 2006, and medical director at Kenmore Mercy from 1989 to 2006.

Dr. Sullivan also served in the Navy Reserve as a medical officer from 1955 to 1957.

His memberships and positions included the Erie County Medical Society, for which he served as chairman of the medical education committee; president of the Buffalo Academy of Medicine; board member and president of the UB Medical Alumni Association; medical staff treasurer and president at Kenmore Mercy; American Medical Association; and the Medical Society of New York State.

His interests included cooking, wine, gardening, astronomy, poetry of T.S. Eliot, cats, painting and art appreciation.

He was instrumental in the initial funding to establish St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in the late 1960s, and played a role in the efforts to expand and renovate Kenmore Mercy in the 1990s.

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Sept. 23, 1929 Dec. 18, 2014

Dr. Michael A. Sullivan, former medical director at Kenmore Mercy Hospital, died Thursday in his Williamsville home after a long illness. He was 85.

He was born in Lackawanna and lived in Buffalo and its suburbs his entire life. He graduated from Lackawanna High School, and earned a bachelors degree from the University at Buffalo, where he was on the deans list, and a medical degree from UB Medical School.

Dr. Sullivan did his internship at the former E.J. Meyer Memorial Hospital, with residencies at Ohio State University Hospital and E.J. Meyer. He also completed a fellowship in hematology at E.J. Meyer.

Dr. Sullivan was board certified in internal medicine and hematology, and operated a private practice in Kenmore from 1972 to 2010, when he retired.

He was an attending physician at Erie County Medical Center from 1963 to 1972 and at Kenmore Mercy from 1965 to 2006. He served as director of medical education at Kenmore Mercy from 1965 to 1966, chief of the medical department at Deaconess Hospital from 1966 to 1972, chief of staff at Kenmore Mercy from 1986 to 2006, and medical director at Kenmore Mercy from 1989 to 2006.

Dr. Sullivan also served in the Navy Reserve as a medical officer from 1955 to 1957.

His memberships and positions included the Erie County Medical Society, for which he served as chairman of the medical education committee; president of the Buffalo Academy of Medicine; board member and president of the UB Medical Alumni Association; medical staff treasurer and president at Kenmore Mercy; American Medical Association; and the Medical Society of New York State.

His interests included cooking, wine, gardening, astronomy, poetry of T.S. Eliot, cats, painting and art appreciation.

He was instrumental in the initial funding to establish St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in the late 1960s, and played a role in the efforts to expand and renovate Kenmore Mercy in the 1990s.

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School's test carries all the chaos of the battlefield

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BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - Running away from the sound of gunfire and IED blasts toward a shelter door, 2nd Lt. Rowan Sheldon of the U.S. Army suddenly stopped dead and gasped out an expletive: It wasnt an escape, it was a solid wall.

Behind him, all the medics and others in his platoon were carrying badly wounded soldiers, looking to him to lead them to a safe spot where they could triage, put on tourniquets, get patients on litters and move them away from the battlefield for treatment.

There are tough final exams. There are grueling final exams. And then there is the test at the nations medical school for the military, in which students must navigate a simulated overseas deployment culminating in a staged mass-casualty incident with deafening explosions, screaming, smoke, gunfire and fake blood everywhere.

In the intense stress of that moment, sweating fourth-years have to pull up the lessons learned in class to bring order to chaos. Enough order, at least, to get people somewhere safe enough to start healing.

Its the most important week of medical school, said Arthur Kellermann, dean of the F. Edward Hbert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Its the week when students camped at a National Guard base take on every challenge instructors can think to throw at them. Suicide bombers. Unraveling diplomatic relations. An influx of refugees. A sexual assault. And hundreds of wounded soldiers.

We had a great plan going in, Sheldon said. But they say no plan passes first contact with the enemy, right? We quickly realized there was no way this plan was going to work.

The countrys only medical school for the military began in an unlikely spot: on the third floor of a corner lot in Bethesda, above a drugstore and a bank.

That was in 1972, not long after President Richard M. Nixon called for an end to the draft. Now the school sits on the grounds of Naval Support Activity Bethesda, next to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, across from the National Institutes of Health.

The school serves 1,200 students, including 700 medical students among nursing candidates and those studying public health and other disciplines. Medical students pay no tuition in exchange for a commitment to serve across the armed forces; some are already active-duty members of the military while others have no military experience. They receive a commission when they enroll.

They learn the same medicine all doctors do, said John Prescott, the chief academic officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges. But the school is also preparing them to work in hostile environments, to work and think with an international perspective, to think with a public-health understanding, he said.

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Liberty Policy change promises happier times for U.S. service members

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By David Higgins

The new U.S. Forces Japan Liberty Policy allows more freedoms to servicemen and women who want to socialize in off base establishments.

Before the Liberty Policy came into effect 2 years ago, bars around the Sunabe Seawall were incredibly busy, packed wall-to-wall on Friday and Saturday nights. Unfortunately, a series of serious events led U.S. military authorities to create a strict set of rules for all U.S. service members. These rules include a curfew from midnight that means having to report back to the base, hotel room or a private residence from the hours of midnight to 5 a.m. Service members are also forbidden to drink at off-base bars, and limited to two alcoholic drinks with meals at local restaurants.

