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Kevin: So let’s get right into it. What is water? What is your take on water and tell us a little bit of how you got into the study of what you do.

Iain: Okay, it’s a huge question. I think when you say what is something it really implies how does one see the world? So there are a variety of ways that people on our planet think about the world and if we take one extreme, which is sort of materialistic thinking, basically, we’d regard water as a wet mineral that lubricates a physiological mechanism and that’s basically it and that mineral has to have certain qualities or else it interferes with the mechanism as it’s seen. The other extreme, if you go into New Guinea and talk to some of the folks there and you say to them, “What is water?” you get the answer which one of my colleagues has had directly. It’s God and that’s their answer. There’s no discussion needed. It’s that obvious to them.

So there’s a huge range of thought conceptualizations between those two and we certainly tend, in the Healing Water Institute and in our nature intelligence business, we tend to the divinity side of it. So maybe probably the best way to answer “What is water?” really is we’ll do that in the next few minutes as we discuss and I’ll try and tease that part all the time.

As for myself, well, I’ve always been interested in water as a human being. That’s been my central quest in my life and I’ve followed it in a number of different directions and part of it, 1975, I went to a place, Emerson College, in England, which is the root of Steiner Tertiary Education College and there I met John Wilkes, who had very recently discovered the Flow Form principal which is the creation of shapes that bring water into a streaming figure eight flow which has a regular heart pulse, so it lifts water into a condition which is similar to liquids moving within living organisms. So I was absolutely fascinated by that and just studied with him for nearly 3 years and carried on working with it and things just kept on generating for me.

Kevin: Wow and that was years ago.

Iain: Yeah. 30 plus years. So far it’s been an interesting journey.

Kevin: So you mentioned the heart pulse of water and you mentioned Flow Forms. Why don’t we set a ground work so we can kind of identify what those are for everyone?

Iain: So flow form again, we need to look at what is water, really, from this point of view. Water is obviously everywhere outside. You can look at, even when it is humidity in a desert, very light. So in terms of freshwater, we know about not point 1 percent of all our planet’s water supplies is fresh water you can see, so this fresh water makes its way into plants and into animals and human beings and when it enters into those entities in both living organisms, suddenly the water becomes alive, so has that extraordinary capacity that as soon as it goes inside a watery being, it adds to the liveliness of that being and whenever water is in a situation where there are not a lot of different impulses occurring to it, it develops a rhythm in its movement.

It doesn’t need a heart to do that. So the materialistic type of thinking, goes “Oh, yes, we have a pulse in our body and animals have pulses in their bodies, because they have hearts, whereas this is just an illusion because in embryology, it’s actually the pulse occurring in the little embryo that actually creates the heart - the figure eight movement in the embryo that starts moving and the heart forms around it.

So that’s one side of the Flow Form. The other side of the Flow Form is that it brings into it all of the nature’s wisdom and capacities to improve the quality of water that you’d find in a mountain stream and so we call them fat city gold smokes from the new ecologists back in the seventies dubbed Flow Form super streams and because one meter in full direction of the Flow Form is at least ten meters movement in the stream because it goes through this side-to-side figure of eight flowing stream repeatedly. So if you had five meters of Flow Forms, you’d have about the same as a fifty meter stream, but with a heart pulse and modern science is now so to speak, beginning to catch up with on this side of it that this heart pulse and this capacity of the water to the move in its own regeneration of water quality is a very powerful mix.

Kevin: Interesting.

Iain: And our technology is beginning to be recognized for this. The applications, Kevin, are very wide. I’ve counted up at least 50 niche markets, so we have many areas. We can. For instance, we’re working on a product to enlighten tap water.

Kevin: Okay.

Iain: We can work to transform it into liquid fertilizer. It can be used in any aspect of food processing. For instance, we’ve got projects in quite large commercial bakeries where the bread rises faster, it tastes better and lasts longer, because usually what happens in food production is the water is usually gathered from another city’s tap supply and then it’s put through - if they’re concerned about the quality of the water it’s put through a filtration system, but the matter is that the water is still, so to speak, not very good at supporting life.

