Hazel is a diminutive 56-year-old state prisoner serving a life sentence for murder. She has been incarcerated for 18 years now and recently fell on the icy path while heading from her housing unit to breakfast early one morning. She sustained Colles fractures of both wrists. While being treated for the fractures she was also diagnosed with advanced osteoporosis. Not…
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In this podcast episode, Lorry talks with Keith Courtney, DO, CCHP, Alberta Health Services Facilities – Medical Director for Correctional Health Services, in Alberta, Canada. He and his colleagues (Dr. Lauren Cuthbertson, Dr. Karolina Koalewski, and Dr. Jennifer Edge) have published the article Factors that Promote and Hinder Medication Adherence from the Perspective of Inmates in a Provincial Remand Center: A…
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Emma was having a busy evening shift at the minimum security prison she has worked at for the last couple years when officers called on her to evaluate an inmate having trouble breathing. While he was transported to the medical unit, Emma pulled his medical record and was reminded that she had seen him before for asthma exacerbation. He had…
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