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Schulz, John pjschu at bpthosp.org
Thu Jan 1 18:34:30 GMT 2009 

Dr. Mattox, you are SO right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John T Schulz III, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Chairman, Department of Surgery
Chief, Trauma/Burns/Surgical Critical Care
Director, Andrew J Panettieri Burn Center
Bridgeport Hospital
267 Grant Street
Bridgeport, CT
203-384-3890
pjschu at bpthosp.org
 
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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has
      happenedalready (brenildo)
   2. Re: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has
      happenedalready (brenildo)
   3. Re: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has
      happenedalready (brenildo)
   4. RE: is yelling acceptable?? ever?? (jimcarroll at pobox.com)
   5. Bangkok Nightclub Fire (Marc Matthews - MedPro MMC X)
   6. Re: Bangkok Nightclub Fire (Murray Tasker)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:18:45 -0200
From: "brenildo" <brenildo33 at uol.com.br>
Subject: Re: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has
	happenedalready
To: "Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
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of course ! because of this it happened the economical crash! and the 
devasting crisis.
Ice heart of people nd don?t come asking heart transplant
that?s it folks








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bills, Anne" <abills at the-med.org>
To: "Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has 
happenedalready


> Could you teach our "county" hospital how to do this?  We are so much
in 
> the red that we have now hired a consulting firm for 10.5 million
dollars 
> to get us 7 million out of debt.  How absurd is that?
> Anne Bills, RN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KMATTOX at aol.com [mailto:KMATTOX at aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:01 PM
> To: trauma-list at trauma.org
> Subject: Fwd: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has
> happenedalready
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________
> From: KMATTOX at aol.com
> Reply-to: med-events at ccm-l.org
> To:  med-events at ccm-l.org
> Sent: 12/30/2008 8:00:24 P.M. Central Standard  Time
> Subj: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has happened
already
>
>
> Use whatever terms you wish:   Single payer, Universal Health, 
> Governmental
> Health Care, Public Health Service, etc.
>
> US SOCIAL SERVICE HEALTH CARE IS HERE, at least for 44 or more million
> people in the United States.   It works quite well and is very 
> standardized.   It
> happens in hospitals with names such as Bellvue,  Parkland, Ben Taub, 
> Charity,
> LA County, SF General, and many  others.   In these "county" hospitals
the
> common (often limited  number of payers) funding comes from the local
and
> federal taxpayers, as  adverse selection does not happen.    The
faculty 
> and
> resident  salaries are standardized as are the working hours.   The 
> procedures  and
> standards of practice are defined by the latest evidenced based
scientific
> articles.   The quality is assured by the multiple checks and
balances. 
> Out of
> necessity, un necessary procedures are usually  not done and un
necessary
> tests and images are not performed, just to satisfy  the industry
driven 
> mill of
> the hospital selling goods and services for the  profit of the 
> stockholders.
>
> Kenneth Mattox
> Houston
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:35:40 -0200
From: "brenildo" <brenildo33 at uol.com.br>
Subject: Re: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has
	happenedalready
To: "Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
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PERFECT STATEMENT IN THE WAY YOU ALWAYS DO
CONGRATULATIONS FROM RIO, BRAZIL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <KMATTOX at aol.com>
To: <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:01 AM
Subject: Fwd: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has 
happenedalready


>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________
> From: KMATTOX at aol.com
> Reply-to: med-events at ccm-l.org
> To:  med-events at ccm-l.org
> Sent: 12/30/2008 8:00:24 P.M. Central Standard  Time
> Subj: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has happened
already
>
>
> Use whatever terms you wish:   Single payer, Universal Health, 
> Governmental
> Health Care, Public Health Service, etc.
>
> US SOCIAL SERVICE HEALTH CARE IS HERE, at least for 44 or more million
> people in the United States.   It works quite well and is very 
> standardized.   It
> happens in hospitals with names such as Bellvue,  Parkland, Ben Taub, 
> Charity,
> LA County, SF General, and many  others.   In these "county" hospitals
the
> common (often limited  number of payers) funding comes from the local
and
> federal taxpayers, as  adverse selection does not happen.    The
faculty 
> and
> resident  salaries are standardized as are the working hours.   The 
> procedures  and
> standards of practice are defined by the latest evidenced based
scientific
> articles.   The quality is assured by the multiple checks and
balances. 
> Out of
> necessity, un necessary procedures are usually  not done and un
necessary
> tests and images are not performed, just to satisfy  the industry
driven 
> mill of
> the hospital selling goods and services for the  profit of the 
> stockholders.
>
> Kenneth Mattox
> Houston
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:03:18 -0200
From: "brenildo" <brenildo33 at uol.com.br>
Subject: Re: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has
	happenedalready
To: "Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
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PERFECT TRUTH IN THE WAY YOU ALWAYS DO. CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR
STATEMENTS!
VERY IMPRESSIVE AS ALWAYS AND WITH BEST PERSONAL WISHES TO BE KEPT AS SO
IN 
2009
BRENILDO TAVARES MD
YOUR ADMIRER FROM RIO-BRAZIL