If it’s a big city, it might have gone through five or seven pairs of kidneys since it’s been out in the big natural water cycle, goes round and round in a pressured situation, then you want to use it for your bread or your food or whatever either at home or in a factory and you filter it. It’s still basically as dead as a dodo because of all of this treatment that’s gotten. It has a memory for all of the structure or molecular level is very suppressed. So we’re basically saying, “Hey, would you like it run through a mountain stream in the kitchen, and as a bonus have a heart pulse in it?” And we’ve had so many requests for this product. We’ve also gotten our healing ordinance to consider research now building up without highly qualified stuff that Flow Form water has a remarkable effect on increasing that drinker’s, their growth processes improving there.

Kevin: Okay.

Iain: It’s also therapeutic. We have extraordinary stories of the use of Flow Forms in Alzheimer hospitals or kindergartens, drug rehabilitation centers, this rhythm, this beautiful rhythm and the movement is very relaxing at a very fundamental level.

When I was in Asia recently giving talks in Taiwan, there was a Tai Chi Master who saw Flow Forms for the first time and he looked at them for five minutes and then looked at me, smiled and said, “This is the closest we will ever see.”

Kevin: Wow.

Iain: So there is - they’re quite extraordinary. There’s something very essential from the heart of nature that John Wilkes has brought into this discovery. We don’t call it an invention. It’s really a discovery..

Kevin: So first, I want to talk about again just the whole idea of the heart pulsing. What is going on through the Flow Form? What is happening to the water? What are some of the characteristics that the water is taking on? And then the other thing is, explain what a Flow Form looks like.

Iain: Yeah, okay, well, we can go back to “what is water” really. Water has been around from the very beginning of time. There was a meteorite found five or six years ago in some United States and taken to NASA and they dated it 4.5 billion years and opened it up and there’s water inside. We’ve got water throughout, basically, the universe being found in various forms and recent research in the last 10-15 years in top class universities with people who are highly qualified, showing that water has a memory, that it can retain a vast amount of information, very flexibly within what they call cluster structures of the molecular level. All material gives off a frequency like silicon does, and we use that in our computer systems; most materials, they give off a frequency and they’re completely inflexible about it. This is who I am; they go “beep, beep, beep.” Whatever it has picked up in the airwaves and that’s it. Whereas, water is constantly changing its frequencies and it remembers them. This again university research in Europe and America.

If you’ve got cyanide, for instance, in the tailgating of gold mines and that goes into the water, the water takes up the frequency of cyanide along with everything else like the cadmium and all sorts of other things in there. It takes up that frequency and emits it amongst a symphonic collection of other frequencies it’s picking up. You can clean that water; no cyanide at all, but the frequency will stay there if it’s not treated in a specific way. Water has a memory, it collects information, and it passes it on and this passing on of natural and unnatural, so to speak, man-made information is what influences the living growth processes in everything that drinks water because water inside living organisms also has a memory.

That’s why in physiology, we are beginning to realize how one part of a body two meters away from another part of the body is instantly aware of what’s going on, because of this transmission of this what is termed electromagnetic frequency. So water has a capacity for a phenomenal, vast and highly sensitive intelligence. And then, secondly, water also uses this information, it’s picking up cosmic radiation as well as local environmental radiation frequencies.

Then within an embryological process, water actually through its phenomenal rhythmic movement, water creates every living form on the planet. Our group has done extensive research into this through the creation of flow patents and the study of formative processes and it’s absolutely clear that through the embryo embryological development in mammals, but also in plants around the air of growing plants, there are amazingly sensitive processes going on here which create the shapes of everything that lives and unfortunately, when water is polluted or has certain frequency disturbances, these shapes are affected and are not as healthy or even can’t form. And then thirdly, water carries a sort of metabolic process. It dissolves something like 84 of the 103 elements known to science without any agitation, and it carries all the nutrients required into living beings combined with this phenomenal sensitivity and information package.

There’s a lot more I could say about that, but what Flow Forms do is they incorporate all this, they’re phenomenally good mixers and funnily enough, it took us 10 or 15 years of designing before we realized that the Flow Forms we were making that were very good mixers, had kidney shapes. They look like kidneys - open kidneys and the ones that concentrated on the rhythmical out pulse, made that stronger and very clear, they took on heart shapes and the ones that were best at oxygenating were lung shapes, bigger and wider.

