Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and it staff have announce the 2011 The Santa Clara Valley Brain Injury Conference: Building on the Legacy of Coma to Community, will be held February 24-26, 2011 at the historic Dolce Hayes Mansion in San José, California. The conference is the reintroduction of the Coma to Community Conference hosted […]
UCSF shuttle bus kills pedestrian
An unidentified 65-year-old woman was killed this afternoon when she was struck by a UCSF shuttle bus as she was crossing Geary Street at Leavenworth, according to San Francisco police. The accident which occurred at 12:27 pm as The bus was headed north on Leavenworth and turned left onto Geary, at 12:27 pm when the […]
6-year-old one of four injured in Danville auto accident
A 6-year-old girl was seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision on northbound Interstate 680 on Monday afternoon. According to the California Highway Patrol officer Steve Crell, the crash occurred south of Bollinger Canyon Road, was reported around 2:30 p.m. between a white Ford Focus and a red Ford Explorer, . The sport utility vehicle rear-ended […]
Principal denies access to ambulance trying to reach player
Del Mar High School’s principal Liz Seabury is under fire for her decision to block an ambulance from driving onto the school’s football field and track to reach a 14-year-old who suffered a concussion during a football game. According to reports Seabury required emergency workers had to haul a gurney 75 yards downfield to where […]
FDA urges CT Scan makers to make safety changes
The FDA has issued a letter to manufactures of CT Scan devices after is was discovered that hundreds of patients received excess radiation after undergoing a CT brain perfusion scans to test for strokes. As of October 26, 2010, the FDA is aware of approximately 385 patients from six hospitals who were exposed to excess […]
