2008: The year in review Dec 31, 2008
Healdsburg District Hospital opened its brand new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Emergency Department ... The money would pay for technology and other extra-curricular programs ... Two new administrators were welcomed to the Healdsburg Unified School District: Peter Fong, principal of Healdsburg Elementary School, and Annie Millar, director of curriculum and instruction for the district. (Sebastopol Sonoma West Publishing, CA)
County's 'Click It or Ticket' patrols yield 31 seat-belt citations Dec 31, 2008
" - Lets say you get into a car crash. Seatbelts have been shown to REDUCE injuries sustained in major car accidents. So in other words - you walk away with a broken leg or arm instead of being in a coma for 10 days, ICU for 30 days, Total hospital time of 3 months. The people that DONT wear their safety belts? Well - they go to the hospital, and chances are that their insurance does not pay nearly enough of their bills, that is if they have insurance. So then when you or I go in, because the... (Longview Daily News, WA)
A Marine’s story of miraculous survival Dec 31, 2008
Many people don t realize how quickly families bond while sharing the ICU Waiting Room, says McClellan. Our victories and setbacks became a shared experience. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Gilbert Hospital Installs New, State-of-the-Art CT Imaging Technology Dec 30, 2008
Located at 5656 S. Power Rd., a half mile south of Ray Rd., Gilbert Hospital () is licensed as an, acute-care general hospital with 24/7 services including emergency; expanded in-patient including ICU; diagnostic imaging; pharmacy; laboratory; and surgery services. Designated as a Level II trauma center, Gilbert Hospital provides health care services to the communities located throughout the east and southeast valley. (PR Newswire)
Kenneth Possinger, maintenance mechanic at Shands Lake Shore Hospital, calibrates a new medical vacuum pump that powers surgical suction device. According to a facilities assessment report, $8 million worth of necessary equipment and upgrades are needed over the next 17 years to keep the hospital running at an optimal level. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter Dec 30, 2008
The report also included the conversion of semi-private patient rooms to private rooms, expansion of the ICU from nine beds to 24 beds and the addition of a new wing to the west end of the hospital as part of the evaluation. The report states the existing mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems are not sized and configured to support a western expansion without major impact to existing conditions. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Tan Sri accused of CBT warded for heart condition at private hospital Dec 27, 2008
I was informed by the investigating officer that he had been admitted into one of the ICU at a private medical centre in Selangor for some heart condition. We could not prosecute the suspect today (Friday), he added. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
All But Decapitated, Boy, 9, Recovers Dec 26, 2008
"In ICU, they were cautiously optimistic that he was not going to be paralyzed. But the recuperation that he's had was in the transitional care unit (TCU). He started in the wheelchair, then the walker, then he was walking. At first, he wasn't talking at all, and they thought he would have brain damage, and he surprised everyone by regaining all this speech.". Did she accept that Jordan would be paralyzed or brain damaged. (CBS News -- Early Show)
PICTURE: Car collides with snowplow north of Waterloo writeLink("vid_id=1391&file=accident122308.flv"); Dec 26, 2008
Im sure you are trying to stir up some interesting debate, but this is Christmas and the driver is in ICU. This was not her fault ... I know this girl and her family, do you realize they are spending their Christmas with her in Iowa City in ICU where her condition is not good at this point ... Think people this could be your family spending their Christmas with you in the ICU, how awful this has to be for her children. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
All But Decapitated, Boy, 9, Recovers Dec 25, 2008
"In ICU, they were cautiously optimistic that he was not going to be paralyzed. But the recuperation that he's had was in the transitional care unit (TCU). He started in the wheelchair, then the walker, then he was walking. At first, he wasn't talking at all, and they thought he would have brain damage, and he surprised everyone by regaining all this speech.". Did she accept that Jordan would be paralyzed or brain damaged. (CBS News)
Vulnerability To Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Runs In Families, Study Shows Dec 23, 2008
