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- Some want to change focus of Atlanta police oversight board
By: Rhonda Cook
With the exit of the director of Atlanta's police oversight agency, some think it's time to change the focus of the Citizen Review Board.
That segment includes the police union, the police chief and the Atlanta Police Foundation -- all critics of the board since its creation in response to the anger that followed the fatal shooting of a 92-year-old woman by police five years ago.
But supporters of the board say shifting from an agency that investigates residents' complaints to one that audits the findings of the Atlanta Police Department's internal review of complaints would only take the city back to a time when the Police Department was more concerned with protecting officers than protecting the public.
"They don't want us to be in existence in the first place," board member Maceo Williams said. "There's a lot of smoke screen going on."
The ACRB "gives citizens a chance to complain about abuse outside the Police Department. The CRB investigations are less biased," said Tiffany Williams with Building Locally to Organize for Community Service, a police watchdog group.
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- City Denies in Court Filings Events of Gay Bar Raid - AJC
By: Rhonda Cook
After paying more than $1 million to settle lawsuits over police misconduct related to a 2009 raid of a Midtown gay bar, the city of Atlanta is now denying wrongdoing in a new lawsuit.
Atlanta taxpayers handed out more than $1 million to 26 men to resolve a federal lawsuit that said police officers abused the rights of patrons and employees of the Atlanta Eagle Bar. The City voted Monday to spend another $120,000 to resolve a similar lawsuit filed in Fulton County Superior Court by the bar's employees.
Both an internal police investigation and an extensive review by a former U.S. attorney confirmed members of the now-disbanded RED DOG unit violated people's constitutional rights in the raid.
Yet, the city's lawyers, defending itself in the third lawsuit, denied everything the police department and the mayor have admitted since last June.
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- Questions Surround APD Incident - WABE
By: Charles Edwards (2011-10-10)
Is Atlanta's Police Department policing officers who overstep their boundaries? That question is at the heart of a federal lawsuit and an ongoing debate between the Department and a citizens group.
Trenton Boyd is one of the men suing APD officers and the city. He claims an officer falsely arrested and illegally strip searched him in public in March 2010. He took his complaint to APD and to the Atlanta Citizens Review Board.
The two different groups came to two different conclusions. Christina Beamud is the board's executive director.
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- Atlanta Faces Federal Strip Search Suit - WABE
By: Charles Edwards (2011-10-04)
ATLANTA, GA (WABE) - An illegal strip search in public.
That's what 14 current or former Atlanta Police Department officers allegedly did to five young black men. The men today filed a federal lawsuit against the officers and the city of Atlanta.
In March 2010, Trenton Boyd says he was driving to a restaurant in the city's West End neighborhood for lunch. That when, he says, an officer, from what was at the time Atlanta's Red Dog unit, approached him.
"He pulled my pants down and then after that went into my boxers. He pulled my boxers down and went into my boxers around my genitalia area and back around to my anus area," said Boyd.
Two months later, Kaci Daniel says 3 APD officers told him and his cousin Antonio to get out of their car, which he says was parked at a mall in West Atlanta.
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- Mayor Comments On Strip Search Lawsuit - WABE
By: Charles Edwards (2011-10-05)
ATLANTA, GA (WABE) - Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says claims police officers illegally strip searched five men are not well founded. Reed's comments come one day after the men filed a federal lawsuit against the officers and the city.
The young black men claim Atlanta officers pulled down their pants, then their underwear and searched their private areas for no reason.
Generally speaking, Reed says he takes these types of allegations very personally. "I genuinely care about how people in the city of Atlanta are treated," said Reed.
However, Reed has doubts about this case.
"At the end of the day, we're going to be able to prove that these charges were not well founded."
Reed did not explain why he thought the charges are not well founded. But WABE legal analyst Page Pate says the phrase is often used.
