November/December 2011 ISSN-1059-6518 Volume 24 Number 6 What is a SOAP Note? By Frank Hubbell, DO Illustrations by T.B.R. Walsh When providing patient care you have a lot of information to gather about the patient including; their past medical history, the chief complaint, vital signs, injuries, and treatment plan. As this information is […]
November/December 2011 ISSN-1059-6518 Volume 24 Number 6 Vaccines and Our Immune System By Frank Hubbell, DO What is the Immune System? A better way to ask this simple question is, “what protects us against infectious disease”? Simply answered, it is our immune system. The whole purpose of the immune system is to recognize […]
November/December 2011 ISSN-1059-6518 Volume 24 Number 6 Somedays You Eat the Bear and Somedays the Bear Eats You By Frank Hubbell, DO EMS call: Your squad is asked to respond to the home of a 35 year old male who states that he is very sick and needs to go the hospital, as he […]
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT YOUR KNEES: The knee is the largest joint in the human body. It is surrounded and supported by the strongest muscles in the human body. There are approximately 20 million visits per year to doctors’ offices and emergency rooms for knee injuries. These injuries are the most common reasons people see […]
