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In honor of
the Olympic Games in Vancouver our fun facts will be about
the Olympics!
Olympic Fun
Facts:
2: Times Canada has hosted an Olympics prior to 2010 (1976
Summer Games in Montreal; 1988 Winter Games in Calgary).
5: Gold medals won by Eric Heiden at the 1980 Winter
Olympics. Many consider the American speed skater to be one
of the greatest of all-time.
13: Gold medals won by the Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter
Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, the most golds won by a nation
in one Olympics.
59: Nations that have competed at the Winter Olympics
without winning a medal.
82: Nations competing at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
86: Medal events on the 2010 Olympic Program, an increase of
two (men's and women's ski cross) from the 2006 Torino
Games.
More Olympic
Fun Facts:
216: The number of United States athletes competing in
Vancouver.
280: Total medals won by the most prolific Winter Olympic
nation, Norway.
0: Gold medals won by Canada in Montreal and Calgary, the
two Olympic Games they have hosted prior to Vancouver.
5: Members of the 2010 U.S. Olympic team that were born in
Canada: Tanith Belbin, Debbie McCormick, Paul Stastny,
Travis Jayner, and Allison Pottinger.
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A message from the President
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February is a
short month on the calendar, but it has been
a long month full of cold weather! The month
started off with that pesky groundhog,
Puxatawny Phil telling us we've got at least
6 more weeks of winter to endure. His
prediction is ringing true for most of the
nation as numerous winter storms have kept
us all in a cold and snow-covered state!
Whether we're talking to you in Maryland,
North Dakota or even Texas, we all have had
the snow theme in common this month.
We have stayed warm and busy in the office
with a renewed marketing push reconnecting
with our past partners and introducing
ourselves to some new faces. I hope you have
had a chance to watch our DVD or website
video highlighting our company's story If
not, of course you should go to
www.nationalanesthesia.com
and let me know what you think!
We've been following the recovery efforts in
Haiti and were fortunate to help send a few
CRNAs on rescue missions. You can read a
little more about this in "Haiti Anesthesia
Relief Efforts." In the article
"Cutting-Edge Robotic Exoskeleton Allows
Wheelchair-Bound to Stand and Walk" you will
read about one of the latest and greatest
devices called Re- Walk that gives
paraplegics a chance to walk again. To wrap
up our newsletter we have an article that
offers some interesting facts about
daylights saving time.
As always,
thank you for taking the time to read
National News! My team enjoys putting it
together and we hope you enjoy the content.
Let me know if you have any suggestions!
Don't forget to connect with National for
your vacation coverage needs or if you want
us to help you find a great, new job!
Stephen Read, President
National Anesthesia Services, Inc.
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Quote of the month
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"Our greatest
glory is not in never falling but in rising
every time we fall."
----- Confucius |
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Haiti Anesthesia Relief Efforts
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It has been six
weeks since the devastating earthquake
crippled the nation of Haiti. As we told you
in last month's newsletter, National
developed a new website
www.haitianesthesiarelief.com
in an effort to provide a location where you
could quickly reference organizations that
needed volunteers or donations. We were
fortunate to be able to assist a few CRNAs
recently, Jamie Kaplin and Ethan Hix, in
their travel to Haiti and hope to share
their stories in the future. By doing so we
hope to encourage more people to get
involved. The immediate emergency needs have
slowed but we understand it is going to be
an ongoing effort to help everybody heal and
rebuild. Please stay in touch with us if you
learn you will be traveling to Haiti.
National Anesthesia is still working on
channeling donations of medical supplies and
other day to day survival items to
organizations. Please continue to visit our
website
www.haitianesthesiarelief.com
and let's do this together.
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Cutting-Edge Robotic Exoskeleton Allows
Wheelchair-Bound to Stand and Walk
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When Floyd
Morrow's spinal cord was severed in 2006,
doctors told him he would never take another
step, but a revolutionary new device will
give Morrow and other paraplegics the chance
to walk again.
"It's the greatest thing," Morrow, 62, said,
speaking about the first time he donned the
device called ReWalk, a motorized
exoskeleton that enables wheelchair users
with permanent lower limb disabilities to
stand, walk and even climb stairs.
"Just to be able to push a button and it's
like, 'OK, let's go.' Go cruising down the
hallway, oh, it's awesome," said Morrow, who
lives just outside of Atlantic City, N.J.
He never imagined he'd be able to walk again
after the 2006 boating accident that
paralyzed him for good.
"I couldn't see or speak, but I heard the
break in my back," he said.
He is among 14 people currently enrolled in
the U.S. clinical trials of ReWalk, which is
made by Argo Medical Technologies in Israel.
How It Works
ReWalk is a lightweight device comprised of
an upper body harness, backpack and full leg
supports.
The supports have motorized hips and knees.
Advance motion sensors placed in the
shoulder and connected to a backpack
computer detect subtle changes in gravity,
telling the device when a step needs to be
taken. Users control the movement of the leg
supports with the help of crutches, so
wearers must have the use of their upper
bodies in order to control the device.
A battery pack provides three hours of
continuous movement.
If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
approves ReWalk, researchers said they hope
it will be available to the public by the
end of 2010. It's not yet known how much it
will cost.
Device Offers Multiple Benefits
Dr. Alberto Esquenazi is leading the
ReWalk's U.S. trials at MossRehab, a
rehabilitation and research center in
Philadelphia.
"As a physician, you're improving someone's
health. Well, that's hugely satisfactory.
But to take something that's irreversible,
like spinal cord injury, and allow someone
to function again, that to me is a major
step," he noted.
In addition to the freedom ReWalk brings,
developers say it offers additional health
benefits. Lack of exercise means spinal cord
patients tend to have weak and brittle
bones, but use of ReWalk can reverse that
process, they say.
Woman Finds ReWalk Life-Changing
Alysse Einbender suffered a spinal stroke in
2004. The 50-year-old from Wyncote, Pa., is
among the trial participants. They get about
24 hours of training on the suit.
"You know, personally what the ReWalk has &
meant to me, it's shown me a lot of what my
body can do, instead of all the things it
can't do. And it's been hugely valuable to
me," she said.
Through ReWalk, 46-year-old Ralph
Filipkowski was able to stand without the
use of a walker for the first time since
1985. That's when the truck he was working
under fell on top of him, leaving him
paralyzed.
Wearing the ReWalk, Filipkowski stood, took
a few steps, and offered a big smile.
"Good Morning America" anchor George
Stephanopoulos tried the device himself
during a recent visit to observe the trials.
He practiced standing up and sitting down,
and was shocked at the suit's power.
"It really does push you," Stephanopoulos
said.
Esquenazi said the system "does it all" for
the user, but added, "you are in control. If
you want to take a step, you tell it when to
take a step."
Einbender said that being able to stand and
take those steps has changed her life.
"Looking into somebody's eyes for the first
time at that height was ... really
incredible," she said.
Suzan Clarke
http://abcnews.go.com
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Daylight Saving Time Is Dangerous
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On the March night
when the clocks spring forward by an hour,
the average American worker gets 40
minutes less sleep than usual, according
to a new study by researchers at Michigan
State University. That results in a 5.7%
increase in workplace injuries the following
workday. The time change causes havoc on the
roads, as well. The U.S. National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration reports a
17% increase in accidents on the Monday
following daylight saving time, and in
Canada, the Ministry of Transport notes an
8% increase.
Harvard Business Publishing
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