Preparedness

Items in the Preparedness category will cover everything from Emergency Medical Services to vaccination programs. This division at ADHS tracks contagious disease, coordinates emergency preparedness activity, licenses EMTs and Paramedics, regulates ambulance companies, authorizes special hospital designations like cardiac care center and Level IV trauma center, issues birth and death certificates, and tracks critical health data through various sources including hospital discharge information.

Limit the Sun, Not the Fun

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:46-07:00May 27th, 2011|Preparedness, Prevention|

Today is Don't Fry Day - a day established by the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention to remind people of the importance of sunscreen. In Arizona, we need more than a day - it is more of a season and now that school’s just about out (or is), kids have more time on their [...]

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Pharmacy Vaccines

By azdhs-admin|2011-05-24T09:20:04-07:00May 24th, 2011|Preparedness|

I left out one new law in my post a couple of weeks ago on the New Laws Related to Our Mission. SB 1298 allows a licensed pharmacist to give a flu vaccine to kids between 6 and 18 years old without a prescription. The new law also lets pharmacists administer other vaccines in a [...]

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Who Is Ed Jenner?

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:46-07:00May 17th, 2011|Preparedness, Prevention|

He’s a guy that may have saved more lives than any other single person in history. In the 1790's, he noticed that “milkmaids” seldom came down with smallpox. He developed a theory that the blisters which “milkmaids” commonly had as part of their work (from a disease called cowpox) somehow protected them from smallpox. In [...]

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When You’re Hot, You’re Hot

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:47-07:00May 13th, 2011|Behavioral Health, Preparedness, Prevention|

The Sonoran Desert will be among the hottest places on the globe for the next 4 months. The heat on the desert floor isn’t just a nuisance, it’s expensive & lethal. Do you know what to do to protect yourself and your family? Do you follow through? Year in and year out, nearly 1,400 Arizonans [...]

Fairy Tale Conveys Anti-smoking Message to Kids

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:47-07:00May 11th, 2011|Preparedness, Prevention|

Guest blog by: Karen Lewis, M.D., Medical Director of the Immunization Program Office of the Arizona Department of Health Services. Tobacco use is the world's leading single preventable cause of death. Every year, tobacco-related illnesses cause about 500,000 deaths in the United States. Children start smoking early. Every year, there are about 400,000 new daily [...]

Looking for a Dynamic and Rewarding Career?

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:47-07:00May 10th, 2011|Preparedness, Prevention|

Life expectancy improved by more than 30 years in the US during the 20th Century. Advances in diagnosis and treatment of disease have played a role, but the real reason we’re living longer today has a lot more to do with public health interventions than advances in health care. Interventions like vaccines, motor vehicle safety, [...]

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New Laws Related to Our Mission II

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:47-07:00May 9th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General, Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

The Legislature completed the Regular Session a couple of weeks ago, and Monday marked the deadline for the Governor to make her decision about each bill that came to her desk: sign the bill into law, veto the bill, or do nothing and let the bill become law. Last week I summarized the new laws [...]

New Laws Related to our Mission

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:49-07:00April 25th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General, Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

The Legislature completed the Regular Session last week. They've passed numerous bills. The Governor has signed many of them, but some are still waiting for her consideration and signature. Below are the new laws that have been signed by the Governor that are related to our mission: HB 2585: Controlled Substances; Marijuana; Monitoring This law requires [...]

National Infant Immunization Week

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:49-07:00April 23rd, 2011|Preparedness|

Immunizations have been the most effective public health intervention of all time (followed by proper sewage treatment and garbage disposal). We celebrate our successes and sharpen our focus on doing an even better job executing this important intervention every year during National Infant Immunization Week- which is next week. Our overall objective is to encourage [...]

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Easter Chicks & Ducklings

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:50-07:00April 19th, 2011|Preparedness, Prevention|

Guest blog by: Craig Levy, Program Manager for Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Easter is just around the corner, and a lot of parents will be tempted to purchase cute little chicks or ducklings for their kids. Unfortunately, chicks and ducklings are common carriers of Salmonella bacteria and pose an infection risk to families. At greater [...]

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