He then travels by canoe or on foot to alert his fellow islanders that medical services will soon be available.
It was a scene of arrested confrontation: a pair of ostriches, their chicks at their feet, standing alert to face an approaching sounder of warthogs.
But when he heard the standing ovation for the Cardinals when they loaded the bases, he leaped to his feet, fully alert.
Perhaps just as importantly as checking their feet, patients also need to be aware that, if they find changes in the colour of the skin, skin breaks, skin swelling, or if they feel pain or numbness in their feet, they should alert their general practitioner or other healthcare professional promptly.
"We can just flood the country with an alert about foot scooters," said Dr. Edward Christopherson, a psychologist at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., in trying to explain "the reason we get so nutty".
The ball rolled a few feet away, and an alert Omar Infante, who had singled, hustled to second as Norris's throw pulled second baseman Cliff Pennington off the bag.
Argentina has rebounded from a foot-and-mouth disease alert last year to mount a massive marketing campaign aimed at enhancing its exports to Europe and Asia.
The casings, said Chris Blaszak, a detective assigned to the department's intelligence fusion center, were found within 17 feet of where the alert had placed the gunman.
Last year, the mayor of Bugarach, a tiny village at the foot of the mountain, alerted the local authorities after he read on Internet forums that some people planned to take refuge on the mountain next month.
On Thursday, the Department of Agriculture declared a "heightened alert" over foot-and-mouth disease and said it had added 100 agents to its normal contingent of 1,800 who monitor international arrivals.
