- American Medical Technologists

TENN-O-SCOPE
Official Publication of the Tennessee State
Society of American Medical Technologists
Volume LIX December 2012
No. 2
Tennessee
The Volunteer State
Tennessee State Society of American Medical Technologists
2013 Officers
www.americanmedtech.org
President
Jerry Hudgins
227 Windsor Park Lane
Hendersonville, TN 37075
jerryhudgins340@yahoo.com
(m) 615-218-9154 (w) 615-328-5503
Vice
President
Agnes Oslica, MT
90 Hancock Cove
Eads, TN 38028-3548
Aadele90oslica@aol.com
(h) 901-867-3644
Secretary
Annie Washington, MT
1186 Mary Jane Cove
Memphis, TN 38116-8900
annie.washington@stjude.org
(h) 901-345-2887 (m) 901-734-6649
(w) 901-595-3644
Treasurer
Walter Parsons, MT
1011 McMahan Avenue
Nashville, TN 37216
parsons9593@bellsouth.net
(h) 615-262-4229 (m) 615-415-8001
Ex-Officio
District
Councilor
Martha Duncan, MT
6014 Clifton Drive
Columbia, TN 38401
nittwitt6461@yahoo.com
(h) 931-380-3423
Shannon Newman, MT
249 Willie Craig Road
Bassett, VA 24005
shnewman@comcast.net
(h) 276-629-7827 (m) 276-732-9334
fax: 276-629-2621
Judiciary
Councilor
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Kimberly Cheuvront, Ph.D.
100 Fair Oaks Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554
kcheuvront@FGHI.com
(m) 304-641-0126 (w) 304-367-7488
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Legislative Update
By Kaye Tschop, MT (AMT)
There are no legislative actions pending that effect
American Medical Technologists or the Tennessee
State Society of American Medical Technologists.
Important information from the Director of the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Board: Retirees must retire their license. If license
are not officially retired, the licensee will be responsible for maintaining continuing education hours. These members can be cited and
fined if audited and not in compliance. If you are retired and have no
plans of working, please retire your license.
Public Chapter 230 Provides that each health-related board shall establish a procedure to
expedite the issuance of a license, certificate, or permit for an applicant who is certified or licensed in another state to perform the same
profession that is the subject of the application; whose spouse is a
member of the armed forces; whose spouse is the subject of a military transfer to Tennessee; and who has left employment to accompany the person’s spouse to Tennessee. The procedure shall include
issuing the applicant a license, certificate, or permit if the licensure
requirements in the other state are substantially equivalent to Tennessee’s requirements or developing a method to authorize the applicant
to practice in Tennessee with a temporary permit in accordance with
current law (T.C.A. §63-1-142).
Visit this site for legislative updates: http://health.state.tn.us/
boards/MedLab/legislative.htm
Tennessee State Society of American Medical Technologists
2013 Board Members
www.americanmedtech.org
Board Member
2013-2016
Board Member
2013-2016
Board Member
2012-2014
Board Member
2012-2014
Board Member
2010-2013
Board Member
2010-2013
Legislative Updates: Current through October 23, 2012
If you wish to review any of the following Public Chapters in their
entirety, please visit: http://www.tennessee.gov/sos/acts/index.htm.
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Editor
Kay Burnett, MT
35 Cypress Heights Lane
Buchanan, TN 38222
kkburnett@wk.net
(h) 731-232-8675 (m) 615-830-6320
(w) 731-644-8549
Charles Haun, MT
3520 Cherokee Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37412
6201haun@comcast.net
(h) 423-867-3925
Kim Wheeler, MT
105 Sunset Drive
Unicoi, TN 37692
kdwheeler@centurylink.net
(h) 423-735-7915
Valerie Owens, RMA
521 Haynes Street
Nashville, TN 37207
valowens6@gmail.com
(h) 615-227-3473) (w) 615-327-3603
Diane Robbins, MT
827 Apple Drive
Livingston, TN 38570
Diane.robbins@lpnt.net
(h) 931-823-1879 (w) 931-403-2125
Debbie Stinnett, MT
623 Greenleaf Avenue
Smyrna, TN 37167
dstinnett913@comcast.net
(h) 615-459-7561 (w) 615-562-9282
Kaye Tschop, MT
4954 Hopedale Drive
Nashville, TN 37211-4853
k9kid@bellsouth.net
(h) 615-833-3427 (w) 615-873-7464 3
Table of Contents
Table of Contents…………………………………..…………….…...4
President’s Message ………………..………………….…………..…….…..4-5
District Councilor’s Message………………………………….…...6-7
Editorial………………………………………………………………8
Dates to Remember…………………..………………………………..…..9
Delegate Reports………………………………….…10-11, 26, 28-29
RMA Week Report……………………………………….…………12
TSSAMT Fall Meeting Report………………………………..….....13
TSSAMT Speaker Photo’s………………………………...………..14
TSSAMT Service Ribbon and Award Photo’s………………...……15
AMT National Convention Photo’s San Antonio……………….16,17
TSSAMT National Award Recipients………………………….…...18
Magnolia Educational Treasures 2014………………………….…..19
CASMET 2013…………………………………………………..….20
TSSAMT New Members………………………………………...21-24
Heart Attacks and Water………………………………………..…...24
On the Cover………………………………………………………...25
Synthetic Cannabimimetrics………………………………………...27
Legislative & TN Med Lab Board Report………………………......30
AMT’s 75th National Meeting Pittsburg, ……………………….....31
President’s Message Fall 2012
Hello my TSSAMT family, it has been such a wonderful year,
from the beginning with the Magnolia Education Seminar, our
TSSAMT Board of Directors meeting at the Path Group’s Lab
in Nashville, the National AMT Conference in San Antonio,
Texas and finally our Mountain Education Retreat in Sevierville, Tenn. Would you take it to heart if I said the TSSAMT is active in
many different areas and we are still growing with new members, but
why are our numbers of attendance at these meetings staying the same.
