2/11/2021 0 Comments February is American Heart MonthWhy Do We Celebrate Heart Month in February?It's February – American Heart Month – a time when the nation spotlights heart disease, the No. 1 killer of Americans.
President Lyndon B. Johnson, issued the first proclamation in 1964 as one of the millions of people in the country who'd had a heart attack. Since then, U.S. presidents have annually declared February American Heart Month. Throughout February, the American Heart Association's "Heart to Heart: Why Losing One Woman Is Too Many" campaign is raising awareness about how 1 in 3 women are diagnosed with heart disease each year. During the COVID-19 pandemic, both men and women have delayed or avoided going to hospitals for heart attacks and strokes leading to poorer outcomes. This has prompted the AHA to create "Don't Die of Doubt," a national awareness campaign that reminds people that hospitals are the safest place to go when you have symptoms. Also during the COVID lockdowns, more people have engaged in unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, such as eating poorly, drinking more alcohol and limiting physical activity, that can contribute to heart disease. Heart disease continues to be the greatest health threat to Americans and is still the leading cause of death worldwide. (AHA's Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2021 Update) https://www.heart.org/en/around-the-aha/february-is-american-heart-month
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2/5/2021 0 Comments COVID-19 CCSD updatesBased on guidance from Dr. Janet Memark's team at Cobb and Douglas Public Health, the Cobb County School District is updating its COVID quarantine restrictions effective February 1, 2021.
Previously, the District recommended a 14-day quarantine period for individuals exposed to the virus, but Public Health is relaxing that time-frame to ten days in certain circumstances. In short, they are allowing individuals with zero symptoms to return to work/school after ten days, rather than fourteen. Asymptomatic persons who have a known exposure to a person with COVID-19 can return to work, school: After 10 full days have passed since their most recent exposure if they are not tested for COVID-19 AND do not experience any COVID-19 symptoms during the quarantine period.To be clear, the CDC continues to recommend a 14-day quarantine to be safe. Still, Public Health is allowing the shortened 10-day quarantine strictly for asymptomatic individuals, which is clearly defined in the full statement. Please take time to read this important announcement in its entirety before it goes into effect on February 1, 2021. Close contact quarantine letters will continue to be sent out with the 14-day quarantine guideline return-to-school/return-to-work date. The school is reliant on you to determine your health status for return! |
AuthorLeslie Kitchen, RN BSN Archives
March 2021
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