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Kevin Gianni the host of “Renegade Health Show” - a fun and informative daily health show that is changing the perception of health across the world. His is an internationally known health advocate, author, and film consultant. He has helped thousands and thousands of people in over 21 countries though online health teleseminars like The Most Pressing Secrets and Uses of Water. He is also the creator and co-author of “The Busy Person’s Fitness Solution.”

Without a doubt, even as we speak, there are many different types of birth control devices and methods being developed today. Birth control is a very important part of family planning and with the rate of unwanted pregnancies and occurrence of teenage sex, the many different types of birth control devices and methods should be introduced as early on to teens as possible.

For example, there’s the barrier method of birth control which includes devices like diaphragms, cervical caps and shields that ultimately works by covering up the cervix so that sperm cannot enter the uterus during sexual intercourse. When the sperm cannot enter the uterus, the egg cannot be fertilized by the sperm. The barrier method is not 100% foolproof, although none of the birth control methods and devices are ever 100% secure so, in order to achieve its full potential, usage of the barrier type of birth control should be used together with an effective form of spermicidal application which kills off sperm that enters the body. Spermicidal applications are available in varying types, i.e., cream, foam or gel form.

The most common and most effective form of birth control remains to be the hormonal types of birth control which includes the varying types of birth control pills, injections and patches available in the market. They are excellent ways for birth control but some people are not able to use the oral contraceptive type of birth control or prefer not to use them. In that case, they may have to use other forms of birth control in the market.

Talking about spermicides, there is something called the contraceptive sponge that is somewhat like a foam or sponge that one inserts into the body of the female to cover the cervix area. The foam contains sperm-killing chemicals that kill of sperms that enter the body. Not only do contraceptive sponges block the sperm from entering the cervix, it also doubles up as spermicide, working as a 2-in-1 birth control device.

In recognizing the need for an urgent or emergency birth control device, there is something called the ‘emergency contraceptive’ that is available off the counter in most pharmacies, hospitals and clinics. The emergency birth control device is useful to women who forgot to take their oral birth control, is forced to have unprotected sex, or used birth control methods but it did not work (condom breaking). The emergency birth control works by stopping the ovaries from releasing eggs, stopping fertilization of the egg when the sperm has entered the body and it also stops the fertilized egg from attaching itself to the wall of the uterus.

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UB92 forms are another medical insurance claim form used when you are submitting insurance claims for a facility such as a hospital or drug rehab facility. It is similar to the HCFA1500 but it contains different fields.

If you’re shopping for UB 92s, you’ll find out that although they are not as readily available as HCFA 1500’s are, you can find several places to purchase them by doing an internet search. UB 92’s can also be filed electronically. You’ll need to check with your clearing house to see if they can accept them.

Hopefully your medical billing software has the capability to build your own form. Typing these would be ridiculously time consuming! If your medical billing software does not come with the form preloaded, you will have to purchase a software program for UB92’s or create your own. We were fortunate in that Michele has a computer science degree and had no problem writing our program. Several software programs are available by doing a search on the internet.

If you are not familiar with this forms and find yourself in a position where you need to be using them, you may want a book called the UB92 Editor. This book explains each field and designates which fields are mandatory by individual insurance companies and is extremely helpful in learning how to submit theses forms.

Instead of using CPT codes to describe the services performed, you would use ‘rev codes.’ UB 92’s are traditionally used mostly for hospital billing. But outpatient clinics may also be required to use them in billing. If a clinic is established as a facility, the reimbursment rates are different (usually higher) than if they were classified as a servicing provider. In order to be reimbursed at the higher facility rates, the billing must be submitted on a UB 92 form.

Michele Redmond is co-owner of Solutions Medical Billing with her mother Alice Scott. Together they are responsible for the billing for over 50 medical providers. For more information on UB92’s, other medical claim forms, or medical billing, visit their website at http://www.solutions-medical-billing.com

The Medical Transcriptionist is a Vital Link in the Delivery of Patient Healthcare. The hospital admission sheet or patient demographic face sheet contains:

• Patient’s address

• Next of kin

• Birthplace

• Social security number

• Occupation

• Sex

• Marital status

• Ethnic origin

• Religious preference

• Admitting diagnosis

• Financial entries that include patient’s employer, job title, address of company, insurance company, person responsible for emergency notification and payments, type of coverage, insurance identification number, type of payment plan

The hospital is required by federal law to collect this minimum amount of information, which is recorded on the admission face sheet and available in some format to the Medical Transcriptionist to assist in patient identification. The Medical Transcriptionist’s role here is to transcribe this information with complete accuracy in a timely manner.

