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Written by Ruzanna Harutyunyan
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Before deployment, soldiers from the Illinois National Army and Air Guard will undergo intensive five-day training in trauma and life-support for the treatment of military casualties at Rush University Medical Center. Forty-five soldiers took part in the training session from September 13-18.
The goal of the program is to expose the soldiers to more hands-on training before they encounter trauma in the field.
The program was developed through a unique partnership between Rush University Medical Center and the Illinois National Guard and has expanded from a three day course to a five day course.
"Medical personnel in the Illinois National Guard, like in the civilian sector, must continuously receive medical training," said Capt. James Dodd, Illinois Army National Guard 708th Ground Ambulance Medical Company commander. "The partnership with Rush not only further prepares our medics for situations they may experience in deployment, but as part of an on-going training program, further enhances the Illinois National Guard's ability to serve the citizens of Illinois and respond to any homeland emergency or incident."
The workshop focuses on the types of injuries the medical company will encounter in combat such as blast and burn injuries. The new course consists of more classroom training, simulation lab exercises, advanced trauma laboratory training, and observing a level I trauma center. This year, the soldiers also will have a chance to ride alongside medics from the Chicago Fire Department.
Participants also receive hands-on training in the Rush University Simulation Laboratory, which will be set up as a field hospital and battlefield. The Rush University Simulation Laboratory has developed a "virtual patient" for the Army called I-STAN that will be programmed to simulate the specific types of injuries seen on the battlefield.
The life-sized computer-controlled ‘virtual patients' are capable of simulating nearly any possible human medical or traumatic emergency including allergic reactions, the effects of biochemical agents, or loss of limb from a blast injury. The simulators have life-like human functions that enhance training, such as blinking eyes, exhalation of carbon dioxide, chest movements, coughing, palpable pulses, and much more.
Soldiers will also learn about combat stress disorders and signs and symptoms of trauma exposure from internationally renowned expert in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Stevan Hobfoll, PhD, director of the Traumatic Stress Center at Rush University Medical Center.
Training is intended to augment what has already been provided to the medics through the military. The training course at Rush focuses on basic trauma response, which includes airway management, bleeding control, initial management of burns, spinal motion restriction, extremity immobilization and traction splint application.
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Written by Denise Reynolds RD
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Children who eat candy and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as adults, according to a Cardiff University (UK) study and reported in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.
The researchers reviewed data on 17,500 participants of the 1970 British Cohort Study and found that 10-year-old children who ate sweets daily were significantly more likely to have a violence conviction by age 34. This link remained evident even after controlling for other factors such as parenting behavior, economic and social circumstances, and incomplete education after 16.
Several explanations were proposed about the apparent link between daily sweets and adult aggression.
One theory is that additives in the products may contribute. Food additives have been previously linked to hyperactive behavior. Artificial food colorings and preservatives were first discussed as a cause of hyperactivity in the 1970s by allergist Benjamin Feingold. A more recent study in the British Medical Journal found that removing food additives from the diet improved symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Chocolate, sugar, cow’s milk, eggs, and wheat, common in candies and other sweet foods, are commonly implicated in triggering hyperactive behavior. Allergic reactions or intolerances to these ingredients are proposed to be the factor in producing hyperactivity and aggression. Sugar, for example, is thought to cause hyperactivity because of its effect on glucose metabolism. When insulin is triggered to remove glucose from the blood stream, catecholamines are released from the adrenal glands to prevent blood sugar from going too low. Some children release too little of the hormone, blood sugar drops too low, and brain activity is disturbed.
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