March 2012 is Nutrition and Healthy Eating Month
For a lot of people, the month of March is all about basketball, and pizza, and nachos, and deep-fried chicken wings. But your diet doesn't have to be busted just because your brackets are. Yes, you can eat healthy, nutritious foods - even at tournament time.
March is Nutrition and Healthy Eating Month. Before you gain a sweet (or salty) 16 pounds, check out the information below. Because with knowledge and a bit of willpower, making healthy choices is an easy layup.
Here are some links for more information
*Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
*Condition Care
*Benefits of Fruits and Veggies
*Healthy Eating Tips
PCAT is excited to reveal our new company patch. We developed this to utilize in our uniform apparel.
PCAT Safety Awareness Campaign
February 2012: Safety begins with Team Work
In the early part of the last century leading into the 1920s, the United States was a very dangerous place to work. In this period, American workers were two to three times more likely to be injured or killed than their European counterparts. (Source: the Society for Human Resource Management, SHRM) Each year, hundreds of workers died at work or were disabled. For example, in the 1920's there 419 mining deaths in West Virginia. By contrast, in 2000 through 2009, West Virginia suffered 15 mining deaths.
In the 1920s, researchers began examining an array of safety factors, including ergonomics, work place behavior, communication and teamwork. Through the years, improvements to each of these factors have continually improved safety. Teamwork has become an essential fundamental component of accident prevention.
According to a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, "Communication failures among team members are the leading causes of inadvertent patient harm". The study suggests "effective teamwork enhances communication which can help prevent mistakes from becoming consequential and harming patients and providers".
Although we as an industry are still on a journey to improve workplace safety, learning to promote and enhance teamwork shows great promise in enhancing safety in the EMS work environment.
Better Sitters Today. Better Parents Tomorrow.
Safe Sitter is a medically accurate program that teaches young adolescents how to handle emergencies when caring for children. This class teaches safe and nurturing child care techniques, behavior management skills, and appropriate responses to medical emergencies.
The class is offered through Howard Regional Health System. Please click the picture at the left for the brochure with more information. You can also contact Pam Batey at (765) 864-8747 or pbatey@howardregional.org
2012 Class Dates: April 4, June 21, October 26
Congratulations to the 2011 PCAT Girls Softball Division II Champions
PCAT is a proud affiliate of Howard Regional Health Systems. Howard Regional provides medical direction as well as Continuing Education and Audit and Review.