We have approximately 1300 members and only 40-60 will come to our
TSSAMT educational seminars and only 7-10 will go to the National
Convention as delegates. Yes, the cost is not going down at the National
Meeting, but the places we go to are rated at approximately $200-$250
dollars per day and we will pay $119. The speakers are some of the better educated individuals on their subjects and there is always a good
choice of foods to be purchased. All of your time doesn’t have to be
4 spent in a lecture. Pick out your favorites and save some time for you
Delegate Report (continued)
By Agnes Oslica, MT (AMT)
Korean War, Vietnam War and the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
During WWI the Influenza Pandemic killed more soldiers than the war
itself. Many of our military men and women died from Malaria, TB
and Typhoid Fever. During WWII a Sulfonamide drug and Penicillin,
known as the miracle drug was used to treat open wounds and trench
foot. Insecticides like DDT were used to kill bugs and body lice.
In the Korean War our wounded soldiers were transported by helicopter to mobile army surgical headquarters for treatment. These
Mash units set up for medical care increased the survival rate of
many soldiers. Transporting them by air to these units increased their
chances of quick recovery and fewer complications.
During the Vietnam War, soldiers were plagued with the drug resistant malaria and HCV. Poor hygiene resulted in fungal and bacterial
infections. Agent orange was a harmful chemical that caused many
problems after they returned home.
The soldiers who spent time in the Iraq and Afghanistan War became
ill with infections and diseases that have long incubation periods and
often were not noticed until they returned to the states. The parasite,
Leishmania, commonly called Baghdad Boils may take up to 20
years to present symptoms. It is transmitted by the bite of an infected sand fly. There is no vaccine. The preventive treatment is to
use N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide, also known as DEET. Coxiella
burneti, and Q fever came from domestic animals by ingesting the
meat or milk. Camels were carriers of many of the infections transmitted to our soldiers but the local population was not affected by
these infections.
I enjoyed being with the Tennessee delegates and
friends for the awards banquet and convocation.
On Friday night we attended the President’s reception overlooking The Alamo. It was nice to spend
time with people socially on our last night in San
Antonio. There is just one thing we didn’t get together and do. Ride
the Segway’s thru the streets of San Antonio. Maybe they will have
them available in Pittsburgh at next year’s meeting.
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Delegate Report
President’s Message Fall 2012 (continued)
By Agnes Oslica, MT (AMT)
I attended this year’s meeting in San Antonio because it
had been many years since I had been to this city, 50 to
be exact. The Alamo is the only building that I can recall being there and certainly none of the high rise hotels,
restaurants or other buildings were around the river walk
at that time. It’s a beautiful area, day or night—lots of families were
visiting and enjoying their summer vacation. We could walk to
many places of interest from our hotel, The
Alamo, for example, and there were plenty of
trolleys and sightseeing buses to hop on and
off so we could enjoy the century old missions and churches at our leisure. At night,
the river walk cruise was especially beautiful.
Our convention started with a couple of workshops on Monday. The keynote speaker, Charlie Todd, shared his
idea of humor with videos from scenes on a subway ride prank called
“no pants”, and scenes from people frozen in place at Grand Central
Station. His experiment with these and other silly videos have received over 235 million views online.
I attended the session, Dealing with Difficult People by Deborah Janeczko. The following are a few questions we might ask to help us identify
the basic behaviors of difficult people.
1. What characteristic identifies them as difficult? Do they always
insist on getting their way?
2. How do they make other people feel? Do they need to control
their anger, be less of a bulldozer personality?
3. What is your definition of a difficult person? Do they think they
are an expert in everything? Do they tend to get attention by
complaining?
4. Is this person always difficult or occasionally? Do they need to
get attention by being a drama major? Are they always looking
for approval or attention?