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <KMATTOX at aol.com>
To: <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:01 AM
Subject: Fwd: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has 
happenedalready


>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________
> From: KMATTOX at aol.com
> Reply-to: med-events at ccm-l.org
> To:  med-events at ccm-l.org
> Sent: 12/30/2008 8:00:24 P.M. Central Standard  Time
> Subj: [Med-Events] US Social Service Health Care- It has happened
already
>
>
> Use whatever terms you wish:   Single payer, Universal Health, 
> Governmental
> Health Care, Public Health Service, etc.
>
> US SOCIAL SERVICE HEALTH CARE IS HERE, at least for 44 or more million
> people in the United States.   It works quite well and is very 
> standardized.   It
> happens in hospitals with names such as Bellvue,  Parkland, Ben Taub, 
> Charity,
> LA County, SF General, and many  others.   In these "county" hospitals
the
> common (often limited  number of payers) funding comes from the local
and
> federal taxpayers, as  adverse selection does not happen.    The
faculty 
> and
> resident  salaries are standardized as are the working hours.   The 
> procedures  and
> standards of practice are defined by the latest evidenced based
scientific
> articles.   The quality is assured by the multiple checks and
balances. 
> Out of
> necessity, un necessary procedures are usually  not done and un
necessary
> tests and images are not performed, just to satisfy  the industry
driven 
> mill of
> the hospital selling goods and services for the  profit of the 
> stockholders.
>
> Kenneth Mattox
> Houston
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:11:52 -0500
From: <jimcarroll at pobox.com>
Subject: RE: is yelling acceptable?? ever??
To: Trauma & Critical Care mailing list <trauma-list at trauma.org>
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:32:25 -0500, "Bjorn, Pret" <pbjorn at emh.org>
wrote:
> 
> Let's close this stinking thread and be rid of it.

We wish...

Pret also gave us his usual astute take:

>  If there are no hospital or medical staff policies for disruptive /
abusive behaviors, it falls to the responsibility and discretion of
supervisors -- which should in itself inspire the prompt development of
reasonable and enforceable policies.

Now take a look at
http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_40.
htm
for a "sentinel event alert"

If you're JCAHO accredited:

Effective January 1, 2009 for all accreditation programs, The Joint
Commission has a new Leadership standard (LD.03.01.01)* that addresses
disruptive and inappropriate behaviors in two of its elements of
performance:

    EP 4:  The hospital/organization has a code of conduct that defines
acceptable and disruptive and inappropriate behaviors.

    EP 5:  Leaders create and implement a process for managing
disruptive
and inappropriate behaviors.

In addition, standards in the Medical Staff chapter have been organized
to
follow six core competencies (see the introduction to MS.4) to be
addressed
in the credentialing process, including interpersonal skills and
professionalism. 

___

The potential effect of this gives one pause.  It does give latitude to
the
individual organization struggling to come up with such a policy or
"code
of conduct", but its scope is potentially quite sweeping.  

Jim Carroll, CRNA



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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:35:33 -0700
From: "Marc Matthews - MedPro MMC X" <Marc_Matthews at medprodoctors.com>
Subject: Bangkok Nightclub Fire
To: <trauma-list at trauma.org>
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To the trauma list server,
 
This reminds me of the Rhode Island nightclub fire. History has repeated
itself as fireworks were again the cause as reported in this article. I
am sorry/sad to hear about this tragedy and express my sadness and
condolences to all of those injured and to the families of all of those
that were killed.
 
MRM
 
 
Bangkok nightclub fire kills 59, injures 130

	


Dec 31, 7:45 PM (ET) 

By DENIS D. GRAY 

 
<http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Nightclub_Fire.sff_BK11
8_20081231175147.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0> 	
(AP) Firefighter sprays water on the remains of a night club Thursday,
Jan. 1, 2009, in Bangkok,...
Full Image
<http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Nightclub_Fire.sff_BK11
8_20081231175147.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0> 	
 

	
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A fire swept through a high-class nightclub
jammed with several hundred New Year
<http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=
%22New+Year%22> 's revelers early Thursday, killing at least 59 people
and injuring about 130, officials said. A number of foreigners were
among the casualties from the blaze that erupted shortly after midnight
at the Santika Club in Bangkok's entertainment district. 

