Medical Resources

Medical Toolkit

Our latest Program is a series of CME Medical Training Workshops entitled “Health Concerns in the Era of Gas Drilling: A Basic Toolkit for Healthcare Providers.”
 In these interactive workshops, clinicians receive tools and resources to address patient concerns and symptoms related to gas extraction activities. Click on the links below to access the Medical Toolkit resources from this Program.

1. PowerPoint Presentations (including all Case Study materials) Followed Immediately by the Actual Video Presentations of Each Key Session

• Health Concerns from Unconventional Gas Extraction

Leslie Walleigh MD, MPH Presentation

•  Water Case Study (#1), Answer key – case study #1

Poune Saberi MD, MPH Presentation

•  Air Case Study (#2), Answer key – case study #2

Poune Saberi MD, MPH Presentation

•  Testing and Treatment Case Study (#3), Answer key – case study #3

Leslie Walleigh MD, MPH Presentation

•  Animal Exposures and Human Health Case Study (#4), Answer key – case study #4

Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH Presentation

•  Occupational Exposures Case Study (#5), Answer key – case study #5

Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH Presentation

2. Well Water Testing Report
3. OSHA/NIOSH Hazard Alert
4. EPA Guide to Air Cleaners in the Home
5. CDC/ATSDR Guidance on the Interpretation and Blood Laboratory Analyses for VOC’s
6. American College of Medical Toxicology Position Statement on Post Chelator Testing
7. Occupational questionnaire
8. Patient questionnaire
9. Physician prompt

10. Patient Handouts

•  “3 Good Things You Can Do to Protect Your Health from Gas Drilling”
• Summary of Well Water Testing report
• EPA: Asthma & Outdoor Air Pollution, Heart Disease & Outdoor Air Pollution
• American College of Medical Toxicology Press Release

11. Professional Resource List, Organizational and Online Resources

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Our colleagues at Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) have co-sponsored, with the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY), a series of online medical educational modules.  The presentations, by medical experts, address a wide range of patient concerns and symptoms related to gas extraction activities.   Included in the CME credited modules are a lecture by EHP’s David Brown, ScD and an interview with Denise DeJohn, RN, MSN, CRNP.

 

 

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