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Vermont Business Magazine Investigators with the Vermont State Police and the St Johnsbury Police Department on Tuesday concluded processing the scene on Railroad Street in St Johnsbury where Johnnie Simpson was found unresponsive last Friday.
Detectives are awaiting a final determination from the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington on the cause and manner of Mr. Simpson’s death. This is pending toxicology testing, which could take several weeks.
Investigators are examining all possibilities connected to this case and continue to ask that anyone with information call our St. Johnsbury barracks at 802-748-3111, or provide a tip anonymously online by visiting vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
Seven week intensive supports participants beyond their quit day
To offer more support to those who wish to quit smoking, Community Connections at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) will be offering its first ever Freedom From Smoking course, a group course designed by the American Lung Association, on February 2, 2021.
Because most people already know that smoking is not healthy, Freedom From Smoking focuses on
how to quit, rather than on why. According to the American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking webpage, the program uses pharmacology and psychology to help tobacco users control their behaviors. It also acknowledges that there are many methods to effectively quit, and therefore the program includes a variety of evidence-based techniques.
Seven week intensive supports participants beyond their quit day
Vermont Business Magazine To offer more support to those who wish to quit smoking, Community Connections at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) will be offering its first ever Freedom From Smoking course, a group course designed by the American Lung Association, on February 2, 2021.
Because most people already know that smoking is not healthy, Freedom From Smoking focuses on
how to quit, rather than on why. According to the American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking webpage, the program uses pharmacology and psychology to help tobacco users control their behaviors. It also acknowledges that there are many methods to effectively quit, and therefore the program includes a variety of evidence-based techniques.
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NVRH and Umbrella Inc. partner to support prevention efforts throughout the Northeast Kingdom
Vermont Business Magazine Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) has received the Vermont Prevention Center of Excellence’s Grant. This grant is a one-year grant opportunity with goals to reduce underage drinking, high-risk alcohol consumption, marijuana and tobacco misuse, prescription drug and stimulant misuse, and illicit stimulants and opioids. In order to build prevention capacity and infrastructure at the community, as well as regional levels, NVRH is partnering with Umbrella Inc.
The grant, which totals $450,000, tackles two components of prevention: the promotion of healthy lifestyles and norms that reduce the risks associated with the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and the reduction of the impact of those at higher-than-average risk for substance misuse. This includes individuals currently experiencing problems related to use.
ST. JOHNSBURY â Quickly identifying a highly contagious disease is key to both containing the spread and treating the patient. Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) now has a new tool to quickly analyze lab specimen for infectious diseases including COVID-19. The Cepheid Analyzer provides fast turnaround of lab results to allow the hospital care team to make real time decisions to manage patient care.
Thanks to generous donors Barbara and Chick Allen, NVRH received the Cepheid Analyzer in July. âThe Allenâs approached us early this year â just prior to the pandemic â about making a donation for needed medical equipment,â said NVRH CEO Shawn Tester. âWe had the Cepheid Analyzer on our wish list and with their donation we were able to purchase it.â