"It's very hard to do family studies on PTSD because typically only single individuals, not whole families, are exposed to a particular trauma," he said ... 26, 2008) Family members may experience post-traumatic stress as many as six months after a loved one's stay in a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU), according to a new study. (Science Daily)
Lack of beds forces Rapid City Regional to divert patients Dec 23, 2008
They said there was no room in the ICU and that they were full for neuro, too ... Patients can also get routed to other Regional Health hospitals or sent out of the system if Regional has a shortage of available beds in the adult ICU or in other specialty units, Haxton said ... Regional has 25 beds in its adult ICU, and an average daily census for that unit of 18 to 19 patients. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Six still in ICU after Atlanta bridge collapse Dec 22, 2008
Web Search powered by YAHOO. Walkway construction at botanical park. (Athens Banner-Herald)
After successful surgery, Ali Nowotny hoping to be released by Christmas Dec 21, 2008
Ali spent the night in the ICU and will likely spend Saturday night there, as well. Dusty arrived Friday evening from Vermillion. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Obama and Rev. Warren Dec 19, 2008
In the neonatal ICU for indeterminate time, doing well ... What makes you think we need any particular convictions as to this matter ... I wouldn t bring up that neonatal ICU stuff with Bosch. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Akon: The Cartoon? Dec 19, 2008
All about the sounds and the scene. The entry titled "Akon -- The Cartoon?," and any of the comments about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Letters: Gratitude to those who helpedwoman in emergency Dec 19, 2008
After taking many tests, I was told that I would be staying the night in ICU for observation ... I'd like to thank the following people from the ICU staff for the wonderful get-well card you sent me: Monica, Jean, Debbie, Carol, Diana, Kristy, Peggy, Lindan, Debbie H., Deanna, Kim, Cami, Lindsey, Ashly, Jennifer, Ronda, Lil, and Sheena Lynn. (Daily Triplicate)
ICU Nutritional Program Failed to Boost Outcomes Dec 18, 2008
TUESDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Providing earlier nutritional support for intensive care unit (ICU) patients didn't reduce their length of stay in the ICU or their risk of death, according to a study by researchers in Australia and New Zealand. Previous research had suggested that early nutritional support (provided within 24 hours of injury or ICU admission) was important for critically ill patients and reduced their risk of death ... However, up to 40 percent of eligible patients remain... (MEDLINEplus)
Local officials join Pike-toll-hike outcry in Lynn Dec 18, 2008
Susan Murray, an ICU nurse at a Boston hospital for the past 30 years, noted that she is the laughing stock of a break room full of co-workers who commute down Route 93 or up from the South Shore. I am the only one who pays for the privilege of getting [to work], she said. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Ouida Stafford Anthaume Dec 18, 2008
Daily News Print Edition. Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 1:00 PM CST. (Bogalusa Daily News, LA)
Speakers, local legislators attack toll hike plan at Lynn hearing Dec 18, 2008
The parade of politicians began with Lynn Mayor Edward Chip Clancy and Lynn City Councilor John Phelan, who noted that their city in particular, which has among the highest foreclosure rates in the state, is ill quipped to take the hit, in Clancy s words, of higher tolls ... Susan Murray, an ICU nurse at a Boston hospital for the past 30 years, noted that she is the laughing stock of a break room full of co-workers who commute down Route 93 or up from the South Shore. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
Injured Plymouth soldier has third surgery Dec 18, 2008
We talked to a nurse in the ICU unit this afternoon, she said Wednesday, and they said the pain was better ... Users of legacy operating systems and browsers may encounter difficulty accessing some content. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Use Of Rapid Response Team In Hospital Not Linked With Reduction In Cardio Arrests Or Deaths Dec 16, 2008
A rapid response team, also known as a medical emergency team, is a multidisciplinary team of intensive care unit (ICU) professionals charged with the evaluation, triage, and treatment of non-ICU patients with signs of clinical deterioration to reduce the rates of in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrests (codes) and the subsequent illness or deaths that follow ... This was not associated with a reduction in the primary outcome measure of hospital-wide code rates, with decreases in non-ICU code rates... (Science Daily)