The admissions department is also responsible for obtaining a consent form which includes:

• Patient’s consent for treatment

• Outline of patient’s responsibilities including billing

• The assurance that confidentiality will be protected

Other informed consents for surgery, procedures, invasive diagnostic tests, transfer, etc. will be obtained as appropriate.

Medical entries of the patient’s healthcare record include:

• Physician orders

• Diagnostic tests

• Nursing entries

• Physician entries

• Therapists’ entries

• Ancillary personnel entries

Emergency record:

Patients evaluated and treated in the Emergency Department receive a condensed version of the inpatient healthcare record that includes:

• Demographic information

• Nursing assessment

• Physician’s evaluation

• Treatment

• Conclusions

The Medical Transcriptionist may need to transcribe a dictated note with a comprehensive visit that might include:

• Diagnostic test results

• Consents

• Instructions

Physician’s office healthcare records are maintained in the physician’s office and may include:

• Many, but not all, of the same records and forms contained in the hospital healthcare record

• Initial history and physical exam

• Office visit notes

• Progress notes

• Diagnostic test results

• Copies of acute hospitalization reports

• Letters to insurance companies

• Consultation letters

The Medical Transcriptionists plays a vital role in the delivery of healthcare while accurately transcribing timely data entries that communicate illness and wellness information throughout the healthcare system.

Medical transcription requires physical skills of coordination of your eyes, ears, fingers, and foot (if you use a foot pedal). You should be an accomplished typist having a copy typing speed of at least 45 words per minute before attempting to transcribe. You should also expect your transcription to be slow and halting in the beginning as medical transcription does require somewhat different than copy typing.

Written by: Connie Limon, Medical Transcriptionist. Visit us at http://www.aboutmedicaltranscription.info for more information about the unique and rewarding career choice of Medical Transcription. Visit Camelot Articles http://www.camelotarticles.com for a variety of FREE reprint articles for your newsletter, web sites or blogs.

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Are you not tired of waking up every morning, thinking of going to work, then getting stuck at the traffic, then boring meetings - how you wish you can work from the home and get paid at the same time. Well your dream can become a reality with a work at home option of doing medical transcription.

Medical Transcription is one of the fastest growing fields in healthcare and as a work at home option. In order to generate a medical record, the doctor, in a hospital or a clinic, dictates the treatment given to the patient, which is captured as a voice file. The voice file is then transferred to the medical transcription centers through the Internet. The transcriptionist listens to the voice file and converts it into the text form, which is sent to the hospital or clinic through the same channel, to be stored in their electronic system for retrieval.

A Medical Transcriptionist is a Medical Language Specialist who is trained to listen to the doctor’s dictations and transcribe various types of the dictations. These dictations cover the categories such as operative reports, progress notes, clinic notes, discharge summaries, history and emergency room reports, etc.

In order to become a Medical Transcriptionist who can work at home, one does not have to be a professional. Rather one needs to have

- A graduate degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

- A good knowledge base of English grammar, preferably with good written skills, listening skills and fast typing skills.

- A basic knowledge of computer and word-processing software.

- Advanced knowledge and a familiarity with terminology, specific to a variety of medical specialties.

Medical transcription is an occupation that is ideally suitable for work at home employments. It is suitable for housewives and retired personnel. Because of recent advancements in technology, enabling seamless flows of information, the concept of home-based employment has gained popularity over the past several years. Skilled transcriptionists wishing to work from home will have no problem to find out home-based work opportunities, considering the number of medical transcription work at home jobs. While working at home you need a computer, a foot pedal, a headphone and electronic forms of dictionaries of various specialties as English and Medical to work at home.

The advantages of work at home Medical Transcription profession -

- At your own pace and take in the amount of work you want.

- Ability to work at home on any time of the day depending on your preferences.

- You get to spend more time with your family and working at home gives you more time.

- You save money on conveyance, and lower your expenses.