Victims died from burns, smoke inhalation and injuries during the
stampede to escape from the club, which had only one door for the
public, police Maj. Gen. Chokchai Deeprasertwit said. Firefighters said
a door at the rear was known only to the staff, while an Associated
Press
<http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=
%22Associated+Press%22>  reporter saw a third door at one side of the
building. 

Video footage of the disaster showed bloodied, bruised and burned
victims being dragged out of the burning club or managing to run through
the door or shattered windows. The video - provided to AP Television
News
<http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=
%22AP+Television+News%22>  by rescue workers - showed flames racing
through the entire building even as the rescue operation was going on. 

Police Gen. Jongrak Jutanont put the death toll at 59, which included an
undetermined number of foreigners. He said that among the injured were
nationals of Australia, Nepal, Japan and the Netherlands. 

 
<http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Pub_Fire.sff_BK105_2008
1231155952.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0> 	
(AP) Bangkok Fire and Rescue officials remove the dead from the scene of
a night club fire Thursday,...
Full Image
<http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Pub_Fire.sff_BK105_2008
1231155952.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0> 	
Most of the victims were confirmed dead at the club but at least one
person died at a hospital. Workers counting bodies told AP that about
130 others were injured. Rescue said they believed other bodies were
still inside the blaze-gutted building, which has two stories and a
basement. 

Chokchai said that the fire may have been caused by firecrackers brought
into the Santika Club
<http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=
%22Santika+Club%22>  by guests or sparks flying from a New Year's
countdown display on the nightclub stage. 

The Web site of The Nation newspaper quoted one party-goer, Somchai
Frendi
<http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=
%22Somchai+Frendi%22> , as saying the blaze was caused by fireworks that
ignited the second floor ceiling, which was made largely of
sound-proofing material. 

The club was packed with about 1,000 celebrants, according to police
officers who declined to be named because they were not authorized to
speak to the press. 

Most of the bodies were found in the basement of the club, which
attracts a well-heeled crowd of Thais and foreigners, rescuers said. The
corpses, placed in white body bags, were laid out in rows in the parking
lot in front of the club. 

 
<http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Pub_Fire.sff_BK103_2008
1231155247.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0> 	
(AP) BangkokFire and Rescue officials remove the dead from the scene of
a night club fire Thursday, Jan....
Full Image
<http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Pub_Fire.sff_BK103_2008
1231155247.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0> 	
The emergency workers said the rescue operation was delayed because of
heavy New Year's traffic in the Ekamai entertainment district and the
large number of cars parked at the club. 

Firefighter Watcharapong Sri-saard said that in addition to a lack of
exits, a number of staircases inside the club as well as bars across the
second-floor windows made escape difficult. 

An AP reporter who peered inside the still burning building said
everything in sight had been burned. 

"Bodies, some of them probably alive, were falling off the stretchers as
the rescue workers rushed them away. The flames were glowing through the
broken glass windows. A part of the building had already collapsed,"
said Andrew Jones of England
<http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=
%22Andrew+Jones+of+England%22> , who arrived at the scene shortly after
the fire erupted. 

One local Web site about the entertainment scene in Bangkok described
the club as attracting "an affluent Thai student crowd, with Euro models
and Westerners also popping in" with a "whisky-sipping crowd all focused
on a large stage." 

Another site says that the high ceiling and a cross in the main room
makes one feel "like walking into a church." 

--- 

Associated Press writer Christopher Blake contributed to this report 




------------------------------

Message: 6
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 16:24:01 +1300
From: "Murray Tasker" <murray.tasker at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Bangkok Nightclub Fire
To: "Trauma &amp, Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
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2009/1/1 Marc Matthews - MedPro MMC X <Marc_Matthews at medprodoctors.com>

