Intermountain Healthcare, Utah’s largest hospital system, has seen a 9% increase in trauma-related accidents this year compared to last year, largely credited to more people getting outside after more than a year of the pandemic.
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MURRAY Jeremy Achter did everything right to get ready for a two-day trail running trip with a friend in Little Cottonwood Canyon last fall. He had proper gear, he contacted his family members, and he also had the electronic devices to notify the authorities when something went wrong, said Rick Black, paramedic team lead for Intermountain Life Flight.
Black said first responders were able to immediately get Achter s GPS coordinates after his running partner called 911. We launched to that area. My partner and I felt very confident that because of the height of this fall, the terrain that he was in, that this would most likely be a body recovery. But as we flew over the scene and we found this victim, we noticed his hand was moving, Black said.
Josh Hecht, 14, center, gets a COVID-19 vaccine as his mother Christy, left, watches at the Legacy Events Center in Farmington on Thursday, May 13, 2021. While recent reports that inflammation of the heart muscle may be a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine in some adolescents and young adults around the country are being reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s business as usual for Utah’s vaccination program.
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While recent reports that inflammation of the heart muscle may be a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine in some adolescents and young adults around the country are being reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s business as usual for Utah’s vaccination program.
While recent reports that inflammation of the heart muscle may be a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine in some adolescents and young adults around the country are being reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s business as usual for Utah’s vaccination program. “I haven’t heard any concern from the public regarding this,” Rich Lakin, Utah Department of Health immunization director, told the Deseret News Monday about the.