- Flexibility of working at home gives you freedom. You can schedule your doctor’s appointments, important meetings, or other works during regular business hours.

Annual income for full-time transcriptionists typing hospital reports is very profitable, depending on location and proficiency. An age of 45 to 50 years is not late for this profession. So if you think you are ready to take the challenge and you have the ability, then the free work at home job is yours.

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Easy access and availability of information has made the creation of a living will very simple. If you cannot afford an attorney due to financial constraints but still desire to create a living will, it is entirely possible to do so. Living will forms are available free of charge on the Internet. A few websites where forms can be downloaded include familiesonlinemagazine.com, kinseylaw.com, wcpo.com, legal-forms-online.com, webdirectives.com, Doyourownwill.com and LegalDocs.com.

Living will forms can also be acquired from hospitals in your town or city, free of cost. Hospitals may also provide details regarding the technicalities and can be approached with inquiries about legal requirements or state laws. Some hospitals allow visitors to download forms from their websites without any charge. These forms include specific questions pertaining to medical directives. Each person is free to make his or her own choices.

Each state has its own laws regarding living wills. There may be minor differences, but the general procedures and rules remains the same. It is advisable to do a thorough study of the same, before drawing up a living will. Websites such as the U.S. Living Will Registry offer state-specific forms and provide elaborate details pertaining to a living will. If a person happens to be in one state and the living will was drawn up in another state, the document will be honored only if its terms and conditions are in accordance with the requirements of the state where the person is presently located.

Living wills are an important instrument that allows the family members to respect the wishes of those who are taking final steps in life’s journey. The person’s right and choice of wanting to pass away with grace and dignity should be respected and accepted.

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The injury that killed Princess Diana although critical was not fatal and in fact former President Ronald Reagan survived a similar injury when he was shot by John Hinckley in 1981! Surely if a 70 year old man could have survived such an injury why not a 36 year old woman in good health?

The French doctors who were part of the team that tried to resuscitate Princess Diana at the hospital following the crash cited a tear in the left pulmonary vein as the source of internal bleeding that ultimately led to her death…there was no mention of other specific lesions!

Their conclusion was in stark contrast to the remarks made by the French Minister of Health and other officials (and widely embraced by the public, the media, and disseminated by the official report) that Princess Diana died as a result of massive multiple internal injuries that left her no chance to survive!

If Princess Diana Had Been Taken To A Hospital Within An Hour After Crash She’d Probably Be Alive Today!

The simple truth is, it is very highly likely that if Princess Diana had been rushed to a hospital immediately instead of being snail-paced for two hours in an ambulance she would still be alive today! Several eminent doctors from around the globe (including French physicians) agreed that a timely evacuation to the hospital would have probably saved the Princess!

This tends to corroborate my theory postulating the real reason why the ambulance journey took so long; the plotters were waiting for Princess Diana to bleed out before presenting her to other personnel not privy or involved in the plot (waiting hospital staff).

Nobody really knows what went on in that ambulance and who was in it besides Princess Diana. Another questionable aspect concerning the 2-hour journey fiasco that has come to light is whatever happened to the police presence that was initially escorting the ambulance?

Princess Diana’s Condition When The First Emergency Vehicles Arrived

The first witnesses to the crash site discovered Princess Diana seated on the floor of the car with her legs on the backseat and her head sandwiched between the backs of the two front seats. Her eyes were open and she was speaking indistinctly (bodyguard Trevor Rhys Jones supposedly heard her call out Dodi Fayed’s name) which established Diana as being conscious at this point.

The first emergency vehicle arrived seven minutes after the crash (Sapeurs-Pompiers, a military emergency service) and the SAMU ambulance that took her to the hospital arrived eight minutes later. The physician from the SAMU ambulance said that Princess Diana was agitated and crying and repeatedly moving her left arm and right leg (once again establishing that Princess Diana was indeed still conscious at this point).

Apparently Princess Diana then went into cardiac arrest while being extracted form the wreckage so she was intubated, put on a respirator and given external chest massage to reestablish a heart rhythm.

