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95-year-old Mabel
McCullough's
birthday party
brought five fire
engines, two ladder
companies and 24
firefighters when
she blew out all 95
candles on her
birthday cake. The
smoke from blowing
out the candles
triggered a fire
alarm.
Overdoses of
acetaminophen, the
active ingredient in
Tylenol and many
other pain and cold
medications, can
cause severe or
even fatal liver
failure, according to
a study released in
the New England
Journal of Medicine.Five fire engines, two ladder com-
panies and 24 firefighters came to
95-year-old Mabel McCullough's
birthday party at the First United
Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklaho-
ma. Why? After she blew out all 95
candles on her birthday cake, the
smoke from blowing out the candles
triggered a fire alarm. While firefighters
did not stay for cake, they did pose for
pictures with McCullough.
From CNN Interactive, "Firefighters
report for birthday candle blowout,"
http://www.cnn.com, October 11, 1997.
study suggests that "burning the
midnight oil" may actually cause
your brain to process information
more slowly. Circadian rhythms, or
the body's internal clock, influence
the body's need for sleep, and fight-
ing that need can slow thought pro-
cesses and reaction times at night,
and even when the individual is com-
pletely awake during the following
day. Researchers consider the main
implications of this study to affect
those who operate dangerous machin-
ery at night and those who work at
night, such as those in hospitals or
emergency departments. These people
are often asked to make decisions
that require the brain to rapidly pro-
cess information.
From TDH EMS Mailing List, Sep-
tember 22, 1997.
T he misconception that infant
bathtub seats are infant safety
equipment has been cited as a con-
tributing factor to the increased num-
ber of infant drownings in the home.
According to a Consumer Product
Safety Commission report, use of the
bathtub seats has been linked to bath-
tub drownings because the seat in-
creases the likelihood that the baby
will be left unattended in the tub. Inmore than 90 percent of the infant
drownings associated with the bath-
tub seat, the child was momentarily
left alone while the caregiver an-
swered a telephone, got a diaper or
checked on a crying child.
From TDH's News Clips, San Anto-
nio Express News, "Babies' bathtub seats
linked to drownings," October 17,1997.
O verdoses of acetaminophen, the
active ingredient in Tylenol and
many other pain and cold medica-
tions, can cause severe or even fatal
liver failure, according to a study re-
leased in the New England Journal of
Medicine. The study also found that
fasting and drinking alcohol made
the drug more harmful. The study
described 71 patients admitted to
Parkland Hospital in Dallas for liver
damage from acetaminophen. Of the
71 patients, 21 had accidentally taken
too much medicine. The researchers,
along with the manufacturer of Tyle-
nol, noted that people should not
take more than the recommended
dosage of the drug, especially if they
have more than three alcoholic bever-
ages a day, and dosages given to chil-
dren should be carefully monitored.
From TDH's News Clips, Dallas
Morning News, "Tylenol ingredient
linked to liver failure," by Sue Goetinck,
October 16, 1997.
Anew type of needle may make
your next dental visit less pain-
ful. The Wand, a new computer-con-
trolled needle, starts off with a drop
of anesthetic to numb the needle site
and then delivers the rest at a slow,
regular pace, unlike present anesthet-
ic shots that force the medicine into
the tissue. The Wand can also numb
a site as small as a single tooth, in-
stead of half a patient's mouth. This
innovation has been heralded by48 Texas EMS Magazine January/February 1998
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