5. Did their background play a part in their behavior?
Another session I attended was “Infections Seen in Returning Military.
This topic included infections and health issues seen in WWI and II,
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and your family, companion, or fellow AMT members to tour the city,
shop a little, do something that will take your mind off of the working
environment that you left at home. The same idea is used for our Fall
Meeting, cost of the last hotel was $74 per night (which included a full
breakfast) on Friday and Saturday Nights, normally these rooms would
have gone for $119 per night and our registration was kept to the lowest
dollar amount and it included a lunch each day along with snacks in the
morning and afternoon.
At the fall conference it was mentioned that only a certain percent of
your CE can be gotten from the internet, so why not come to our meetings and get approximately 13-15 hours and have some enjoyment in
meeting other techs and sharing some “war stories”. National Headquarters only requires that we supply 3 hours per year for our members,
we on the Board of Directors feel that you deserve the best qualified
speakers, a comfortable environment to sit and listen, and refreshments
as needed and wanted during these lectures. Our speakers are given a
small token for their lectures and the rest of the cost is their own, some
of our last speakers traveled 3-5 hours and furnished their own lodging,
now that is dedication to our TSSAMT Group.
We have some of the most qualified AMT members here in the state of
Tennessee and their education and years of experience can’t be topped
by any other group. If you haven’t ever had the opportunity to have
been called back in the middle of the night to work on an OB patient
having trouble giving birth, a bad car wreck with people needing blood
or even the worst yet, a chronic GI Bleeder that has developed several
difficult antibodies and they need blood STAT, then you have missed
the thrill of seeing any of the above improve from your technical abilities. Our Father is with us at all times, he just allows our hands to help
do his work. We in the TSSAMT are a caring group of individuals and
we want you to join us at the next opportunity. My phone is (615) 2189154 and my e-mail is (jerryhudgins340@yahoo.com). Get in touch
with me and talk about your possibilities of becoming a BOD member
or studying to become an officer. We need NEW Blood in our group.
There is always a learned hand to help you on this very important journey, please let me hear from you.
Jerry Hudgins MT
President of TSSAMT
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Synthetic Cannabimimetics
District Councilor’s Message Fall 2012
First
I would like to thank the Texas State Society for hosting the National Convention this year in San Antonio.
Second, it is always sad to see the end of the week at the National
Convention and saying good-bye to friends and family. Third, if you
were unable to attend this year’s convention, you missed an awesome
meeting. There were some changes to the convention this year by
adding an evening session and one session during lunch. “Breakfast
of Champions” is now the “Lunch of Champions” served on Tuesday
at lunch. This year’s convention offered 24 hours of continuing education with wonderful speakers.
Next, I would like to give an update on membership and education.
Since March 2012, the education department has been very active.
The registered medical assistant on-line practice exam went live as of
June 7th. The cost is $30.00 for nonmember and $25.00 for student
members. The practice exam consists of 220 questions and it can be
taken twice. The Education Department has regrouped the step articles similar to the old CE modules, which will be retired by the end
of 2012. These new packages went live on June 9th. There were 7 on
demand courses from last annual meeting that went live in May. The
cost for on-demand courses and webinars are $15-$30 depending on
the amount of credits that are offered. Also, there will be a membership survey sent out sometime in September and by January 1, 2013;
there will be a universal application. Also, check Facebook and
YouTube about this year’s convention and other social events.
Next year’s annual meeting will be July 8-12, 2013 in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania at the Omni William Penn Hotel. The cost is $119.00
plus 14% taxes (rate valid from July 2-15, 2013). The 2014 meeting
will be held in the Great Lakes District. Next, I would like to congratulate the following members in the South for their time and dedication to AMT: Paul Brown, MT from Alabama received the Order
of the Golden Microscope, Chris Seay, MT from Tennessee received
the O.C. “Skip” Skinner Armed Services Award, Kay Fergason, MT
from Florida received the Cuviello Commitment to Excellence
Award, Patricia Poitier-Sands, RMA from Florida received the Silver
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By Valerie Owens, RMA (AMT)
I had
the pleasure of attending the TSSAMT Mountain
Educational Retreat in Sevierville, Tennessee on
September 28,2012 and had a big eye opening experience.
Dr. Kenneth Ferslew gave a very dynamic lecture on Bath Salts and
Synthetic Cannabimimetics. He explained to us how we should be
aware of what people are using to get high with an illegal but underlying legal ways.
Routine laboratory instruments are not used for testing and detection
of bath salts compounds. Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer
(GC/MS) is the instrument of choice for testing of suspected bath
salts ingestion and are very costly ranging between $75-$200 per
specimen with very little insurance reimbursement if any at all.
There is no easy way to screen for these compounds that are mixed
together due to several different ways to mix/compound them. Not
to think of the time that it takes to run just one test and the cost of the
instruments.