> To the trauma list server,
>
> This reminds me of the Rhode Island nightclub fire. History has
repeated
> itself as fireworks were again the cause as reported in this article.
I am
> sorry/sad to hear about this tragedy and express my sadness and
condolences
> to all of those injured and to the families of all of those that were
> killed.
>
> MRM
>
>
> Bangkok nightclub fire kills 59, injures 130
>
>
>
>
> Dec 31, 7:45 PM (ET)
>
> By DENIS D. GRAY
>
>  <
>
http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Nightclub_Fire.sff_BK118
_20081231175147.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0
> >
> (AP) Firefighter sprays water on the remains of a night club Thursday,
Jan.
> 1, 2009, in Bangkok,...
> Full Image <
>
http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Nightclub_Fire.sff_BK118
_20081231175147.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0
> >
>
>
>
> BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A fire swept through a high-class nightclub
jammed
> with several hundred New Year <
>
http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%
22New+Year%22>
> 's revelers early Thursday, killing at least 59 people and injuring
about
> 130, officials said. A number of foreigners were among the casualties
from
> the blaze that erupted shortly after midnight at the Santika Club in
> Bangkok's entertainment district.
>
> Victims died from burns, smoke inhalation and injuries during the
stampede
> to escape from the club, which had only one door for the public,
police Maj.
> Gen. Chokchai Deeprasertwit said. Firefighters said a door at the rear
was
> known only to the staff, while an Associated Press <
>
http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%
22Associated+Press%22>
>  reporter saw a third door at one side of the building.
>
> Video footage of the disaster showed bloodied, bruised and burned
victims
> being dragged out of the burning club or managing to run through the
door or
> shattered windows. The video - provided to AP Television News <
>
http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%
22AP+Television+News%22>
>  by rescue workers - showed flames racing through the entire building
even
> as the rescue operation was going on.
>
> Police Gen. Jongrak Jutanont put the death toll at 59, which included
an
> undetermined number of foreigners. He said that among the injured were
> nationals of Australia, Nepal, Japan and the Netherlands.
>
>  <
>
http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Pub_Fire.sff_BK105_20081
231155952.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0
> >
> (AP) Bangkok Fire and Rescue officials remove the dead from the scene
of a
> night club fire Thursday,...
> Full Image <
>
http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Pub_Fire.sff_BK105_20081
231155952.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0
> >
> Most of the victims were confirmed dead at the club but at least one
person
> died at a hospital. Workers counting bodies told AP that about 130
others
> were injured. Rescue said they believed other bodies were still inside
the
> blaze-gutted building, which has two stories and a basement.
>
> Chokchai said that the fire may have been caused by firecrackers
brought
> into the Santika Club <
>
http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%
22Santika+Club%22>
>  by guests or sparks flying from a New Year's countdown display on the
> nightclub stage.
>
> The Web site of The Nation newspaper quoted one party-goer, Somchai
Frendi
> <
>
http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%
22Somchai+Frendi%22>
> , as saying the blaze was caused by fireworks that ignited the second
floor
> ceiling, which was made largely of sound-proofing material.
>
> The club was packed with about 1,000 celebrants, according to police
> officers who declined to be named because they were not authorized to
speak
> to the press.
>
> Most of the bodies were found in the basement of the club, which
attracts a
> well-heeled crowd of Thais and foreigners, rescuers said. The corpses,
> placed in white body bags, were laid out in rows in the parking lot in
front
> of the club.
>
>  <
>
http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Pub_Fire.sff_BK103_20081
231155247.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0
> >
> (AP) BangkokFire and Rescue officials remove the dead from the scene
of a
> night club fire Thursday, Jan....
> Full Image <
>
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231155247.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0
> >
> The emergency workers said the rescue operation was delayed because of
> heavy New Year's traffic in the Ekamai entertainment district and the
large
> number of cars parked at the club.
>
> Firefighter Watcharapong Sri-saard said that in addition to a lack of
> exits, a number of staircases inside the club as well as bars across
the
> second-floor windows made escape difficult.
>
> An AP reporter who peered inside the still burning building said
everything
> in sight had been burned.
>
> "Bodies, some of them probably alive, were falling off the stretchers
as
> the rescue workers rushed them away. The flames were glowing through
the
> broken glass windows. A part of the building had already collapsed,"
said
> Andrew Jones of England <
>
http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%
22Andrew+Jones+of+England%22>
> , who arrived at the scene shortly after the fire erupted.
>
> One local Web site about the entertainment scene in Bangkok described
the
> club as attracting "an affluent Thai student crowd, with Euro models
and
> Westerners also popping in" with a "whisky-sipping crowd all focused
on a
> large stage."
>
> Another site says that the high ceiling and a cross in the main room
makes
> one feel "like walking into a church."
>
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>
> Associated Press writer Christopher Blake contributed to this report
>
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