Pet first aid awarness month – take a pet first aid class
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Therese K.Posted
Sat 03 Apr 2010 1:46pm
When I was in high school I learned quite a bit about pet first aid – including how to deal with wounds, seizures, how to do CPR on a cat or dog, and many other skills... rushed him to the vet. Had I not learned pet first aid and CPR a few months earlier, my dog would have likely been gone that day. Instead, he was with us for a few years after
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When is a Hearing Aid Not a Hearing Aid?
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Megan S.Posted
Wed 26 May 2010 7:21am
, and no audiologist has touched them or adjusted them for the individual. They don't have to meet the same FDA standards as a hearing aid, and they don't have an individual fit.
Currently
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Occupational injuries among aides and nurses in acute care
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Annet LenderinkPosted
Sat 24 Oct 2009 10:03pm
The objective was to assess risk of work-related injuries in an acute care setting while contrasting injuries of aides and nurses. It turned out that a ides had higher...) injuries. The risk of an injury due to lifting was greater among aides compared to nurses for both non-lost work time and lost work time injuries. Injury rates among aides were
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Home Care Aides' Salaries Near Poverty
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Anthony CirilloPosted
Tue 07 Sep 2010 9:07am
More and more personal and home care aides (PHCA) are being paid wages that put them at risk of falling below the poverty line, according to a recent salary analysis... unchanged, according to the updated PHI State Chart Book on Wages for Personal and Home Care Aides. In 2009, wages in 36 states fell below 200% of the federal poverty level
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Five Prognoses on Aid to Haiti – by Alexander Glück
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Better PlacePosted
Wed 20 Jan 2010 8:40am
donation profits. This will happen again, though most of these initiatives are incompetently prepared to engage this realm of aid, therefore eventually risking a considerable loss...
Following the catastrophe in Haiti, many donations have been made over betterplace.org for organisations that work with emergency aid, from Care International by way
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Occupational injuries among aides and nurses in acute care
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Annet LenderinkPosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm
The objective was to assess risk of work-related injuries in an acute care setting while contrasting injuries of aides and nurses. It turned out that a ides had higher... risk of work-related injuries in an acute care setting while contrasting injuries of aides and nurses. It turned out that a ides had higher overall injury rates than nurses
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