Toothbrushing Can Prevent Hospital-borne Pneumonia Dec 16, 2008
It s difficult to quantify the effects precisely, the researchers say ... (July 21, 2007) Decreasing the number of nurses on duty in an intensive care unit (ICU) increases the risk of serious infection, according to a new report. (Science Daily)
Subpar scores Dec 15, 2008
3 ICU beds per 1 million people. Special options are available to registered members. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Obituaries for Sunday, December 14, 2008 Dec 14, 2008
There are so many people who need to be thanked for the care and concern shown to her: Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, nurse Kathy Bean, Dr. Paula Gill and all of the nurses in the Cancer Center at Franciscan Skemp, Pastor Robert Wassermann, Pastor Oliver Lindholm, Staff Minister Larry Clark, good friend Carol Kearney (Roxanne s mother who helped her in her final days), her friends at the Harry J. Olson Senior Center, social worker Aaron Berg, in-home nurse Sally Young-Mettille, caretakers Carol and... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Letters: Thanks for community's help during long hospital stay Dec 14, 2008
I was at Stanford Hospital for a month in ICU. It is wonderful to be back home in God's country. We want to thank all who organized and helped with the Del Norte High Football Tailgate BBQ fundraiser on Oct. 10. (Daily Triplicate)
Woman hit by SUV after walking away from I-55 crash still in ICU Dec 13, 2008
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Saturday, December 13, 2008 7:09 AM CST. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Advanced ICU Care adds Thomas to board Dec 12, 2008
St. Louis-based Advanced ICU Care is a medical service company that provides remote critical care to patients in the intensive care units of community hospitals. Reader Comments. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
DEATHS FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008 (1057) Dec 12, 2008
Her medical career spanned more than 25 years, 20 of those years spent at JRMC. She worked in several departments at the hospital, including the post-partum unit, labor and delivery, pediatrics, surgery holding/same day surgery, home health, ICU and CCU.. In 1999 she was appointed by then-Gov. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Patrons support injured waitress (63) Dec 12, 2008
that family members set up to inform interested friends of her condition, Julia has been moved from ICU (back) into a therapy ward. The good news is there was no finding of an infection or internal artery bleeding of that nature. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Selangor Sultan awards 20 Datukship Dec 11, 2008
The Darjah Kebesaran Datuk Setia Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (SSIS) which carries the title Datuk Setia was given to Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Rauf, who was former Selangor State Secretary and former Director-General of the Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU) in the Prime Ministers Department. Conferred the SPMS (First Class). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Emergency Health Care Report Card Dec 10, 2008
Increase the number of ICU beds in the event of disaster (there are 225. 9 beds per one million v. the average of 299 beds per one million nationwide). (WTVR.com, VA)
Paul D. Parks (889) Dec 9, 2008
Our family wishes to thank the nurses and staff of St. Luke's Hospital's ICU, 5th floor medical, and St. Luke's Home Health Care for their wonderful care and support during his last days. A special thanks to Dr. Tan, Oei and Chow. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Flagler seeks neonatal unit Dec 9, 2008
Jason Barrett, Flagler's chief operating officer, said the new ICU will provide closer treatment for Level 2 cases, which are riskier ones involving babies born at less than 32 weeks pregnancy, babies having physical abnormalities or respiratory problems, and babies weighing less than 1,500 grams ... The new neonatal ICU unit would also treat infants born from older mothers, such as those over 35, who tend to have higher-risk pregnancies, he said ... From 1980 to 1995, the report said, neonatal... (The St. Augustine Record)
Driving and talking ... a bad call Dec 8, 2008
A crew of ICU staffers look for signs of imminent cardiopulmonary arrest and take measures to stop it. The influential Institute for Healthcare Improvement of Cambridge has championed rapid response teams, making their implementation one of six recommendations in its campaigns to reduce preventable in-hospital deaths. (Boston Globe)
Fire guts Bogalusa home Dec 8, 2008
