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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Strangulation Death of a Child Prompts Recall of Roman Shades
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Hanover Direct Inc., (also known as Domestications, The Company Store, and Company Kids) of Weehawken, N.J. today announced a voluntary recall of it’s Roman shades, roll-up blinds and roller blinds. CPSC received a new report of the death of a 22-month-old boy in Cedar Falls, Iowa […]
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 […]