With a lot of our younger generation becoming codependent on these
drugs, it is going to be worth our time and effort to do more research
on them. Mr. Ferslew informed us that a lot of people used the drugs
several times daily because of the short duration of the high. Tolerance develops to subjective feelings of mood elevation, euphoria, and
increased energy. When the usage is increased the drug produces
toxic paranoid psychosis. The abuse of the drugs are mostly by inhaling or smoking, but may also be injected or ingested. When the drug
is over used it can cause some people to become suicidal because it
inhibits the re-uptake of and stimulate the release of norepinephrine,
serotonin, and dopamine.
The more toxicologist study the chemicals that are being used in
Bath Salts and Synthetic Cannabimimetics, the more knowledgeable
we will become in treatment for abuse in the drugs.
The next time that you hear a person mention taking
a 420 break tell them that’s the wrong thing to do.
They may be smoking an illegal drug that can be
toxic to their body.
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Delegate Report 2012
By Charlotte Mitchell, MLT (AMT)
This was my third AMT National Conference, and once
again I was truly amazed. I have been hooked since my first
attendance in Las Vegas three years ago when my lab director suggested we go. I plan on attending every year if at
all possible. The planning committees do a wonderful job.
I always enjoy the variety of sessions presented. I must say
I enjoyed the presentation by David Plaut on "The Laboratory and Kidney Function.” Chronic kidney disease effect's 20 million people. One in fourteen adults in the United States have chronic kidney disease
and another 20 million are at risk. The major causes of chronic kidney disease are diabetes, hypertension, as well as glomerulonephritis.
Chronic renal failure of any etiology is characterized by a decrease in
glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Stages are measured 1 thru 5 with 1 being
kidney damage with normal or increased GFR to stage 5 with patients on
dialysis. Methods for assessment of GFR and eGFR are serum urea, serum
creatinine, urine creatinine, and serum cystatine C levels. Some of the
problems with creatinine as a marker are variable secretions, muscle mass,
and dietary protein.
Cystatine C is gaining acceptance and maybe used as an alternative to
creatinine and creatinine clearance to screen for and monitor kidney dysfunction in those with known or suspected kidney disease. It can be very
useful in patients that have liver problems, obesity, or malnutrition.
What does the cystatin C test result mean? An increased serum cystatine C
level corresponds to a decrease in GFR and kidney dysfunction. Since cystatine C is produced throughout the body at a constant rate and is filtered
and eliminated by the kidneys, it should remain at a steady level in the
blood if the kidneys are working efficiently and the GFR is normal.
Some of the advantages of measuring cystatine C is the ability to detect
decreased GFR earlier then creatinine. Cystatine C is also independent of
urine collection as well as measurable by automated methods. One recent
study indicated that it is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease and
mortality. Case studies show cystatine C was superior to other markers.
Creatinine clearance had the worse diagnostic efficiency.
I found the information in this session very interesting. Many of us either
know of or have family members with related kidney issues. As I stated
earlier, I look forward to attending many more AMT conventions.
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District Councilor’s Message Fall 2012 (continued)
Service Award, Ray Dean, MT from North Carolina, Cynthia Jones, MT
from Georgia, Naomi Melvin, MT from Florida, and Georgia Morrison,
MT from South Carolina for receiving the Pillar Award, J.D. Lookadoo,
MT from Florida received the Distinguished Achievement Award, and
Harry Narine, MT, RPT from Trinidad received the Exceptional Merit
Award. Writing award winners were: Gerald P. Boe, PhD, from South
Carolina-1st place technical award and Alice Macomber, RN, RMA,
AHI, RPT from Florida - 1st place in the feature writing award and
Maria Cristina Guzman, MT from Georgia - 2nd place in the feature
writing award. Publication awards: 1st Place Journal Tennessee -TennO-Scope, Kaye Tschop, editor and 3rd place Newsletter Georgia Peaches and Peanuts, Chevy Newham, editor. Most Improved Publication North Carolina - Tarheel Tech, Tommie Williams, editor and a special thanks to the honor roll states and to the 1st time attendees to the
National convention and I hope to see the 1st timers attend next year for
their second convention.
Let’s not forget the week to recognize and celebrate the medical assistants. This year the National Medical Assistants Week is October 15 th19th.
Mary Burden, MT was re-elected to the National Board and Heather
Herring was elected for the RMA position to the National Board. Our
national officers are Mary Burden, MT as President, Everett Bloodworth, MT as Vice-President, Jeff Lavender, MT as Secretary, and Janet
Sesser, RMA as Treasurer. Linda Jones, MT was re-elected to AMTIE
and the new member elected was Taffy Durfee, MT. The new officers
of AMTIE are Linda Jones, MT President, Art Contino, AHI, RMA
Vice-President, Marty Hinkel, MT Secretary and David Yocum Jr., MT
as Treasurer.
Make plans now to attend your state and national meeting. It’s a great
way to attend a family reunion and still get continuing education at the same time. I wish each of
my states a great year.
