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Jul 15, 2021 - In Safety Tips Beat the Heat - Heat-Related Illnesses and Safety

Christopher Freer, DO, FACEP Senior VP Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine, RWJBarnabas Health Summer is here! While the summer brings with it warm and pleasant weather, it can also introduce high temperatures and humidity that stress the body’s ability to ...

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Jun 22, 2021 - In Safety Tips How To Have An Injury-Free Summer

Know the accidents most likely to require an emergency department visit in the summer—and how to avoid them. Emergency Department (ED) visits tend to spike in the summer, and this season will likely be no exception. “We’ve been dealing with COVID-19 ...

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Feb 12, 2021 - In Safety Tips Icy Conditions – Preventing Slip and Falls in the Winter

Christopher Freer, DO, FACEP , Senior Vice President for Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine of RWJBarnabas Health According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) winter weather kills more than twice as many Americans than summer heat. ...

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Dec 30, 2020 - In Safety Tips Make a Healthy New Year’s Resolution and Keep It! Community Medical Center Can Help

Make a Healthy New Year’s Resolution and Keep It! Community Medical Center Can Help TOMS RIVER, NJ, December 30, 2020 – It’s that time again – as everyone looks forward to a new year, many people use this time to focus on setting goals to improve their ...

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Dec 4, 2020 - In Safety Tips Staying Safe on the Road in Ocean County, New Jersey

Community Medical Center in Toms River, New Jersey distributed reflectors to churches and a community center to reduce the risk of pedestrian injuries in their area. For Teri Kubiel, DNP, MSN, NE- BC, Vice President of Patient Experience and Community ...

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Nov 29, 2020 - In Safety Tips Safety First and Always at Clara Maass Medical Center

Every precaution has been taken to make Clara Maass Medical Center a safe place for patients. "At Clara Maass, we’ve always been focused on safety, and we are committed to being a high-reliability organization,” says Naveen Ballem, MD , Interim Chief ...

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Nov 4, 2020 - In Safety Tips Fire Pit Safety Tips: Featuring Michael J. Marano, MD, Medical Director of The Burn Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Michael J. Marano, MD, Medical Director of The Burn Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, was recently featured on Good Morning America in regards to Fire Pit Safety. At this time of the year when fire pit use is quite common, it is important to be ...

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