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- Woman, 61, Arrested for Asking 'Why'
February 17, 2010
Four women, two of them well into middle age, were discussing funeral plans for a friend
when an Atlanta police officer told them to move. Three did but one asked "why." In answer to her question, Minnie Carey, then 61, washandcuffed, put into a paddy wagon and taken to jail, where she was held for nine hours. The Citizen Review Board found that Atlanta Police officer Brandy Dolson had violated APD policies and had falsely arrested Carey.
"I was blown away," Carey told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I had heard about people inthe community being harassed by the police … It really didn't shock me as much as itprobably would have if I had not heard of people going to jail for no reason. I figured I wasjust another one. "But I had the right to ask 'why' I had to move," she said.
The Citizen Review Board – resurrected after the 2006 fatal police shooting of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston in her home – voted in a recent meeting to sustain Carey's false arrest claim and the allegation that the officer had violated the department's arrest policies.
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- Citizen Review Board: APD Stonewalling Investigation into Atlanta Eagle Raid
February 12, 2010
Atlanta's Citizen Review Board, frustrated that police refuse to answer questions about last summer's controversial raid of a Midtown gay bar, is threatening to subpoena 10 APD officers.
At stake could be the relevance of the nascent board, which claims it received little cooperation from police under the leadership of former Chief Richard Pennington, who resigned in December. "We have been dealing with this issue of officers' refusal to cooperate for a long time, "Attorney Seth Kirschenbaum, vice chairman of the review board, told the AJC Friday. "While Pennington was chief, officers were refusing to cooperate and no discipline was ever imposed."
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- Judge Rejects Union Request on Shooting Docs - The Associated Press
July 08, 2009
A judge has dismissed a police union's request to block the release of police records to a citizen board that is reviewing the 2006 killing of a 92-year-old woman.
The Atlanta Police Department must turn over the documents involving the fatal shootings of Kathryn Johnston and of unarmed robbery suspect Pierre George in 2008 to the citizen review panel.
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- Judge: Citizen Board Can Have Police Shooting Materials
July 08, 2009
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Wendy Shoob dismissed a police union's request that she block a citizen's review board's investigation of two shootings by officers.
The Atlanta Police Department on Monday turned over to Atlanta's Citizen Review Board documents pertaining to the 2006 killing of 92-year old Kathryn Johnston, who died in a illegal and botched police raid on her house, and of the 2008 killing of an unarmed robbery suspect, Pierre George.
The International Brotherhood of Police Officers had filed a lawsuit to block the transfer of the documents.
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- Police Review Board to Subpoena Documents in 2008 Shooting
March 16, 2009
Members of Atlanta's new police oversight board talked Thursday evening about seeking a subpoena to get information the Atlanta Police Department is refusing to turn over. The Citizen Review Board members, in their monthly meeting at City Hall, also discussed other options, such as pursuing legal action against Police Chief Richard Pennington to get him to comply with city law.
The Police Department has refused to turn over police officer's statements in connection with an incident the Review Board is investigating. The board has meeting for 1 ½ years and has been asking for police departments for several incidents since September.
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I will preface this post by apologizing to my grandson and his parents. I have not done him justice and I can see a number of things that need correcting. But, this was my painting for the day and so I am posting it anyway. I will go in tomorrow and fix what I can see needs fixing and hopefully it will be more of a likeness. It has been a very long time since I've painted a portrait and it was definitely challenging!!! For starters, it would have been much easier on a slightly larger canvas. I'll just leave it at that!

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Lola Montes, one of the country's most renowned Spanish dancers and a frequent Southland performer over a career of more than 70 years, has died. She was 90.
Montes died at her home in Laguna Woods on Friday of complications from pneumonia, Oscar Nieto, a lead dancer with her company, said.
In 1955, Montes started her own company, the Los Angeles-based Lola Montes and Her Spanish Dancers. The troupe signed with Columbia Artists Management Inc. and toured the country for 22 years on the community concerts circuit. The company also appeared in Los Angeles and Orange County schools for more than 15 years under a cultural awareness program.