Respectfully submitted,
Shannon H. Newman, BSMT
AMT Southern District Councilor
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Editor’s Message
Here we are at the end of another year and what a grand year it has
been! The Tennessee State Society has been very active this year. In
February we took part in the Magnolia Educational Treasures in
Montgomery, Alabama. July we traveled to San Antonio to take part
in AMT’s 74th National Convention and in September we traveled to
Sevierville and The Great Smokey Mountains for our Mountain Educational Retreat. What a bounty of educational opportunities. I’d like
to thank the Tennessee State Society for the opportunity to represent
this great state as a delegate to the National Convention.
I’d also like to thank Mr. Jerry Hudgins, MT President, Tennessee
State Society for his guidance and wisdom and the Board of Directors
for allowing me to serve as the editor of your state society journal, the
TENN-O-SCOPE. From taking pictures to writing reports, I am always appreciative of all your help in making this journal the award
winning journal it is today.
To those who were in harms way earlier this year with Hurricane
Sandy. My heart goes out to you and your family who have lost loved
ones and who’s properties were destroyed by mother nature’s furry.
Here are my wishes for you…...
Hours of happy times with friends, family and loved ones
Abundant time for rest and relaxation
Prosperity
Plenty of love when you need it the most
Youthful excitement at life’s simple pleasures
Nights of restful slumber (you know - don’t worry be happy)
Everything you need
Wishing you love and light
Years and years of good health
Enjoyment and mirth
Angels to watch over you
Remembrances' of happy years!
(Author unknown)
Kaye Tschop, MT
Editor
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On The Cover
By Kaye Tschop, MT (AMT)
My coordinates are 35°08′33″N 90°03′07″W 35.142514°N 90.051944°W
I am located in west Tennessee and I reside at 149 Union Avenue Memphis. My custom began in the early 1930’s by Frank Schutt who returned
from a weekend hunting trip and found it quite amusing to leave three of
his live English Call Duck decoys in the hotel fountain. The idea was a
hit with the guests and ever since then, five Mallard ducks have played in
the fountain every day.
A gentleman by the name of Edward Pembroke volunteered to care for
us in the 1940’s. Edward painstakingly cared for our every need for over
50 years and taught us everything we know including how to march.
Every day at 11:00 a.m., we march to the accompaniment of the King
Cotton March by John Phillip Sousa. We are escorted down the red carpet in front of many guests as we make our way to our favorite fountain.
This famous fountain was carved out of an enormous piece of Italian travertine marble and shipped from Italy for the hotel’s 1925 opening.
At 5:00 pm everyday, after a six hour swim in the fountain, we ceremoniously make our way back to our beautiful renovated palace which is located on the rooftop. The 24 by 12 foot enclosure which features granite
flooring, ceiling fans, a scale replica of the hotel, a fountain decorated
with a pair of bronze ducks, and a large viewing window for guests to see
us in our new home. Rumor has it the cost of the renovation was upwards
of $ 200,000 to complete.
We are very popular with the guests and have made appearances on the
television along with our handlers to shows like Johnny Carson, Oprah
Winfrey and Sesame Street. We even had a spread in People Magazine.
Do you know who I am? If you guessed… The Peabody Ducks… you
are absolutely correct! FYI—The ducks are raised by a local farmer
and a friend of the hotel. Each team lives in the hotel for only three
months before being retired from their Peabody duties and returned to the
farm to live out the remainder of their days as wild ducks.
The colorful flowers adorning the top of the fountain are changed out every
other day in the middle of the night. (See back cover for picture)
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HEART ATTACKS AND WATER
Dates to Remember
By Kaye Tschop, MT (AMT)
National Dental Assistants Week.…………………. .March 3-9, 2013
.
Heart Attacks and Water - Who knew!!
National Laboratory Professionals Week……….....April 21-27, 2013
Did you know?? I didn't know. Here’s the question.
AMT 75th National Meeting ……………………..….July 8-12, 2013
Omni William Penn Hotel Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Why do we urinate so much at night time?
TSSAMT Fall Meeting …………………………….….Oct 4-5, 2013
Paris Landing State Park
Answer...Gravity holds water in the lower part of your body. When
you are upright your legs swell, when you lie down, your lower body
is level with the kidneys. It is then that the kidneys remove the water
because it is easier. Drinking water at bedtime aids in proper hydration and will also help prevent night time leg cramps.
You need a minimum amount of water to help flush the toxins out of
your body but do you know the correct time to drink water? According to a Cardiac Specialist, drinking water at certain times during the
day can maximize its effectiveness on the body.
The best time and amounts of water to consume are as follows:
2 glasses of water after waking up helps activate internal organs.
1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal helps digestion.
1 glass of water before taking a bath helps lower your blood pressure.
1 glass of water before going to bed avoids stroke or heart attacks.
