ProfNet Expert Alerts on Seizure First Aid Steps and Wildfire Protection

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EXPERT ALERTS 

• Seizure First Aid Steps
• Wildfire Protection

MEDIA JOBS 

• Senior Reporter - Absolute Return (HFM) (NY)
• Reporter, Multiple Mediums – Wall Street Journal (NY)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES  

• 5 Projects Taking a Fresh Look at Journalism and the News Model
• Blog Profiles: Midwestern Blogs

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EXPERT ALERTS: 

3 Easy Seizure First Aid Steps Everyone Needs to Know: Stay, Safe, Side
Patricia Osborne Shafer, RN
Senior Director, Health Information & Resources
Epilepsy Foundation
"Any one of us can have a seizure. That is why it's critical that everyone know what to do if they see someone having a seizure. Know the basics of seizure first aid, educate yourself and teach others in your community."
Shafer has worked for many years as an epilepsy clinical nurse specialist at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She has served on the American Epilepsy Society Board of Directors and numerous committees and workgroups. She has also participated in the creation of the North American Declaration on Epilepsy, a public health agenda for epilepsy, and guidelines for first seizures and women with epilepsy.
Website: www.epilepsy.com  
Contact: Jackie Aker, [email protected]

Wildfire Protection: Whole-house fire blanket protection from wildfires (wildland-urban interface fires)
Fumiaki Takahashi
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
"I thought about a means to reduce wildland fire damage and found a U.S. patent 'conflagration-retardative curtain' i.e., a fire blanket, issued during World War Two. In addition, the U.S. Forest Service firefighters managed to save a historic forest cabin by wrapping it with their fire shelter materials. The whole-house fire blanket is a viable method of protection against fires at the wildland-urban interface."
Website: https://engineering.case.edu/emae/Faculty/Fumiaki_Takahashi 
Contact: Michael Scott, [email protected]

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MEDIA JOBS: 

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• Senior Reporter - Absolute Return (HFM) (NY)
• Reporter, Multiple Mediums – Wall Street Journal (NY)

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES: 

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line at [email protected] 

• 5 Projects Taking a Fresh Look at Journalism and the News Model. How do you cut through the noise and get your story seen when most readers are dealing with information overload and "news fatigue"? How do you reach readers in a news desert? As a result of regular newsroom layoffs and media consolidation, news deserts are growing in rural areas. We look at a few unique outlets putting their own spin on the news model: https://prn.to/36lxrnU.
• Blog Profiles: midwestern Blogs. Each week, we feature blogs we love to follow. This week is all about Midwestern blogs: https://prn.to/2phHASg.

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