In 1974, the Lola Montes Foundation for Dances of Spain and the Americas was established, dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of Hispanic dance and music.


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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, September, 2006
Today, I visited the killing fields.
There is nothing 'touristy' about the Choeng Ek Genocidal Center. After bumpily driving down a no-name, deeply-rutted dirt road you happen upon the glass-sided stupa in which thousands of sculls are stacked one upon another, morbidly reaching over seventeen stories into the skies.
And then you stroll onto the grounds. The weight of the surroundings – a place of such an evil and dark history – compresses your soul. You can see the torment and hear the anguish with every step.
You don't need the macabre brochures and signposts to understand what happened here. There are human bones literally sticking out of the ground upon which you walk. Intermixed into the dried mud pathways is the clothing of the thousands of victims. One might easily mistake it for a trash heap with mounds and pits covered with rags and fragments. But the litter here is the evidence of a truly barbaric atrocity.
As I slowly paced along the sides of mass burial pits, I trod on a toddler's shorts. I thought of that little life that had been viciously snuffed out. Had that child been chasing a soccer ball in those shorts the day before they came to rest where they are now? I traced my fingers over a couple of femurs embedded into the ground and thought of those legs shaking at the horror that was witnessed in that place.
A tooth lying in the dirt here. A stack of undergarments strewn there. They call out to all who visit.
These weren't quick executions at the receiving end of merciful bullets. These were intentionally-gruesome blunt force blows and beheadings with crude axes and farm implements, often after months of intense torture at the infamous Security Prison-21 in Phnom Penh. To save munitions, these poor people were bludgeoned to death.
(Image: One of the child victims of the Killing Fields)
A large tree stood next to one of the burial areas. Against it, children and infants were swung to bash in their skulls. Their killers simply grabbed them by the ankles and whacked their little heads on its trunk. Pieces of shattered bone are still scattered at its base.
My mind could hardly comprehend how Satan mobilizes evil men to carry out such heinous acts.
I was accompanied by one of our church partners, Dr. Yem. His uncle was one of those interred within the mass graves before us, just one of over 1.5 million people who were brutally executed during the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror under the tyrannical dictatorship of Pol Pot.
Almost 25% of Cambodia's population was brutally executed during that time. It is said that every family lost at least one person. Thousands upon thousands of shattered families. Thousands upon thousands of orphans.
(Image: Children scavenging through the garbage dumps of Phnom Penh)
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After I retired from the corporate world, I tried to find something interesting to do that utilized my business skills and gave me an opportunity to give back. I volunteered at various non-profit organizations with missions I believed in. But invariably my volunteer role was relegated to answering phones, stuffing envelopes and general grunt work that the paid employees didn't want to do or didn't have the time to do. One day over lunch, I was lamenting to a friend about my volunteer void and she suggested an organization that was perfect for using my marketing skills and would certainly be happy to have someone with my work background. The name of the organization is Taproot and it's mission is to help non-profit organizations of a certain size conduct and complete marketing and management projects that otherwise would require hiring the services of high priced consultants. Taproot brings people together who have business marketing and management backgrounds to work on projects such as brochure production, key messaging and identity campaigns, annual reports, board selection and training, human resources projects and logo and website designs. According to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Taproot is one of the top five nonprofit organizations worthy of volunteering for.
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The really interesting thing for me is to have the opportunity to work in a team with dedicated and usually young and bright marketing professionals and learning about all the wonderful non-profit organizations in my city that do outstanding and meaningful work. I have worked with a homeless shelter, pregnancy clinic, community theatre, a children's community arts organization and I am currently working on building a WordPress website for a local Boys and Girls Club.
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In Talking on the indispensability of expertise in these cults as requisite for any serious examine of Christianity, Dr. Angus suggests: "As a vital qualifications to early Christianity and as the Main medium of sacramentarianism to the West they can't be neglected; for to fall short to recognize the ethical and spiritual values of Hellenistic-Oriental paganism is usually to misunderstand the early Christian hundreds of years and also to do injustice into the victory of Christianity. Additionally, Significantly with the Mysteries has persisted in several present day phases of believed and observe."[Footnote:] Angus, The Mystery Religions and Christianity, p. viii.
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Established hoteliers Ian & Christa Taylor have acquired a new hotel on Bath's historic Great Pulteney Street, bringing the couple's portfolio in the region to three hotels.
Grade-I listed Georgian property, The Carfax Hotel, was previously run by the Salvation Army and will now be transformed by the Taylors into a chic townhouse boutique with a 'touch of modern glamour'.
The hotel is expected to reopen in summer 2016 and will join the Taylors other properties, Abbey Hotel, the duo's debut hotel and the 20-bed Villa Magdala, which they opened in June 2015.
The latest acquisition will reaffirm the Taylors' commitment to investing in Bath and its local community.
Ian Taylor said: "We are thrilled to be bringing this building into our portfolio. Since arriving at the Abbey Hotel four years ago, there's been no doubt that Bath would be the focal point of our business, working closely with the local community."
The new hotel will be a stylish new place to stay and consist of 40 bedrooms, plus a cocktail bar that will serve food and beverages throughout the day.
Ian continued: "Our new property has one of the best addresses in Bath and incredible potential. We will retain the integrity of the building, in an up-to-date interpretation with a nod to the history of Bath. We can't wait to reveal more in the coming months."
Martin Rogers, head of UK hotel transactions at Savills who represented the vendor, said: "Investor demand for hotels in Bath's thriving market far outweighs supply and, as such, this property generated extraordinary levels of interest."


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Dealing With The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) maintains a web guide to prepare for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into effect throughout the UK in 2018. The guide provides links to relevant GDPR provisions as well as discussion/analysis on applicable GDPR definitions, principles, processing structures, security, accountability, data breaches, exemptions, applications, and international transfers. The guide also links to applicable EU Article 29 Working Party guidance. The guide is updated by the ICO on at least a monthly basis. Part of the guide links to a 12 step preparation outline for SMEs and companies generally to begin conforming processes and procedures to GDPR requirements. Further discussion of GDPR occurs sporadically on the ICO's blog. The ICO complied two partially interactive self assessment check lists (one for data controllers and the other for data processors) that contain useful information accessed through the "More Information" tick boxes below each question. Another UK government site describes the new Data Protection Bill 2017 with the UK Parliament's site outlining the progress of the bill through both Houses and Royal Assent. www.erskine-law.com
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May 7th 7-9pm Burlesque 101: In this two-hour workshop, students will learn the history of burlesque, how to create a persona and basic choreography. As well as learning to build your burlesque attitude; feel great about your body, and an open discussion about increased confidence and positive thinking.
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If you would like to perform at the School of Shimmy Showcase Burlesque 101, 201 and Rehearsal are mandatory classes. The Showcase will take place on June 5th at 7:30 pm at El Rio as part of the famed weekly show, Red Hots Burlesque.
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Hattie catches big air at dock jumping Nationals
By Gail Geraghty
Staff Writer
Every so often, a special dog comes along with so much energy and so much heart it's contagious. Such is the case with a black Labrador retriever named Hattie, who has inspired pride and joy in both the staff and clients of Bridgton Veterinary Hospital.
So much so, that the sign on Harrison Road in front of the clinic boldly proclaims Hattie's achievement — "Sixth in the world," in the Senior Class Big Air Finals at the Dock Dogs World Championships in Iowa in November.
"I was like, awww, my good girl," said Hattie's owner, Kristin Hanscom of Bridgton, after Hattie made a master class jump of 20.1 feet in the qualifying round, securing her place in the finals. Her jump in the finals was less stellar at around 17 feet, resulting in her placing 6th among the 43 dogs in her class.
Just making it to the world competition was a huge achievement, said Hanscom, who works as a vet tech at Bridgton Veterinary Hospital. And it wouldn't have been possible, she added, without the huge support she received from the hospital, which held a monthly gift basket raffle throughout the summer and raised $600 to pay for Team Hattie's travel expenses by car.