Although the rules may seem quite strict, the rape of an Okinawan woman by two sailors in Okinawa City, and the breaking and entering by another US service member who then proceeded to escape by diving out of window and falling two stories down onto the ground caused a surge of public outrage that led the military to issue these restrictions.

With the Liberty Policy now enforcing these restrictions, the number of incidents has changed with a historical drop. The crimes committed outside the base gates by the 47,000 status of forces visa holders on island (this includes troops, civilians and dependents) fell to 32 total offenses in 2013 from an average number of 56 per year over the previous 10 years. With statistics like these, it would seem that the drop in incidents on Okinawa is likely due to this revised Liberty Policy with the combination of solid leadership and training efforts to increase professionalism among the troops.

As of December 9, 2014, the Liberty Policy has been revised. These restrictions are now loosened curfew has been extended for an hour from midnight to 1 a.m., although off-base drinking is still prohibited from midnight to 5 a.m.

Bar and club owners are rejoicing now knowing that they can afford to keep their establishments open. Many of the bars have closed in the past two years since the restrictions have been in effect, and some transformed their establishments from a bar to a restaurant so that they could continue to survive. However, there is no certainty for anyone that the Liberty Policy will stay this way. Unfortunately, alcohol can be a cocktail of destruction for some people who cannot control their intake, overindulge and act foolishly.

U.S. Service Members and off-base business owners are all excited about their former customers finally being able to drink in bar. The boost in the number of patrons will help all of those bar owners who have toughed it out through the drought and are eagerly waiting for thirsty patrons. If everyone can maintain their composure and drink responsibly, all residents can benefit from the Liberty Policy changes, and Okinawa can be a happier place for the service members can now join their local friends for a few drinks at the local bars.

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Liberty Videocon lines up 3 new insurance products

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Bengaluru, December 21:

After its recent foray into healthcare insurance, Liberty Videocon General Insurance Co Ltd plans to launch at least three new products in the next financial year.

Theyinclude an individual personal accident cover, travel insurance and a policy for livestock, said Roopam Asthana, Director and CEO, Liberty Videocon.

The company also sees potential in segments such as weather crop insurance, he said.

The company targets business of 10 crore from the health care product in financial year 2015-16 and is in the process of setting up a distribution network, Asthana told BusinessLine.

At present, motor insurance generates about 67 per cent of Liberty Videocons business. Non-motor insurance property, engineering, liability and fleet insurance accounts for the rest.

The company expects to clock 250 crore in the current year, almost a 100 per cent growth over the previous years 130 crore, Asthana said.

Liberty Videocon is a two-year-old joint venture between Videocon Industries and Liberty City State Holdings Pte Ltd. Videocon Industries owns a 77 per cent stake, while Liberty City State holds the remaining 23 per cent.

We are currently in the process of raising capital of 300 crore from our promoters to fund growth plans, said Asthana.

The current paid up capital of the company stands at 359 crore.

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More guns are not the answer

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It is a given that politicians will say foolish things. Last week, perhaps one of the most foolish arose in the aftermath of the tragedy of the Martin Place siege.

Introducing Senator David Leyonhjelm. The NSW senator entered Federal Parliament at the last election as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is something of a rarity in Australian politics in that he espouses libertarianism. It would have seemed to him, we assume, that his comments were a logical extension of this philosophy.

However, whichever philosophy one adopts, it must exist in the real world, and in the real world, say, a busy cafe in Sydney's CBD, there are boundaries.

After two innocent people Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson died during the siege (in which the hostage-taker and gunman Man Haron Monis also died), Senator Leyonhjelm said he believed Australia was a "nation of victims" because of the restrictive nature of the gun laws.

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He told the ABC: "What happened in that cafe would have been most unlikely to have occurred in Florida, Texas, or Vermont, or Alaska in America, or perhaps even in Switzerland as well." It would have been probable, "statistically speaking", that some of the victims if the siege had occurred in those places would have had guns on them. They would have been able to defend themselves. Gun versus gun.

The senator argued that recent legislation on tougher security measures against terrorism had no effect in preventing the Martin Place siege. "We've got tougher laws . . . they did nothing to prevent this bloke committing evil acts in the name of Islamism. They didn't prevent him from getting a gun." Obviously, this is true. However, the senator finishes his point with this: "It's just not acceptable that we are all disarmed victims."

There are many questions that need to be answered as to how Monis, given his background and record, slipped through the cracks. Calls are growing for an independent and open examination of all matters pertaining to Monis and the conduct of security and police agencies before and during the siege. This should be established, for the sake of the victims.

However, the answer is not the arming of the citizenry. The LDP considers "the right to own firearms for sport, hunting, collecting andself-defence(our italics) as fundamental to a free society, irrespective of how many choose to do so. It does not believe governments have a general right to limit the ownership of firearms."

After the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 in which 35 people died and 23 were wounded, then prime minister John Howard greatly tightened gun laws, so much so that the senator had to give up six semi-automatic rifles. He also gave up his membership of the Liberal Party.

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