New portable x-ray provides better care for surgical patients Dr. Peter Hayashida manipulates the mini C-arm for a procedure in which a fishing hook was removed from the patient’s hand. Registered practical nurse Mike Alfermann looks on. Surgical patients at Rouge Valley are healing more quickly thanks to our physicians, staff and the use of new technology. Both Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) hospital campuses, Rouge Valley Centenary (RVC) and Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering (RVAP), each now have a new portable X-ray machine. Known as a mini C-arm, this diagnostic equipment creates an X-ray picture producing a live and continuous X-ray image for surgeons during procedures to aid...
Grand Rounds: Coming Here Next Tuesday Attention, please! We'll be hosting next week's Grand Rounds blog carnival here at the 'Mine. This is my third time hosting this awesome weekly forum of the best of medical and health blogging - as submitted by anyone who wants to participate.For......
Saying goodbye to ‘Headclutcher’ photos What does mental illness look like? Can a photo show what it’s like to have conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder? Time to Change have launched a new range of photographs to illustrate media stories about mental illness....