The shootings that took place in front of a Safeway store in Tucson a year ago have had an immeasurable impact on the community. AHSC BioCommunications looks back at an unforgettable time.
Oct. 25, 2011 - In a message to the Arizona Health Sciences Center community, J. Lyle Bootman, PhD, ScD, senior vice president for the health sciences, discusses recommendations of the Governor's Medical Education Oversight Task Force for governance of The University of Arizona Health Network. He also looks at new facilities under construction and others in the planning stages on the AHSC Tucson campus and the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
Arizona's bark scorpion can be trouble - especially for children. But a scorpion antivenom produced in Mexico and tested by UA researchers and colleagues has just earned approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It is a historic event that has taken nearly 12 years to achieve.
From Snowflake to Springerville, Benson to Bisbee, University of Arizona medical students experience life, work and learning in rural Arizona communities.
Each year, a group of first-year medical students at the UA College of Medicine is selected to participate in the Rural Health Professions Program. During the summer between their first and second years of medical school, these students live in a rural community in Arizona and work side-by-side with a physician preceptor who has volunteered as an RHPP mentor. Returning to the same community during each year of medical school, students learn to appreciate the area's culture and community character and begin to experience the lifestyle of rural residents.
A miniature horse in tennis shoes helps to brighten the day for children at Diamond Children’s at University Medical Center. Coordinating with Diamond Children’s child life specialists, “Snickers,” as he is known, and owner Nancie Roahrig make frequent visits to the hospital, bringing smiles to young patients and children whose family members are hospitalized.
Sarver Heart Center’s newest video makes it easy to learn Continuous Chest Compression CPR. Every three days, more Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest than the number who died in the 9-11 attacks. You can lessen this recurring loss by learning this hands-only CPR method that doubles a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest. Watch physician researchers Gordon A. Ewy, MD, and Karl Kern, MD, demonstrate the easy, life-saving method that they developed at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.