Saturday, February 27, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Q & A with Dr. Gary Smith, lead author of the American Academy of Pediatricians new policy statement on choking hazards - Wellness - TIME.com - StumbleUpon
Q & A with Dr. Gary Smith, lead author of the American Academy of Pediatricians new policy statement on choking hazards - Wellness - TIME.com - StumbleUpon
FTA:
"DR. SMITH: Hot dogs are the leading cause of food-related choking death in this country. A child dies every five days in this country due to choking on food, and among those cases, hot dogs are the most common type of food. The reasons for this are actually not hard to understand. If you were to take the best engineers in the world, and you said to them, 'Design for me the perfect plug for a child's airway,' you couldn't do better than a hot dog. Unfortunately, it's exactly the right shape of the airway, it's the right diameter—it forms a plug, completely sealing off the upper airway, right above the vocal chords. Because of its shape and size, and because it's compressible, it wedges itself in. It's almost impossible to dislodge. Then it's only a matter of minutes before there is irreparable brain damage and even death. As a pediatric emergency medicine physician, I can tell you, even if we are standing right there with all of our skill and experience, with all of the correct equipment and lighting, it is really hard to get those objects out of a child's airway once they're wedged in like that. It's almost impossible."
FTA:
"DR. SMITH: Hot dogs are the leading cause of food-related choking death in this country. A child dies every five days in this country due to choking on food, and among those cases, hot dogs are the most common type of food. The reasons for this are actually not hard to understand. If you were to take the best engineers in the world, and you said to them, 'Design for me the perfect plug for a child's airway,' you couldn't do better than a hot dog. Unfortunately, it's exactly the right shape of the airway, it's the right diameter—it forms a plug, completely sealing off the upper airway, right above the vocal chords. Because of its shape and size, and because it's compressible, it wedges itself in. It's almost impossible to dislodge. Then it's only a matter of minutes before there is irreparable brain damage and even death. As a pediatric emergency medicine physician, I can tell you, even if we are standing right there with all of our skill and experience, with all of the correct equipment and lighting, it is really hard to get those objects out of a child's airway once they're wedged in like that. It's almost impossible."
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Dogs Deserve Better
To my friends and contacts, please take a moment and read this! For the cold/hot, chained, forgotten dogs!
On the Dogs Deserve Better fan site, member Linda Keeter writes about this:
"One of the comments ... expressed a wish that Oprah, a professed dog-lover, would do a show on Tamira and her efforts. She accepts show suggestions and email at this link. Perhaps if enough supporters of DDB contact her and others highly visible in the media, they will hear the call. It's time for the spotlight!"
Member Pat Roxana Saez writes:
“ok, done: PLS...others DO THE SAME!!!”
“Dear Ms. Winfrey and staff:
I would like to share with you a gut wrenching story about a dog advocate in Pennsylvania that has recently been fined by a judge for helping starving/freezing and dying dogs that are left 24/7 in 7 degree weather.
There are 13,000 facebook members are disgusted about what is happening. Please read this, and help!
http://hypercampaign.hyperoffice.com/s/1/sxe2/JYFrcEE/cm
the website for them is: http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com”
Sunday, February 14, 2010
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