Diabetes and a Bit of First Aid

Diabetes and a Bit of First Aid

As a recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetic, there is a lot I don’t know. I thought I’d been eating healthy.Meals were usually vegetarian, heaped with all sorts of healthy veggies. Salads were my friend. Myweight was normal and I exercised regularly, even ran marathons...
Our First Profit-Based Donation (OSAOHN)

Our First Profit-Based Donation (OSAOHN)

Originally posted to Oregon State Association of Occupational Health Nurses (OSAOHN)  by Kate Wood The brainchild of Meg Gustafson COHN-S and OSAOHN Board Member and Membership Chair. It is an offshoot of a program Meg developed over her ten years in Occupational...
FIRST AID FOR RESTAURANTS

FIRST AID FOR RESTAURANTS

Running a restaurant is tough; running a restaurant in this time of COVID is a monumental task. In addition to all the other perils (and rewards) that affect restaurants these days, there’s no reason to risk your bottom line because you failed to heed the Occupational...
If Only: Why Carry a First Aid Kit?

If Only: Why Carry a First Aid Kit?

If only I’d had my Nurse in a Bag RISE kit! Living on a sailboat definitely has its benefits, and one of those in the sense of community we have on our dock. Elliott, my husband and Del, our dockmaster, had gone out to rescue a sailboat that had lost power and gone...
Introducing…Nurse in a Bag Eye Debris Tubes!

Introducing…Nurse in a Bag Eye Debris Tubes!

Some time ago, one of our very best customers asked us to come up with a new, custom first aid bag to address an injury they see often. One of their drivers had been injured by eye debris while on the road. Would it be possible, they asked, if we could develop a eye...