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Family Centered Patient Advocacy Training

learn to be a patient advocate for your friends and family!

This program is the first in the country to focus on the family and friends of the patient learning to be part of the medical team.  This detailed program will cover topics such as:

Avoiding Bedsores - Did you know Christopher Reeve died from an infected bedsore? Are they 100% preventable?

Infections – When should the doctor wash his / her hands?

Medication Management – The Dennis Quaid twins were not the first babies to be overdosed on Heparin.

Avoiding Falls – One of the most costly avoidable expenses.

Surgery Safety – How do you know if you need an antibiotic before surgery? Who marks the site of surgery?

How would you choose your advocate or does your advocate choose you?

When should the advocate keep quiet?  When should he or she talk?

For more information and / or to register call (516) 579-4711 or visit www.patientsafetyadvocate.org

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008  Time: 7:00 PM-9:00 PM § Sign in begins at 6:30 RSVP by June 15

Place: Wantagh Library, 3285 Park Ave Wantagh LI NY (1 short block from LIRR - Babylon Branch)

Pre-registration suggested for handouts. 

This project was made possible with funding by Gilead Sciences Inc., Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund, National Patient Safety Foundation, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, and N.Y. State Senator Kemp Hannon.