Review Of The Injury That Killed Princess Diana

The crash caused Princess Diana’s pulmonary vein to tear; this type of injury is commonly categorized as a deceleration injury because as the name implies it occurs when a person in motion is subjected to the massive traumatic force caused by sudden excessive deceleration. The Mercedes Benz S280 ramming into the pillar at 60 miles an hour definitely fits into this category.

The pulmonary vein transports oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart where it is then pumped to the rest of the body. The pulmonary vein is a large vessel that transports a significant amount of blood. A rip or injury to this vessel will result in internal bleeding in the chest that can quite easily become rapidly fatal; however if the tear is minimal then there’s a good chance that bleeding would be minimal and that expeditious repair of the tear would save the patient.

The fact that Princess Diana arrived at the hospital almost 2 hours later alive is evidence that the tear to her pulmonary vessel must have been a small tear that exuded blood at a slow rate. (Now you can see why it was so important for the ambulance to take its time getting to the hospital. If the tear had been bigger chances are they’d have gotten Diana to the hospital that much sooner. The outcome would have been the same though, because the assassins would have still ensured that by the time she was handed over to the Trauma Staff at the hospital she’d have been beyond resuscitation…which also explains the final 10 minute stop just outside the hospital gates).

As pre-eminent cardiologist Dr. John Ochsner (Chairman Emeritus of surgery at the Alton Ochsner clinic in New Orleans) put it: “depending on the size of the rent, or tear. If it wasn’t too big, they could put the patient on a heart lung machine and just go in and do the repair electively. It’s pretty obvious: with that lesion, if you can get them in hospital and on a heart lung machine early enough you can save them. But time is of essence.”

He is just one of a very long list of several physicians who believe that expeditious transport of Princess Diana to a hospital operating room could well have saved her! Read the views of other physicians here.

It is tempting to conclude that the French emergency evacuation procedures are ironically to blame for Princess Diana’s untimely death thereby relegating the entire incident as a mishandled tragic accident. But when one also considers the superb “bungling” of the investigation, disappearance of witnesses, the climbing body count, plethora of lies circulated and other suspicious events, that 2 hour hospital ride is really just a tad too convenient to have been anything but part of the assassination plot!

Princess Diana

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When you get discharged form the hospital with your first newborn, you do not go home with a mannual on the basic body functions of your baby. When your baby is born you may wonder what her bowel movement patter should be, or what color of stool to worry about.

After birth, it is expected that your baby will produce the first stool within 24 hours. The first bowel movements (BM’s) are dark green or black as the baby passes meconium, the substance filling the intestines before birth. In a few days, you’ll notice greenish stools signifying intestinal colonization by the friendly bacteria that start to take an active role in digestion.

Breast-fed infants typically have more BM’s than their formula-fed peers because breast milk is digested very quickly. Their stools are runny and look like yellow mustard with a seedy appearance. Breast-fed babies rarely get constipated.

Digestion of infant formula produces more waste. Infants who drink formula pass malodorous, firmer, yellow, green, or mocha stools. Since formula is a little harder to digest, do not be surprised if your baby gets constipated.

Not every baby goes by the textbook though. So keep in mind that stools in any shade of yellow, yellow-brown, and brown are perfectly normal.

I get concerned with 3 colors of stools: red (fresh blood), black beyond the first fed days of life (old blood), and white (blockage in the bile system). Should you notice any of these colors in your infant’s diapers, seek evaluation of your pediatric health care provider immediately.

Dr. Hillary is a pediatric nurse practitioner with a doctoral degree in health promotion and risk reduction. She works as a pediatric clinician and writes for Plugged in Parents. Plugged In Parents provides up-to-date info on pediatric health, safety and nutrition along with movie reviews, recipes, tech-savvy tips, and a parent’s only forum. You can also contact Dr. Hillary for personal questions related to health and nutrition.

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Wearing diabetes bracelets is advisable not only when traveling in different areas of the world but also when one is around the home area. This should identify one and the condition just in case one gets hurt or becomes unconscious. The situation does not even have to happen in remote areas for this identification tag to be of help.

It is a known fact that when one is having a hypyglycemic event, usually he is irritable and uncooperative and may not answer questions asked of him by paramedics who are ready to help. Besides, the symptoms of hypoglycemia sometimes mimic those of a drunk and people may not want to help thinking it serves the person right for consuming more alcohol than he can handle.