"We wanted to do what we could to support Kristin and Hattie's adventure," said Leah Haney, in charge of Community Outreach for BVH. Haney added that by purchasing raffle tickets, bags of treats and offering many words of encouragement, "Our fabulous clients were more than happy to support Kristin and Hattie's bid."
To qualify for the finals, Hattie placed second at the Northeast Regionals in New York this summer in Big Air (dogs who regularly jump at least 15 feet) and was among the top 10 in the Dueling Dogs Division ((two dogs racing the 40-foot length of the pool in lanes separated by underwater Plexiglas).
Hanscom got involved with Dock Dogs two years ago, when Hattie was still a puppy.
"It was just like this bond right away, I don't know how to describe it," Hanscom said. "She was just a wild and crazy dog with a ton of energy. She's like that special dog that is good for me; it forces me to get out and do stuff. I have two other dogs, and I love them, but I don't know — there's just something about Hattie."
Hanscom joined the Seacoast Dock Dogs Club in Berwick and began training in the pool with Hattie, who took to the sport, well, like a dog to water.
"We got into it and she loved it," she said.
Hanscom loved it too, as a way to socialize with other dog lovers and channel Hattie's "wild and crazy" personality.
"They love to just please us — that's why I love Dock Dogs," she said of the national organization that has many local chapters. "It's something that's not super-regimented, but its something that I love to do and my dog loves to do." There's all sorts of classes and rankings, from novice, junior, senior and master, as well as events tailored to smaller dogs (Lap Dogs) and older dogs (Legacy Dogs).
Hattie competes in the senior class, and had a very exciting summer leading up to the world competition. She progressed from the Big Air Division, which is the easiest to learn, because it simply measures how far a dog can jump from a running start off a dock. The longest jump on record is around 30 feet. Extreme Vertical (seeing how high they can jump) takes more patience, because the dog tires faster as the bumper is raised. Dueling Dogs, basically drag racing for dogs, requires much practice, as does Speed Retrieve (racing to retrieve a bumper).
In fact, Hattie was disqualified at the World Championships in the Dueling Dogs event, because she got over-excited and jumped into the other dog's racing lane. And the fact she competed in Dueling Dogs right before the Big Air event may have affected her finish, because she was tired from the race.
"I told her it was okay Hattie, you could have done better" in Big Air if she hadn't been so tired.
All in all, though, Team Hattie did Maine proud, said her fellow vet staffers and supporters on the Team Hattie Facebook page. And already Hattie is missing competing.
"We may go to a competition in January in New York," said Hanscom. "As long as she likes it, we'll keep doing it."
Haney said BVH's staff is very excited to see what the 2016 season of Dock Dogs will bring for Team Hattie.
"We are so proud of Kristin and Hattie" she said. "It was great fun for all of us to watch them compete and cheer them on!"


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By Dr Umberto Russo (MBBS. FRACGP) and Dr Spiro Dukakis (MBBS. FRACGP)
Every night and every weekend, when GP Practices are closed, our doctors are on the road, visiting homes and treating patients for a myriad of illnesses. Sometimes the patient just needs rest and TLC, sometimes medications are needed; sometimes the doctor will tell the patient they should go to hospital. Sometimes the case might be extremely rare. But most of the time, the doctor is called for common, frequently occurring illnesses. Between us we have more than forty years' experience in after hours medicine, and we can tell you from experience the ten most common reasons why someone will call for a doctor in the after hour.
1. Acute respiratory infections
Unsurprisingly, especially in the winter months, respiratory infections are top of the list. The respiratory tract is particularly vulnerable to infection from viruses or bacteria, especially when it's cold and we spend more time living close together indoors.
Respiratory infections can broadly be classified as upper or lower. Upper respiratory tract infections include infections of the throat, tonsils, larynx and middle ear. Head colds, influenza and whooping cough are also in this category.
