In 2014, I wrote about traveling with kids. I had just read a book about disasters, and piled on stories of surviving plane crashes and hotel fires. Friends gave me more practical advice for this summer . Jane Anderson Lemoine of…
On February 9, Acadiana's regional EMS Council had it's latest meeting, representing local ambulance services, Emergency Departments, and disaster coordinators. First we congratulated ourselves on providing tourniquet training to…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. April Weliever, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. In the past weeks Dr. Hamilton reviewed Christmas safety issues. Christmas must be pretty…
The Louisiana Health Department has made child drowning prevention a priority for 2017, since our state has the second highest rate in the nation. Though I always cared deeply about this, it' now more important for me since I…
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, Christmas is only slightly safer for kids than riding bikes no hands, eyes closed, on the roof. The AAP website has a three page list on avoiding flaming disaster in the living…
There's only about 4 weeks left of summer vacation here in Louisiana. Summer's been terrific, but now family vacation and your kid's camps are done. You've made some good memories, but now the kids are bored and have reverted to…
My college required students to take four blocks of Physical Education, much like high school, except we chose the sports. We also had to pass a swim test to graduate. My roommate Brian, who'd never learned to swim, had to use…
In 2008, New York City mom Lenore Skenazy was shopping with her 9 year-old son. They rode the subway, and that day he begged her to let him ride home alone. Ms. Skenazy decided it was time for some independence and let him. He …
It was a mystery to mom: her 10 year-old, autistic boy suddenly was rubbing his eyes and crying. When she pried his hands away, she saw that his eyes were red with swollen lids, and he obviously hurt. Was it allergies? Did pink…
This week's guest columnists are Dr. Kevin Morris and Dr. Richard Pearson, Family Practice residents at the University Health Center here in Lafayette. Dr. Morris is a former paramedic, and knows of what he speaks: It's warming…
On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the icy Potomac River in Washington during take-off. Joe Stiley, one of the few survivors, saw the crash coming, seeing out his window how the plane was falling to the river…
