Author: David Paquette - PHM VolunteerI have authored articles in the past to be included in the Public Health Museum Newsletter. They gave more background and stories about some of our exhibits (i.e., the jet injector, the 1910 typhoid epidemic in Lowell). I also had the honor of doing a Zoom presentation heard in real time and later posted to YouTube. That presentation, on the story of the elimination of smallpox, I had the honor of presenting with Dr. Al DeMaria, past Board Chair, and Dr. Jason Weisfeld, who was key to the elimination of smallpox in the 1970’s.
This time I bring up a subject that I have much personal and professional knowledge and experience. My last position before retirement was with Cigna Medical Group in Phoenix, where I was (among a few other things) the health and safety officer for our 15 clinics. My responsibilities included assessing and minimizing risks for slips, trips, and falls for patients and staff. Preventing slips, trips, and falls is sometimes not considered to be a public health discipline, but the prevention of injury and morbidity, it clearly is. |
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