77 oil spill links

courtesy NASA

1. Oil Spill Human Health Research Coordinating Group at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans

General public
2. CDC – Information for Coastal Residents – discusses the effect of the spill on food and water, and describes various oil smells and what health effects you may experience from inhaling them

3. CDC – Dispersants Quick Facts for Coastal Residents: Corexit 9500, 1,2-Propanediol, & other chemicals in the Gulf

4. Light crude oil and your health: CDC

5. Gulf Oil Spill Information for Pregnant Women (CDC)

6. Oil spill issues- Public information: what to do and why (FAQ from the Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals) ÔÇô English

7. Oil spill issues-Public information: what to do and why (FAQ from the Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals) ÔÇô Spanish

8. Oil spill issues-Public information: what to do and why (FAQ from the Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals) ÔÇô Vietnamese

9. What you should and should not do in areas affected by the oil spill (Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals) ÔÇô English

10. What you should and should not do in areas affected by the oil spill (from Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals)- Spanish

11. What you should and should not do in areas affected by the oil spill (from Louisiana Dept. of health and hospitals) ÔÇô Vietnamese

12. Questions and Answers about the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf Coast (EPA)

13. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill ÔÇô Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

14. Oil spill resources ÔÇô Louisiana Dept. of Public Health

15. Resources for individuals affected by oil spill ÔÇô Louisiana (food banks, support for children, BP claims/workforce assistance, homeowners insurance support and more )

16. Pubmed Search on oil spills and health

17. Odors from the BP Oil Spill (EPA) ÔÇô describes the different aromas & health effects, how to report

18. Table of Chemical Constituents Commonly Found in Crude Oil (CDC)

19. Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection ÔÇô Deepwater Horizon Response ÔÇô hotlines, FL response phone numbers, maps & surveillance

20. Disasterassistance.gov: file a BP claim

21. Gulf Oil Spill Health Hazards: chemicals and health effects (From Sciencecorps.org)

22. Crude Oil Spills and Health (National Library of Medicine)

23. Children and the oil spill ÔÇô American Academy of Pediatrics:

24. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Update (FDA): seafood safety

25. Volunteer ÔÇô Louisiana

26. Volunteer ÔÇô Mississippi

27. Volunteer ÔÇô Florida
28. Volunteer – Alabama

29. What are tarballs and how do they form? (NOAA):

30. Health and Safety Aspects of In-situ Burning of Oil (NOAA)

31. Oil Well
Fires (U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine)

32. Exposure to Oil Fires/Oil Fire Smoke (U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine)

33. Shoreline Assessment (NOAA) Photographs demonstrating oil spill terminology: Oil distribution Surface oiling, Surface oiling types, Sediment types, Shoreline types, Cleanup methods

Response workers
34. Safety and Training of Oil Spill Response Workers (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) awareness-level health and safety resource training tools in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese for response workers

35. Gulf Oil Spill 2010: Information for Response Workers (CDC)

36. Deepwater Horizon Guidance for Workers (NIOSH/OSHA)

37. Reducing Occupational Exposures while Working with Dispersants During the Deepwater Horizon Response (NIOSH/OSHA)

Maps
38. Beach advisories/status map ÔÇô Louisiana

39. Beach advisories/status map ÔÇô Florida

40. Beach advisories ÔÇô Alabama

41. Beach advisories-Mississippi

42. Beach advisories-Texas

43. Federal Fisheries Closure and Other Information (NOAA)

44. Where the oil is: A daily status of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (US Fish and Wildlife Service)

45. NOAA interactive map: Environmental response management application (ERMA) ÔÇô (Very, very cool!)

46. Air monitoring on the Gulf Coast (EPA) air quality maps, reports

47. Coastal Water Sampling (EPA): maps, location analysis

48. Coastal Sediment Sampling (EPA): maps, analysis

49. Oil spill trajectory hindcast/forecast (Ocean Circulation Group and the Optical Oceanography Laboratory at College of Marine Science, University of South Florida)

50. OSHA’s Efforts to Protect Workers: interactive maps showing OSHA presence and chemical sampling in the Gulf

51. Oil spill crisis map (Louisiana Bucket Brigade and Tulane University)

Surveillance
52. NIOSH Report of BP Illness and Injury Data (April 23 ÔÇô June 6, 2010)