A small price to pay for
the inconvenience of
getting up in the
middle of the night.
Drink Up!!!
Welcome New Members to
the Tennessee State Society
of American Medical Technologists
National Medical Assistants Week………………….Oct 21-25, 2013
Magnolia Educational Treasures……………….……Oct 17-18, 2014
Edgewater Hotel in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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Delegate Report
By Chris Seay, MT (AMT)
Aspirin and Plavix Sensitivity and Resistance: Are Different Tests of
Platelet Function Comparable When Taking Aspirin and Plavix?
Presented by: David L McGlasson, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
This trip to San Antonio, TX was truly a memorable one. The meeting was great. Since I started and ended my military career in San
Antonio, I was afforded the chance to see family and friends. I got a
chance to see my last military assignment location. It was quite a
nostalgic visit. As I was preparing for registration, I was checking
the topics and presenters. To my surprise, I saw a colleague from my
Air Force days at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center listed. Both of
us served as Non-Commissioned Officers in the Department of Pathology. David was always an efficient and thoroughly competent
technician. Besides being interested in the topic, I got a chance to
reminisce with an acquaintance. Also, it is always good to have a
friendly face in the audience.
Dave began his presentation with general information about the effectiveness of aspirin in preventing heart attacks and strokes. Many of us
were unaware that 5-40% (1-2 million) patients
taking aspirin did not get the full benefit of aspirin due to resistance. His presentation showed
that several studies have suggested a significant
increase of major vascular events associated
with aspirin resistance. It may be reasonable
Chris Seay & Dave McGlasson
to alter therapy in the aspirin resistant population rather than continue to take a drug that a test suggests is ineffective. During the presentation, he showed there were several reasons
for possible resistance. These included: (1) Poor compliance by subjects; (2) Drug interaction: ibuprofen, naproxen and (3) Inadequate
ASA dose. As most of us know, there is a big push for taking a 81mg
aspirin on a daily basis. However, how can the effectiveness of an
81mg aspirin be validated? Would it be best for some individuals to
take a 325mg aspirin? TV commercial suggest when you think you
might be having a heart attack to take an aspirin. Dave was asked “If
you only have 81mg aspirins, what should you do?” He responded, it
might be just as effective to take four 81 mg aspirin tablets.
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Welcome New Members to
the Tennessee State Society
of American Medical Technologists
Christy Vandergriff, MLT
Amanda Tucker, RMA
Nikisa Hunphrey, RMA
Paolo Flores, RMA
Anna May, RMA
Yvette Garcia, MLT
Cherise Thomas, MLT
Cynthia Wise, MLT
Elizabeth Whittle, RMA
Mikayla Evans, RMA
Denita Putnam, RMA
Britney Thornton, RMA
Dionna Cyson, RMA
Resmi Lenoy, MT
Brandi Adkins, RMA
Erin Kilgore, RMA
Amanda Fouch, RMA
Jacqueline Whitener, RMA
Tonia Pastor, RMA
Brandy Whitehouse, MLT
Jessica Walker, RMA
Tanya Phillips, MLT
Tiffany Mullins, RMA
Nancy Phillips, RMA
Linda Diaz, RMA
Jennifer Whatley, RMA
Michele Gray, MLT
Jessica King, RMA
Candice Nelson, RMA
Diane Boake, RPT
Angela La Pietra, MLT
Candyce Mitchell, RMA
Pernita Gist, RMA
Jo Ann Kounlabong, RMA
Kellie McCormick, RMA
Jilian Fox, CMAS
Ashley Smith, MLT
Natalie Yang, MLT
Ashley Farley, MLT
Geneva Xiong, RMA
Ginger Robinson, MLT
Alexis Sherley, RMA
Brittany Rahn, MLT
Ronald Trubilowicz, MT
Molly Morris, RPT
Tammy Hughes, RMA
Lisa Verse, RMA
Susan Hannah, MLT
Ada Neeley, MLT
Tonya Turner, RMA
Amanda Buttler, RMA
Crystal Parks, RMA
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Welcome New Members to
the Tennessee State Society
of American Medical Technologists
Titania Thompson, RMA
Dixie Bradberry, AHI
Regina Kall, RMA
Danielle Parker, RMA
Brittany Cartwright, RMA
Pattisha Boles, RMA
Timery Houghtalin, RMA
Lisa Taylor, RMA
Patricia Hardison, RMA
Katrina Byars, RPT
Stacey Frear, RMA
Connie Miller, MLT
Lynda Gaines, RMA
Christina Jackson, RMA
Kimberly Jones, RMA
Mariza Gonzalez, RPT
Amanda Borden, RMA
Priyanka Patel, RMA, PRT
Pathana Bouttavong, MLT
Shameka Berry, MT
Beverly Martinez, RMA
Sandra Martin, RMA
Shirley Gibson, RMA
Amy Messer, RMA
Tawana Beal, RMA
Angela Nystrom, RMA
Tracy Lilley-McRee, RMA
Taja Bennett, RMA
Lisa Perry, RMA
Nadira Jama, RMA
Amanda Deming, RMA, RPT
Carolyn Groves, RPT
Sonia Gipson, RMA
Katie Garduno, RMA
Cindie Moss, RPT
Carstasha Essie, RMA
Rebecca Huskey, RMA
Le Anna La Fever, RPT
Viakedia Lewis, RMA
Cinella Howard, MLT
Eric Gallego, MLT
Ashlee Vanoer, RMA
Steffany Copas, RMA
Constance Denney, RMA
Conecia Barlow, RMA
Bertha Sanchez, RMA, RPT
Rashondra Hicks, RMA
Jolean Cirullo, RMA
Cristen Youssef, RMA
Melissa Ray, RMA
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Samatha McGill, RMA
Delegate Report (continued)
By Chris Seay, MT (AMT)
This should give the individual the same effect as one 325 mg aspirin. Also discussed were commercial methods of testing aspirin effectiveness. Four commercially available assays were used in this
study
• Whole blood aggregometry: examines platelet aggregation by
using platelet agonists Collagen, ADP, Arachidonic Acid.
