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Free “Stop the Bleed” Course Offered by Saint Joseph Medical Center
Saint Joseph Medical Center and the Joliet Fire Department are offering a free “Stop the Bleed” course on July 24, teaching attendees how to properly apply pressure, pack a wound, and apply a tourniquet to save lives.
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Burned Out from Lingering Pandemic, Some on Front Lines Find Faith an Antidote
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With variants straining short-staffed facilities across the country, some on the front lines are experiencing added physical, mental and emotional stress. “I’m feeling burnout,” said Registered Nurse Currine Smith, who saw her medical floor skyrocket with COVID cases amid the current surge. “The stress and anxiety I feel wears down on me […]
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Burned Out from Lingering Pandemic, Some on Front Lines Find Faith an Antidote
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With variants straining short-staffed facilities across the country, some on the front lines are experiencing added physical, mental and emotional stress. “I’m feeling burnout,” said Registered Nurse Currine Smith, who saw her medical floor skyrocket with COVID cases amid the current surge. “The stress and anxiety I feel wears down on me mentally, emotionally and physically.”
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PRESS ROOM: New N’COBRA Study Finds Genetic Damage from Historical Racism Linked to Poor Health and Transgenerational Trauma in Black Americans
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A United Nations report released earlier this year concluded, “Racism is embedded in the structures of our society.” While police brutality, the wealth gap, and other issues grace the headlines – health disparities are often overlooked. And, when those disparities are generational, it’s even more difficult to determine the why and who is at fault. “You must accept that systemic racism is the reason bad health has existed for generations for those of African descent,” he adds.
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COMMENTARY: When a Child Shoots a Child at School…
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — With 100-plus children treated for gunshot wounds at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital alone, according to chief medical officer Barry Gilmore, the scope of the problem is nerve racking. Seemingly at issue now is whether the life-threatening encounter in a stairwell at the school has touched Memphis’ collective nerve deep enough to stimulate and sustain the effort needed to solve the problem.
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Firefighter Roderick Lewis Was There, and in Ways, He Still is Remembering 9/11
HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS SERVICE — Twenty years after the attack, after leaving the department and busying himself with new hobbies, after his oldest child, a son, had struck out on his own and his daughter had graduated high school, after buying a sailboat and exploring deeper his love of sailing, after he and his wife purchased another home in Chesapeake, Virginia, after counseling and consultation, it even surprises retired New York City firefighter Rodney Lewis how quickly the feelings can come bursting to the surface.
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House of Representatives Passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “For too long, we have endured the pain of watching or seeing the deaths of people of color, particularly Black men and women, at the hands of rogue police officers who operate with impunity and take it upon themselves to be the arbiters of life and death,” Congresswoman Maxine Waters declared. “The trauma that our communities feel is only made worse by the ways in which we are forced to reckon with the reality that Black people are over 3.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white people, and Black teenagers are 21 times more likely to be killed by police than white teenagers.”