53. Press Release: REPORTING OF OIL SPILL-RELATED ILLNESSES & INJURIES TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS (call 888-293-7020 or fax 225-342-8117)

54. Number of Patients Reporting Possible, Suspected, or Known Exposure to Oil in Baldwin and Mobile Counties (Alabama) by Week – link removed Jan.7, 2011
55. Monitoring and sampling information (BP)

56. The Oil Spill and Calls to Poison Centers – American Association of Poison control Centers (so far theyÔÇÖve received 621 exposure calls & 459 information calls. Louisiana has the highest number of calls):

57. Gulf oil spill health surveillance (CDC)

Chemicals and Dispersants
58. Oil Spill Dispersant (COREXIT ?«EC9500A and EC9527A) Information for Health Professionals

59. COREXIT?« EC9527A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

60. COREXIT?« EC9500A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

61. COREXIT?« EC9500A Technical Product bulletin (primary distributors, special handling information, physical properties like specific gravity, pH, toxicity, analysis for heavy metals etc )

62. COREXIT?« EC9527A Technical Product bulletin (primary distributors, special handling information, physical properties like specific gravity, pH, toxicity, analysis for heavy metals etc )

63. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

64. NIOSH Topic Page on 2-butoxyethanol (COREXIT EC9527A contains between 30-60% of 2-butoxyethanol, a dispersant chemical):

65. 2-butoxyethanol from the Hazardous Substances Databank: human health effects, emergency medical treatment, animal toxicity studies, environmental exposure, pharmacology, chemical properties, occupational exposure, etc.

66. 2-butoxyethanol from HazMap ÔÇô exposure assessment, adverse effects

67. Pubmed search on 2-butoxyethanol

68. Dispersants: a guided tour (NOAA)

Continue to #69-77, because our blogging software leaves much to be desired.

NOLA Neighborhood Recovery

Maybe it makes me a statistics nerd, but I love the numbers that the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC) puts out. Last week they released a map demonstrating the “Resiliency of New Orleanians Shown in Neighborhood Repopulation Numbers.” Check out the number of addresses actively receiving mail in New Orleans.

Happy 4th of July

Vintage Card

Both will re-open on Tuesday, July 5th at 8 a.m. Have fun and remember to practice fireworks safety!

Independence Day Hours

Fireworks

ÔÇó Saturday, July 3rd 9:30 am – 6 pm (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Sunday, July 4th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, July 5th CLOSED (University Holiday)
ÔÇó Tuesday, July 6th 8 am – 10 pm (Summer Hours )

ÔÇó Saturday, July 3rd CLOSED (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Sunday, July 4th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, July 5th CLOSED (University Holiday)
ÔÇó Tuesday, July 6th 8 am – 10 pm (Regular Hours )

Soccer Tournament Fundraiser

This Saturday (July 3rd) the Murphy Memorial Match will be held at the Lyons Playground at Louisiana and Tchoupitoulas from 3-7 p.m. to raise money for Nicole Murphy’s family. Nicole Murphy was a third year medical student who was killed by a suspected drunk driver while in South Africa at the World Cup. Her brother suffered a head injury in the same accident and money is being raised for an ICU plane to bring him home. Daniel Murphy, Nicole’s father, is a graduate of the School of Medicine in Shreveport. The Times-Picayune has the full story.

LOUIS Libraries & Funding

A new video was posted this morning in support of LOUIS. Check it out!

Android Med apps

A new list of the Best Android apps for Doctors, Nurses and Health Care Professionals indicates that flashcards, games and glossaries are popular in the android app field. Don’t forget, you can use Skyscape to access Dynamed & Natural Standard with a serial number from the library.

Mobile Resources from the library.

new app: NEJM This Week

Free for a limited time! This new iphone app pushes recent content from the New England Journal of Medicine including:
ÔÇó Articles published online in the last seven days, including the current issue and Online First
ÔÇó Classic Images in Clinical Medicine
ÔÇó Weekly audio summaries
ÔÇó A selection of four full-text audio reads of Clinical Practice articles
ÔÇó A selection of four procedure videos from the Videos in Clinical Medicine series

Access NEJM This Week on iTunes.

Resources for Residents

Welcome new Residents! Here is a list of resources we hope you will find useful.

