First responders are equipped with lifesaving expertise and resources to rapidly arrive on the scene of emergencies resulting in traumatic injuries, but even so, a person who has suffered a trauma and is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes if efforts are not made to control it.
July 18, 2022
Ochsner Hospital for Children will host Superheroes, Super Health Fair on July 23 for children, parents, and members of the New Orleans community to connect with healthcare resources.
The event is from 12 n.n.-4 p.m. at the Ochsner Health Center for Children, 1319 Jefferson Hwy in New Orleans.
Children will have the opportunity to receive sports physicals, routine childhood immunizations, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for those aged six months – 18 years, and completion of back-to-school forms on-site at the fair.
July 18, 2022
St. Tammany Health System’s Be Well Bus, a 40-foot mobile health unit, will be rolling into communities across the Northshore over the next several weeks as part of an ongoing initiative to provide local residents with convenient access to high-tech 3-D mammograms.
The mobile screening program is part of an effort by the health system to improve local population health metrics by bringing potentially lifesaving health screenings directly to Northshore residents in their own backyards.
July 18, 2022
Tulane Health System launched a new procedure to aid in the detection of lung cancer using a robotic-assisted bronchoscopy platform in conjunction with real-time cone beam CT imaging. Together, these technologies are used to biopsy suspicious lung nodules through a minimally invasive procedure with incredible precision - even in hard-to-reach areas of the lung. The procedures enable physicians to quickly determine if a nodule is cancerous so the patient can begin life-saving treatment.
July 11, 2022
The Early Head Start Child Care Partnership at LSU Health New Orleans’ Human Development Center is offering scholarships for early child care to qualified applicants. The partnership supports Early Head Start programs in the Greater New Orleans area.
Up to 100 scholarships will pay for child care at eight Early Head Start partner sites.
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