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Mobile Medical Corporation (MMC) is a premier provider of workplace substance abuse testing and on-site medical services nationwide.  MMC's onsite nursing and first-aid solutions provide construction projects with an industry leading first response emergency team that can quickly take charge and treat minor injuries and accidents.  MMC's on-site medical services team enhances any projects administrative and injury reporting capabilities and truly enables employers to keep track of daily work site incidents.  Mobile Medical Corporation provides numerous in-depth injury job site reports to project managers and safety directors including initial treatment and follow-up treatment injury reports.  Contact MMC today to find more about our cost saving on-site medical solutions. Mobile Medical Corporation's corporate headquarters is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  MMC has  satellite offices in Cleveland ,OH - Baltimore , MD - Astor...

Oakland, California will soon issue up to 4 permits for the Establishment of marijuana ranches that will legally be able to cultivate marijuana for medical purposes. Oakland hopes to standardize the marijuana farms and bring them into the mainstream. The city's goal is to be able to tax medical marijuana two-fold. Oakland already taxes the sale of medical marijuana and once the pot farms begin growing their product the city will levy a cultivation tax also. Oakland government official Jean Quan stated, "This is going to grow as an industry. And someone is going to have a high-tech producer." The Federal Court System has ruled that the Federal guidelines supersede the States when dealing with compassionate laws on marijuana use. The Supreme Court has ruled that employers and the government can prosecute in those states that have compassionate laws on marijuana use. Employers need not accommodate the state rule. When it comes to quality employment drug testing solutions em...

With most Summer construction related employment taking place on open air job sites, safety managers need to be aware of all outdoor risks including West Nile Virus. West Nile Virus is a seasonal epidemic in North America that flares up in the summer and continues into the fall. Most often the virus is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds. Infected mosquitoes can then spread the virus to humans and other animals when they bite. Even a small outbreak of West Nile Virus could lead to employee absenteeism, loss of time and money and other project delays and interruptions. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control ( CDC ) Up to 20% of the people who become infected have symptoms such as fever, headache, and body aches, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a skin rash on the chest, stomach and back. Symptoms can last for as short as a few days, though even healthy people have become sick for several...

The White House Office of Drug Control Policy recently issued the findings of a drug study performed during 1998 to 2008. The policy group found that during that decade there was a 400% increase in the number of people admitted for treatment for abusing prescription pain medicine. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, declared that prescription drug abuse is now the second-most prevalent form of illicit drug use in the country, and the nation's fastest-growing drug problem. The government target group for this study included every gender, race, ethnicity, education and employment level and covered all regions of the country. In a previous blog on prescription abuse, MMC reported that Mark Long, chief of the Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation Narcotics Bureau believes that, "Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Methadone and Fentanyl are the four most commonly abused prescription painkillers." OxyContin has become a t...

The PA House Committee on Health and Human Services recently heard testimony from users and advocates of medical marijuana who argue that the drug should be legalized because it is effective in treating pain. the State Attorney General and members of the Senate are not likely to schedule a vote on the bill anytime soon though. The bill sponsored by Rep. Mark Cohen would authorize the state Department of Health to issue ID cards to patients who have been diagnosed by a physician with a debilitating medical condition, such as cancer or HIV, and whose physician recommended the use of marijuana. Patients under 18 could use marijuana, as well, with the consent of a parent or custodian. State Attorney General Tom Corbett opposes the bill warning that even the limited legalization of marijuana could compound the dangers that drugs present to society. 14 states have enacted laws that legalize medical marijuana (Date Legalized) Alaska (1998) California (1996) Colorado (2004) Hawaii (2000) Maine...

The Demoines Register reported that a 28 year old man was pulled over while riding a lawn mover... On the highway! Robert Grimstad was seen swerving all over the road and when police finally caught up to the perpetrator they found his blood alcohol content to be .190. Grimstad's reason for cruising on his mower down highway 17 - he was out collecting cans on the side of the road. Boone County Sheriff Ron Fehr was asked if Grimstad was speeding when he was pulled over and Fehr replied "I don't know, how fast does a lawn mower go?" Fehr stated that "In Iowa, it's illegal to drive any motor vehicle anywhere while intoxicated - he could have been charged while mowing his own lawn." Robert Grimstad had been in trouble with the law before as he has two DUI charges, a public intoxication and a record for driving with a revoked license. By the way average riding mowers can travel between 5 to 7 MPH. Blood Alcohol Concentration Levels & The Implied Consent...

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was recently sentenced to 90 days in jail for violating the probation of her 2007 DUI conviction. Lohan's violation stemmed from her failing to attend court-ordered alcohol education classes. Lohan will also have to go through 90 days in-patient rehabilitation. In an earlier blog , Pittsburgh Drug Testing firm Mobile Medical Corporaton ( MMC ) reported on Lohan's earlier run in with the law stemming from her alcohol abuse. In May, Lohan was issued a SCRAM bracelet which measures blood alcohol content ( BAC ) and if a person has used alcohol it relays that signal to the monitoring company. She also was ordered to participate in Random Drug Testing. Judge Marsha Revel said, "She knew the prosecutor would be asking for jail time and yet still after all that, she didn't comply with the court order and the court does find her in violation of her probation." Whether it is a Hollywood starlet or a multi-employer construction project...

According to SAMHSA's newest press release, emergency room visits for underage drinkers on and around the 4 th of July holiday are almost 90% higher than on any other average day in July. SAMHSA statistics have hospital visits on any other normal day in July at 502 and on the 4 th of July Weekend ER visits soar to 938! SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D.says, "Underage drinking is not a harmless right of passage. It has far-reaching consequences. In addition to emergency department visits, injuries, arrests and embarrassment, 5,000 deaths in people under age 21 are linked to alcohol each year." to read the full report click here .