Mineral Exploration Health & Safety Initiatives

AME BC Health and Safety Awards Breakfast

Each year the AME BC Health and Safety Awards Breakfast honours the recipients of the Safe Day Everyday Gold Award and the David Barr Award. This event will take place on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. in the Marine Room at the Westin Bayshore. Please note a ticket is required for this event.

PSA Testing Returns to Roundup for a Fifth Year!

Rescan is sponsoring the fifth annual free Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing during Mineral Exploration Roundup 2011. PSA testing is hosted by AME BC and will be provided by Providence Health Care – St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC.

Book your five-minute appointment now at the Prostate Cancer Foundation BC information table in The Westin Bayshore lobby. Men aged 45 and up are encouraged to have a PSA check on an annual basis. Make it part of your Roundup routine.

When:
Tuesday, January 25 – Wednesday, January 26, 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To pre-register for a time in advance of Roundup contact Margaret Hendren at St. Paul’s Hospital at mhendren@providencehealth.bc.ca.

Where:
The PSA Test Room. On the ground floor, between the Business Centre and Starbucks Coffee

To participate:
Complete and sign the consent form. Your family physician name and address must be included. Blood samples will be sent to St. Paul’s Hospital for analysis, and the results will be sent directly to your doctor. Consent forms are also available at the information table and in the Roundup 2011 delegate bag. Keep one copy for your records.

More information?
See the following links for important information on PSA testing. Information on prostate cancer is also available at the Prostate Cancer Foundation BC information table from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Wednesday. Volunteers will be able to answer most of your questions.
The Pros and Cons of PSA Testing for Prostate Cancer (required reading): www.bccancer.bc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/73C8A27C-C3EF-4AC4-9959-FFD2B521FC0A/34555/PSAScreeningPatientPamphlet2007April.pdf
Prostate Cancer Foundation BC homepage: www.prostatecancerbc.ca/home/

Also of interest:
PSA screening 2010 update from BC Cancer Agency: www.bccancer.bc.ca/HPI/CancerManagementGuidelines/Genitourinary/Prostate/PSAScreening/default.htm
Vancouver Prostate Centre: www.prostatecentre.com

Bloodmobile Comes to Mineral Exploration Roundup
Thursday, January 27, 2011

It’s as simple as 1-2-3 to donate blood at Mineral Exploration Roundup 2011!

1. Visit www.blood.ca/eligibility to see if you’re eligible to give blood.
2. Call 1 888 2 DONATE (1.888.236.6283) to book your appointment.
3. On Thursday, January 27, simply visit the Bloodmobile parked in front of The Westin Bayshore.

The Bloodmobile is a mobile blood donor clinic with four donation beds on a 45-foot portable trailer and runs just like any other kind of clinic, with a registration area, screening rooms, donation beds, and the most important part – cookies and juice!

The Bloodmobile is the first of its kind in BC and launched recently on October 8, 2010. The clinic, which runs at various locations throughout Metro Vancouver on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, will help Canadian Blood Services collect an extra 8,000 donations each year.

The Roundup clinic will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 27. The Bloodmobile will be parked on Bayshore Drive, in front of The Westin Bayshore.

Every minute of every day someone in Canada needs blood, and your one donation can help save the lives of up to three people. Please book your Bloodmobile appointment today!

Is your company a Partner for Life? Check to find your Partner ID and join their team.

If you wish to become a member of the AME BC Canadian Blood Services Partners for Life team, sign up with ID # ASSO008584 at www.blood.ca/joinpartnersforlife.