• PFA-100: tests platelet aggregation by measuring time to occlude an aperture. (Closure time)
• Verify/Now Accumetrics: studies platelet function by using
arachidonic acid reagent. ASA inhibits platelet function and
does not react to AA. Platelet aggregation is quantified as
ARU (aspirin resistance units).
• Aspirin-works: Measure level of urine 11Dehydrothromboxane (metabolite of Thromboxane A2) in
pg/mg of creatinine.
There were several studies to confirm resistance and effectiveness.
There were studies that checked the effectives on 24 hour versus a 7
day regimen of 81 mg vs 325 mg aspirin.
All in all, the presentation and data presented was very revealing.
David and his colleague presented some very compelling data. This
was a great presentation. Those of us who attended really benefitted
from the information that was shared.
AMT is changing
the format for this
years National
Meeting in Pittsburg!
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Welcome New Members to
the Tennessee State Society of
American Medical Technologists
RMA Week
By Valerie Owens, RMA (AMT)
Given all the negativity in the world today, it
gives me great pleasure to write a positive article
about a great discipline in the medical field. I
have been wonderfully blessed to have such a
great job in a down spiraling economy. It is easy
to have negative thoughts but we must stay focused on all the positive things that life has to offer, rather than being
concerned with the negative.
Nancy Bonham, RMA
Rebecca Abernathy, RMA
Mindy Carter, RMA
Shameka Jenkins, RMA
Rachael Oldham, RMA
Amber Pruett, RMA
Angelina Marino, RMA
Kaveeda Jackson, RMA, RPT
Melissa Trobaugh, MLT
Ashley Bentley, RMA
Teya Lowery, RMA
Mindy Bond, RMA
The week of October 15-19, 2012 was set aside for the recognition of
Medical Assistants. We should not only feel honored during this
week, but everyday that we show our expertise in the medical field.
Medical Assistants are generally the first person to make contact
with the patients, doctors, and other personnel to give our services in
a rewarding and professional way. Each day I look forward to caring
for my patients and providing them with the most recent and up to
date techniques available. Being able to provide this kind of service
to patients gives me a wonderful feeling. In a world that never stops
advancing, you must be knowledgeable and eager to learn new
things. Even in this growing medical society, one can never stop
learning new things.
Ashley Bentley, RMA
Melissa Ayers, RMA
April Tidwell, RMA
Pamela Gentry, RMA
Stefany Miller, RMA
Alendria Ragland, RMA
Elizabeth Ray, MT
Yolanda Beasley, RMA
Melissa McCoy, RMA
Dina Perry, RMA
Menyatta Perkins, RMA
LaShonda Knaff, RMA
Kristen Voce, RMA
Crystal Overbey, RMA
Samantha Mooneyham, RMA
Jennifer Cross, RMA
Darrel Winchester, RMA
Cynthia Nieto, RMA
Natasha Hensley, RMA
Loretta Roll, RMA
Johnetta Taylor, RMA
Kristina Lambert, RMA
Davida Henderson, RMA
Pamela Fitzgerald, RMA
Sarah Williams, RMA
Brittney Gulmire, RPT
Genia Brown, RMA
Victoria Everett, RMA
Nancy Vance, RMA
Cynthia Farmer, RMA
Terri Taylor, RMA
Alexandria Ciero, RMA
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Shanika Ward, RMA
Danielle Sheridan, RMA
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Porshia Jones, RMA
Colleen Hobbs, RMA
Latrice Reed, RMA
Ebony Henderson, MT
Lisa Light, RPT
Thad Johnson, RPT
As I reminisce on the 2012 Olympics, I can only think about all the
athletes that won gold medals and how hard they strived to achieve
their ultimate goal. As a Registered Medical Assistant we also must
strive to achieve perfection and gold medal status in our field. I
encourage each and every Medical Assistant to stay in the winners
circle of great champions in the medical field.