Lower respiratory tract infections occur in the chest – either the trachea (windpipe) or lungs, such as bronchitis, bronchiolitis, croup and pneumonia. Influenza is a widespread infection which can affect the nose, throat and occasionally the lungs.
Symptoms for all these illnesses can be very similar: runny nose, sore throat, coughing, sneezing, fever and headache. The doctor will assess the symptoms and make a diagnosis, and may prescribe antibiotics if there is a bacterial infection present. Antibiotics, however, are no use against viruses. In many cases, a cold and flu medication can help to relieve symptoms. Patients should rest and keep up fluids. Remember that frequent and thorough hand washing is the best way to limit the spread of infection.
2. Asthma
One in ten people in Australia suffer from asthma, which is a condition of the airways of the lungs. Sufferers of asthma have sensitive airways which react to triggers such as respiratory tract infections, cigarette smoking and allergies.
Calls for an after hours doctor for flare-ups of asthma are common. The main symptoms are wheezing and coughing and minor difficulty breathing. A feeling of tightness in the chest and shortness of breath can also be present.
The role of the doctor is to assess the severity of the asthma flare-up and if it is identified as mild or moderate then to put in place a plan to settle the flare up. The doctor will try to identify and treat any trigger factors, add or adjust any medications and arrange further follow-up with your GP if needed.
However with severe or life threatening asthma attacks, the symptoms are worse, with patients having obvious difficulty breathing or gasping for breath, inability to speak a sentence in a full breath, and there may be confusion or exhaustion. The patient may collapse or turn blue and wheezing/coughing may or may not be present. When these symptoms are evident it is extremely important to either call an ambulance on 000 or go straight to the Emergency Department.
3. Skin infections and rashes
Skin infections and rashes are very common, and many of these conditions, such as impetigo ("school sores") or staph infections can be treated by your regular GP. However, we often get calls from patients who are suffering urticarial inflammations (or hives), usually caused by an allergic reaction. The inflammation looks like mosquito bites, ranging from the size of a pinhead to that of a dinner plate. The inflammation is triggered when the immune system releases histamine. Although they are often uncomfortable and sometimes painful, such rashes are not contagious.
Another common skin complaint is cellulitis, a bacterial infection of the skin that tends to occur on the lower legs and in areas that are damaged or inflamed. The bacteria enter broken or normal skin, and can spread easily to the tissue under the skin. The leg is usually red, swollen, warm and tender to touch in the affected area. Cellulitis can affect any age, but it is more common in older people. It is important to seek medical help for this condition and you will need antibiotics to treat the infection.
4. Urinary Tract Infections
Urinary tract infections are very common, especially in women, babies and the elderly. Some of the symptoms include: wanting to urinate more often and urgently, if only a few drops; a burning pain when urinating; a feeling that the bladder is still full after urinating; pain above the pubic bone, or blood in the urine. It is important to seek medical help for this condition to prevent the spread of infection, and treatment with antibiotics may be needed. The doctor can usually provide some instant relief for patients suffering from this painful complaint.
5. Gastro
Gastroenteritis (or 'gastro') is an illness affecting the digestive tract. It is mainly caused by viruses, although it can also be caused by bacteria, parasites, toxins and other more uncommon causes. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea, nausea, stomach pains, fever, lack of appetite and generally feeling unwell (including tiredness and body aches).
The symptoms of gastroenteritis usually last 1-2 days, although sometimes they can last longer. The main complication of gastroenteritis is dehydration, so it is important for patients to keep up fluids, particularly little babies and young children.
Gastroenteritis is highly contagious, and can quickly spread around a childcare centre for example. Hygiene and handwashing are particularly important to prevent the spread of gastro illness to the whole family, and it is best to keep patients at home (away from school, work or childcare) while they are sick.