This is one reason why diabetes bracelets or other medical identification products can help to make sure that proper treatment is made available in an emergency situation. No one should travel without some kind of personal identification.

There is also a new product in the form of a keychain which can hold four glucose tablets. This is especially designed for type 1 diabetics who drive. In an emergency situation as in a hypoglycemic episode, one can just take the glycemic tablets to treat hypoglycemia. In fifteen minutes one can feel as good as new. If not, call for help right away.

There are other identification tags that will do the job of diabetes bracelets. There are decals with the words “Diabetic Driver” on them that can be affixed on the inside of the windshield. This will alert the police or any paramedics that may happen to come to the car to provide help.

There are also wristbands that come in a variety of colors for both adults and children that have the word “Diabetic” embossed on each plus the caduceus which is the medical symbol. I don’t know where to get them yet but visit the resource below from time to time as it will be there as soon as the information is available.

Sometimes children, especially boys will not want to wear this kind of jewelry. There is something available for them and it is in the form of a tag that can be tied up in the sneakers. This way when he exercises without considering the schedule of his meals and insulin dose, then he is covered when an emergency arises.

This identification tag or other medical ID’s also come in the form of a charm in 14 kt gold or in sterling silver for different sports, each one with the caduceus symbol. There also other types called Beaded Daisy which are easy to wear and 100% waterproof.

Some diabetes bracelets and necklaces can have this text written on them: I HAVE DIABETES PLEASE TEST MY BLOOD BEFORE TREATING ME. Isn’t that neat? Now there will be no excuse for making mistakes that could be fatal.

So, don’t forget to put some form of diabetes bracelets or medical id’s in the tool box because this will identify one when he gets hurt in an accident or injured in some other way especially when he becomes unconscious. There is no excuse for not wearing one as they come in different colors and sizes. There are even some designer ones, too.

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According to a report published by the Institute of Medicine, at least 1.5 million Americans are injured, sickened, or killed each year due to prescription errors. These errors may be in the prescribing, dispensing or taking medications. Medical malpractice in the form of making errors in giving drugs to patients in hospitals is so common that, on average, a patient in a hospital will be subjected to a medication error each day he/she occupies a hospital bed.

Past studies have indicated that drug errors cause at least 400,000 preventable injuries and deaths in hospitals each year; more than 800,000 in nursing homes and other facilities for the elderly; and 530,000 among Medicare recipients treated in outpatient clinics.

In a response to a request made by Congress in 2003, the Institute, which is a branch of the National Academies, undertook the most extensive study of medication errors ever conducted. The report found errors to be not only harmful and sometimes fatal but very costly, also. The added expense of treating drug-related injuries occurring in hospitals alone is estimated to be nearly $3.5 billion a year.

The institute’s report asserts that many of the medication errors could be avoided if doctors adopted electronic prescribing, if hospitals had a standardized bar-code system for checking and dispensing drugs, and if patients made more of an effort to know what drugs they are taking and what the risks of those drugs are.

Some of the most common errors include doctors writing prescriptions that could dangerously interact with other drugs the patient is already taking, nurses putting the wrong drug, or wrong dose, in an I.V., and pharmacists dispensing the wrong dosage of a pill.

One very disturbing finding in the study published by the Institute of Medicine found that hospitals and long-term facilities generally do not report errors to patients or family members unless they result in serious injury or death. Obviously, all medication errors need to be reported, not just those resulting in serious injury or death.

A few years ago in Leesburg, VA, there was a tragic case of a medication mistake that killed a five-year-old boy who had a minor bed-wetting problem. His doctor had prescribed a medication containing 50mg of imipramine per teaspoon; however, at the pharmacy, the 50mg was mistyped by a pharmacy technician as 250mg, five times the correct amount. The pharmacist didn’t notice the error and filled the prescription as the technician had typed it. The boy’s mother gave her son the medication as directed, and the next morning she found his cold, lifeless body in his bed.

Unless more attention is given to this horrific form of medical malpractice taking place all over our country, these mistakes will continue, and more and more people with minor medical problems will be injured or killed due to someone else’s negligence.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed by a prescription or medication error in Jacksonville or anywhere in Florida, please contact the experienced Medical Negligence Attorneys at Hardesty Tyde Green & Ashton, P.A.