Shed taken her daughter-in-law to the hospital to visit her own mother who was in ICU with a heart condition. The daughter-in-law had a feeling that something bad was going to happen. (Bogalusa Daily News, LA)
Busia-Danquah-Dombo tradition is anti-democratic and violent Dec 6, 2008
They shamelessly allied themselves with the forces of imperialism and rejoiced at our misfortunes and difficulties ... The attempt by ICU to break away from the TUC makes one wonder whether Act 651 is a throw-back to Act 383 of the Busia era that sought to break up organized labour in Ghana. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Police: Mom took newborn daughter from ICU at Ben Taub Dec 6, 2008
05:37 PM CST on Friday, December 5, 2008. KHOU.com staff report. (KHOU.com, TX)
Project Linus gives handmade hugs to kids Dec 5, 2008
Mullins said two weeks ago, the hospital received a shipment that went to the ICU, the infant/toddler surgical unit, day surgery, a clinic, the cadio floor and a medical floor. We re already out, she said. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Rapid Response Teams Don't Cut Hospital Heart Attacks, Death Rates Dec 4, 2008
Rapid response teams are usually made up of doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists, whose primary role is to care for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). The teams are also called to help evaluate patients who are not in the ICU. ... Since many patients evaluated by the rapid response team are transferred to the ICU, Chan's group looked at cardiac arrest and deaths both in and out of the ICU.. (MEDLINEplus)
St. David's gets bigger Hays footprint Dec 3, 2008
"We've never provided neonatal ICU services, this is new," Jepson says. "We don't have a lot of experience in-house, so when we started looking at the best way to build competencies, we realized the St. David's system had a tremendous amount of experience in these areas that we could benefit from.". (Austin Business Journal, TX)
LETTERS: NCT, Dec. 2, 2008 Dec 2, 2008
This would hold particularly true in restaurants with a large percentage of older clientele ... A number of contributors have noted recently the voting patterns of the "highly educated," particularly the percentage who opposed Proposition 8 and the doltish ignorance of Prop ... TCMC staff was kind during difficult time. (North County Times)
Etown mandies after wreck (44) Dec 1, 2008
His wife and the driver of the Jones vehicle, Mary Smith Jones, was in critical condition in ICU at New Hanover according to the last report received before press time. Funeral arrangements for Jones were rescheduled due to family members wishes to stay with Mrs. Jones in the intensive care unit. (Elizabethtown Bladen Journal, NC)
Child's cancer treatment spans two worlds Dec 1, 2008
Schulz moved him to the ICU. A day passed, then another ... " BETTER Three nurses work in tandem. One holds a thick-paged children's book, pressing a button that makes the sound of a honking truck. Another swabs Ryan's arm with alcohol. The third braces him for the needle stick. Xiong talks to him in a high-pitched baby voice, soothing him in Hmong. Over a year has passed since the ICU. Xiong spent six months in Seattle with Ryan. Her voice wavers when she talks about being there. "I don't have... (Anchorage Daily News)
Barbara Bush out of ICU after surgery Nov 30, 2008
Ex-first lady Barbara Bush has been moved out of ICU and into a regular room. Bush, 83, was in good spirits and was joking with hospital staffers, the Methodist Hospital spokeswoman said. (CNN -- Health)
Smock's thanksgiving: Life renewed Nov 29, 2008
He was admitted into the ICU in critical condition. With the hurricane barreling across the Gulf, and heading toward the Coastal Bend, the decision was made to evacuate critical patients. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Rollover victim in ICU Nov 29, 2008
News Story - Idaho State Journal. SALT LAKE CITY -- A Pocatello man injured last Saturday when he was thrown from his car at the interchange of Interstate 15 and Interstate 86 remains in the intensive care unit at the University of Utah Hospital. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Help comes aboard Nov 27, 2008
After working in the ICU, Keevern spent 2 1/2 years doing community health education on land, including teaching about public health and agriculture and training local medical staff and involving residents in building wells and clinics. After leaving the Anastasis, Keevern rejoined Mercy Ships aboard its newer, larger vessel (this one a former Danish train ferry), Africa Mercy, to lead public relations efforts. (Albany Times Union)
New System Improves Distribution of Donated Livers Nov 27, 2008
" People who were able to wait for long periods of time were less likely to need a transplant, explained Dr. