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The editor reserves the right to censor, revise, edit, reject or cancel any materials not meeting the stan- dards of Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge. 6 SEPT / OCT 2014 I HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE September / October 2014 %5 PEAG One on One PEAG William “Beau” Clark, MD D-ABMDI, Coroner 12 PEAG Features Departments 36 22 Affairs of the Heart Editor’s Desk ..........................10 Enhanced CPR and AED Healthcare Briefs ..................41 education required for high Hospital Rounds ...................55 school students Book Corner ..........................65 Advertiser Index ...................66 27 The Road to Recovery Correspondents Part 2 of a 2-part series on heroin Quality .....................................48 Nursing ...................................50 36 Eat, Drink and be Secretary’s Corner ................52 Merry All is not lost with head or neck cancer diagnosis PEAG 22 PEAG 27 EDITOR’S DESK If anything unfolds, it’s supposed to. — JOHN FRUSCIANTE We shouldn’t underestimate the importance of epidemiology as it relates to health. We all have a history to our present state of health, which includes genetics, envi- ronmental issues, and behavioral decisions. But, I’m not talking about quantitative epidemiology. I’m referring more towards an intuitive epidemiology. Most of our diseases are linked to a lifetime of psychosomatic effects on the body from our own thoughts. As children we were subject to an educational system designed to deliver facts such as the existence of nine planets, the smallest of which was Pluto. But few of us as children learn to properly manage our own minds in a way that doesn’t make us subjects to them. Our ability to manage our thoughts will have a profound effect on our personal health decisions both consciously and unconsciously. We have developed a wonderful society of comfort and functionality. So why is stress one of the most harmful diseases in our culture? It’s not because our society needs more perfecting. It’s because most people haven’t learned daily human living skills. It’s understandable. Remember the 1962 musical The Music Man? In the production, Professor Harold Hill comes to a small town in Iowa to make money as a salesman. However, before he can sell anything, he knows he needs to create a problem. So he creates stress and unrest so that he and his product can save the day. This is the constant message we receive in our society. The world has learned that your stress is a benefit to its advancement. So be equipped. The message is simple. You are not happy until you buy (fill-in-blank), or elect (fill-in-blank), or achieve (fill-in-blank). It’s a false promise of future happiness. But, it doesn’t work. It doesn’t work because you are developing a pattern of discontentment. Discontentment then manifests into anger, worry, and stress. By the time you get where you were going, you will simply become discontented with something else. This is the pattern. I don’t think the marketing efforts of companies, media, and politicians intend to put us in a perpetual life- time state of discontentment. I think they want us to be discontented just to the point of buying what they are selling. But, the impulses on us are perpetual. And, by evidence of modern stress, most have not yet learned to properly handle these messages. In The Music Man, the people of Iowa bought Hill’s band equipment and then returned to normal. In our world, the next sales pitches are right around the corner. If you are grateful today, you have a better probability of being grateful tomor- row. If you are content today, you have a better probability of being content tomor- row. This is a pattern. Patterns of the mind are real. This is intuitive epidemiology–things we just know. Every thought comes from an impulse. Humbly know yourself. Smith Hartley Chief Editor [email protected] DIALOGUE cor·o·ner /'kôrənər,'kär-/ noun: Coroner; plural noun: Coroners -an official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths. Origin -in England, an official responsible for safeguarding the private property of the Crown. one on one with William “Beau” Clark, MD, D-ABMDI Dr. William “Beau” Clark was elected to a four-year term as East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner in November, 2011 and continues to practice emergency medicine in the Greater Baton Rouge area. Dr. Clark has served as Medical Director for the Louisiana State Police SWAT Team, Louisiana House of Representatives, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, and East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team. Dr. Clark has been certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators. Dr. Clark is a native of Baton Rouge. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana Tech University. He graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine in Baton Rouge. He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. e DIALOGUE Chief Editor Smith W. Hartley Why did you decide to pursue this position? Dr. William ‘Beau’ Clark I am board certified in emergency medicine. That’s my specialty. In 2003 I decided I wanted to give back to the community so I became a sheriff’s deputy. I was working with the East Baton Rouge Sher- iff’s Office SWAT team. I really had this pas- sion for law enforcement, but I became a law enforcement officer kind of backwards.