THE BADER CUP is now recognised to be Europe’s largest National Mixed Golf Tournament and, thanks to the hard work, dedication and support of those involved, annually raises a considerable amount of money for the Douglas Bader Foundation. For more information, please visit The Bader Cup Website. You will find a link at the bottom [...]
The devastating 7.0 earthquake that shook Haiti on Jan. 12 took the lives of thousands and left millions homeless. What most saw through the eyes of the media, North Side resident and counselor Rick Kienholz experienced first hand during two trips this year to the region helping survivors cope.
“I was deeply touched by their amazing stories,” [...]
WEST HARTFORD – Jonathan Metz, the local man who had his arm amputated after getting it stuck in his basement furnace for days, is now fitted with a unique prosthetic left arm.
Jonathan Metz
Metz, 31, has a five-finger BeBionic limb made by British company RSLSteeper, the first of its kind in America fitted by Hanger Prosthetics [...]
Click on the link to watch a trailer of the film 127 Hours, starring James Franco, and based on the true exploits of mountain climber Aron Ralston, who amputated his own arm to free himself from a boulder.
http://www.complex.com/blogs/2010/08/30/wake-n-watch-127-hours-starring-james-franco-movie-trailer/
My toughest case:
About 15 years ago I was quite junior in the accident and emergency department. Pre-hospital care is much better organised these days but back then fire brigades would often just shout for the nearest A&E department if they got into trouble.
I was called to a car crash on the M62. There was a [...]
THE BADER CUP is now recognised to be Europe’s largest National Mixed Golf Tournament and, thanks to the hard work, dedication and support of those involved, annually raises a considerable amount of money for the Douglas Bader Foundation. For more information, please visit The Bader Cup Website. You will find a link at the bottom [...]
Click on the link to hear Aron Ralston describing how he attempted to amputate his own arm after it became trapped under a boulder. Probably not for the faint-hearted!
http://thedailyhotnews.com/aron-ralston-describes-the-amputation.html
Dr. Mica Murdoch had been with Broadlawns Medical Center’s foot and ankle surgery department for about a year before being named the director of the Amputation Prevention Center earlier this summer.
Dr. Mica Murdoch, shown looking at a foot x-ray, was named the new director of the Amputation Prevention Center at Broadlawns earlier this summer.
The center [...]
Doctors completed an 18 hour surgery on Wednesday to provide a burn victim with a double hand transplant. Doctors are optimistic about the outcome of the procedure for two reasons: first, the recipient had more sensation in the tissue that remained of their own hands than previous hand transplant patients (who had actual lost their hands [...]
The six-month-old puppy savagely attacked with an iron bar at the weekend has a new name and a new lease on life after having its right front leg amputated.
HOP-ALONG: The dog attacked by a man with an iron bar at the weekend has lost a leg but gained a name. The bearded collie cross [...]
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19 year old Evan Reynolds lost his left hand in a road traffic accident in 2006 when his arm became trapped between the side of a car and a gatepost. LEIGH DAY & CO. solicitors were able to secure Evan substantial damages which will cover the future costs of his Touch Bionics i-LIMB™ prosthetic which [...]
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