6. Eye complaints
Another very common reason our doctors are called is to see patients suffering eye complaints such as conjunctivitis. Conjunctivitis is a contagious infection affecting the whites of the eyes, characterised by a yellow or green discharge, red congested eyes and stickiness to the eyelids. The causes are either viral, bacterial or allergy/pollen related. It can last from two days to two weeks.
Both bacterial and viral conjunctivitis are very contagious, so children need to be kept home from school whilst the infection is active. Treatment is simple, with eye drops tailored to treat the infection and the symptoms.
Another cause of calls to 13SICK is when somebody gets something stuck in their eye. A foreign object may enter the eye during dry, windy conditions, or perhaps during weekend outdoor activities such as gardening, DIY or sport. It may involve an accident with saws, drills or lawnmowers. Patients naturally feel a sense of panic when they have something in their eye, so it is important to keep calm.
In superficial cases, the doctor can help by removing any foreign object found floating on the surface of the eye, or underneath the eyelid, with a cotton bud tip and a steady hand. For more serious cases, where a foreign object may be embedded in the cornea, the patient should attend the Emergency Department for removal under controlled conditions.
7. Sprains, strains, neck, back and hip pain
Musculoskeletal complaints are very common in urgent care medicine. Causes can range from acute sprains of joints and muscle areas due to sporting injuries or accidents, work-related strains to the back and neck, and ongoing neck or back pain due to long term injury. Symptoms are usually swelling, pain, tenderness and heat from inflammation in joints or muscle groups.
Medical assessment is needed to exclude serious injury, illness or fractures. The doctor may recommend treatments such as simple analgesia, ice or heat and rest, and anti-inflammatory medications. In acute cases, the doctor may refer the patient to the Emergency department for further assessment.
8. Elderly ailments
A great majority of our patients are people aged in their 70s, 80s and over, living either at home or in aged care facilities. Common ailments for this age group include injuries from falls, acute delirium, general illness deterioration, respiratory tract infections, gastro, pain from osteoarthritis, heat exhaustion, and other acute and chronic conditions.
When an older person needs urgent medical care in the after hours, often the first reaction of carers is to call an ambulance. That's where a call to 13SICK can help. The home doctor can assess whether a referral to the Emergency department is warranted. And it is often in the patient's best interest to be treated in situ, rather than sent by ambulance to hospital. Our doctors work collaboratively with our elderly patients' regular GPs and other health care workers to ensure continuity of care with medications, treatment and follow up.
9. Migraine and acute headache
Migraines and headaches are common presentations in urgent medicine. 'Headache' covers any pain around the head, face or neck.
Headaches can be divided into two main categories: primary and secondary. Primary headaches are by far the most common, affecting most the population at one time or another. They include tension headaches, migraine and cluster headaches, which can be caused by stress, anxiety, eye strain or squinting, poor posture or dehydration. Sometimes there is no obvious cause.
Secondary headaches have a separate cause, such as illnesses like sinusitis or influenza, hormones (particularly in women), head injury and concussion, or side effects of medications, alcohol, caffeine or tobacco.
Most headaches can be treated by rest, hydration and painkillers.
A very sudden onset of severe headache could be a sign of serious illness and needs urgent medical attention.
10. Ear Ache
Children are very prone to respiratory infections which may be complicated by acute otitis media (middle ear infection). This is particularly common in babies and children under five years old, and among children in indigenous communities.This illness usually presents at night time with a child suffering severe earache and fever, and possible signs of an upper respiratory infection.The home doctor will diagnose the problem and in severe cases provide treatment in the form of strong analgesia and antibiotics if warranted. It is very important not to neglect treatment of otitis media to avoid damage to the ear drum.After commencing treatment, the home doctor will generally recommend a follow up appointment with the patient's regular GP to assess the progress of the infection and to provide further treatment if needed.
These are the top ten reasons we find patients call us in the after hours. Of course, there are many other illnesses and health issues we see along the way, but these are the main ones. So remember, if you need urgent medical care, and your GP is not available, make the call. Our doctors are on the road from 6pm weeknights, 12pm Saturdays and all day Sunday and public holidays.