Keep your positive attitudes, great smiles, and warm hearts and
remember …....
YOU
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DIFFERENCE!!
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TSSAMT Fall 2012 Mountain Educational Retreat
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By Kay Burnett, MT (AMT)
nother wonderfully put together meeting!!!! Where to begin
about this meeting, I guess I will start with the location. The
motel is beautiful and the staff was excellent. The speakers
were all excellent but my favorites were Mike O’Neal and Dr. Kenneth Ferslew. I could have listened to these two speakers all day.
Mr. O’Neal’s session about Drug Abuse in Health Care was eye
opening. We know that you should never share prescription drugs
with anyone but we know that people do this because of the cost or
that they are addicted to them. He spoke about ways that you can tell
if someone is abusing drugs or alcohol. There is always telling signs
that can give them away. Some of those are: loss of interest in work
and play, quality of work, change in behavior, calling in sick more
often and being late to work.
Dr. Ferslew spoke on the Challenge of Bath Salts and Synthetic Cannabimimetrics. This session was very informative. I didn’t realize
that bath salts with the same name sold in different parts of the
Unites States have different compounds in them. When one bath salt
is identified and banned from sale another one pops up until that one
is identified and banned and this is an ongoing process. How do we
get ahead of the illegal processors of these drugs and make our
streets and schools safe? These bath salts and other synthetic drugs
are very toxic and deadly to young adults and to anyone that uses
them. These bath salts are composed of a common chemical and
then changed in the making of it. These bath salts are not processed
in a clean environment but out in the open where anything impure
can get in it. This session just blew me away. It makes you wonder
about other items that are sold under names that seem safe.
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Another wonderful aspect of these meetings is spending time with
your fellow AMT members who are now family. Friday night we
went out to dinner with Kim and Lewis Wheeler, Jerry Hudgins and
Teresa Warren, and Charles Haun and his lovely wife Kathleen at the
Applebarn Restaurant. We enjoyed our meals and the time we spent
together. Saturday night we went into Gatlinburg to eat at the
Peddler. We had a group of eleven and that was a blast.
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TSSAMT Fall 2012 Mountain Educational Retreat Speaker’s
Magnolia Educational Treasures 2014
Magnolia Educational Treasures
proudly presents
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1. Chris Seay, MT
2. Jerome Jackson, RRT
& Kim Wheeler, MT
3. Ed Michaud, PhD
& Kay Burnett, MT
4. Homer Moss, MT
(retired)
5. Linda Jones, MT
6. Michael O’Neal
PharmD.
7. Rosa Newton, RN
8. Anna Fritz, MT, RMA
9. Anna Fritz, MT, RMA
& LeeAnn Limburg,
CMA (AAMA) EMTIV
10. Leigh Ann Stamps,
MT
11. Kenneth Ferslew, PhD.
& Kim Wheeler, MT
12. Ken Harbert, PhD. &
Jerry Huggins, MT
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October 17 & 18, 2014
At the beautiful Edgewater Hotel in the heart of
Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Visit the web at www.edgewater-hotel.com
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Make your reservations now by calling: 1-800-423-9582
(Reservation code is Magnolia)
Room Rate: $109.00/night (plus 12.75% tax) (Single or Double).
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Includes complimentary continental breakfast & free parking.
Visit www.gatlinburg.com for a comprehensive listing of the
Gatlinburg scene.
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Meeting Registration Fees, Speakers and
Topics: To follow.
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TSSAMT National Award Recipients
AMT National Convention in San Antonio Texas
O. C. “Skip” Skinner Uniformed Services Award
was presented to Christopher Seay, MT by Roxanne Clifton, MT National
AMT President.
2012 TSSAMT Fall Meeting Awards and Service Ribbons.
Charles Haun 50 years.
Pat Carr 50 years.
Diane Robbins 15 years.
Honor Roll Society was
presented to Jerry
Hudgins, MT President
TSSAMT by Shannon
Newman, MT Southern
District Councilor.
Anna Fritz Special
Appreciation Award
First place Journal was
presented to Kaye Tschop,
MT, Editor, TENN-OSCOPE by National Publication Chair Nancy Gabl.
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Kay Burnett Silver
Lens Award
Jerry Hudgins
Merit Award
Joseph Howard and
Bamidele Kayode.
Jerry Hudgins 45 years.
Kim Wheeler
Merit Award
Junior Basant 5 years.
Martha Duncan Years
of Service Award.
Barbara Sowder 25 years.
Bamidele Kayode Medical Technologist in Africa
attends TSSAMT Fall Meeting.
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AMT National Convention 2012 Pictures
San Antonio, Texas
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