Library home
http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/
Off campus access
http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/ss&d/remote.html
LIbrary Resources – where to start
http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/resources/default.htm
Core materials for medicine – ebooks & print resources
http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/resources/guides/coretext.html
Mobile/smartphone resources
http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/resources/guides/pda/index.html
Evidence-based practice resources (point of care databases)
http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/resources/guides/EBM.html
Help/contact us
http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/services/help.html

Once again, welcome!
Kathy Kerdolff – School of Medicine Liaison (504-568-6102)

Bringing Nicole & her Brother Home

The Murphy family is raising money for an ICU medical jet to bring Nicole Murphy’s injured brother, as well as her body back to Louisiana.

Meeting on Oil Spill Health Effects 6/22&23

I just received the following news release. The meetings are this week!
Oil Spill Health Effects to Be Explored at IOM Workshop, June 22-23
Scientists and government agencies are struggling to predict the potential health consequences of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for those living and working near the region. At the request of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine will host a public meeting to discuss the possible human health effects — both short- and long-term — resulting from the spill. Experts from the scientific community and academia, as well as additional stakeholders, will review lessons learned from similar disasters, identify groups most at risk for health problems as a result of the spill, and discuss how to prevent and monitor potential health consequences.
Details:
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CDT on June 22, and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CDT on June 23, in the Queen Anne Ballroom of the Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., New Orleans. Those who cannot attend may watch a video webcast of the event that will be available at www.national-academies.org. An agenda and registration information are available at www.iom.edu/oilspillhealth.

Practicing MDs & Smartphones

A marketing survey by SDI Health, has been making the news rounds. According to the “Mobile & Social Media Study: PhysiciansÔÇÖ Views of Emerging Technology Survey,” 30% of physicians have used a smartphone to access medical applications. Of the physicians who own a smart phone, 95% have downloaded a medical application. The most popular applications were: Epocrates, Medscape, and Skyscape. The study was conducted in October 2009; I wonder how much those numbers have jumped in the last 8 months. For more information on mobile resources, check out the Libraries’ guide.

Condolences for Nicole Murphy’s Family

The Times-Picayune has reported that 3rd year medical student Nicole Murphy has been killed in a hit and run accident while at the World Cup in South Africa. The entire LSUHSC community offers our condolences to her family, as well as a speedy recovery to the other family members who were injured in the accident.

Cool Off With Hot New Books

An exciting collection of Library acquisitions are being displayed on the New Books Shelf on the third floor (near the LibraryÔÇÖs inner elevator). These titles CAN be checked out!

Anema, Marion G. Competency-Based Nursing Education (2010).

Barton, Phoebe Lindsey. Understanding the U.S. Health Services System (2010).

Bruera, Eduardo. Cancer Pain: assessment and management (2010).

Copstead, Lee-Ellen C. Pathophysiology (2010).

Cox, James Daniel. Radiation Oncology: rationale, technique, results (2010).

Dworkin, Mark S. Outbreak Investigations Around the World: case studies in infectious disease field epidemiology (2010).

Eliopoulos, Charlotte. Invitation to Holistic Health: a guide to living a balanced life (2010).

Fontaine, Karen Lee. Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice (2011).

Foster, Illysa R. Professional Ethics in Midwifery Practice (2011).

Hacker, Neville F. Hacker and Moore’s Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2010).

Hall, James Wilbur. Objective Assessment of Hearing (2010).

Law, Mary C. Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: adults and older adults (2010).

Mayer, Dan. Essential Evidence-Based Medicine (2010).

Mushlin, Stuart B. Decision Making in Medicine: an algorithmic approach (2010).

Norkin, Leonard C. Virology : molecular biology and pathogenesis (2010).

Orient, Jane M. Sapira’s Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis (2010).

O’Sullivan, Susan B. Improving Functional Outcomes in Physical Rehabilitation (2010).

Payne, Lorene. The Nursing Student’s Guide to Clinical Success (2011).

Ryan, Kenneth James. SherrisÔÇÖ Medical Microbiology (2010).

Thompson, Jon C. Netter’s Concise Orthopaedic Anatomy (2010).

Trumble, Thomas E. Principles of Hand Surgery and Therapy (2010).

Wolfson, Allan B. Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (2010).

Local Surgeons & the Oil Spill

WWL-TV featured a story on a couple of local surgeons, including LSUHSC’s own Kamran Khoobehi offering some ideas on how to stop the oil leak, using surgical techniques. Love the out of the box thinking!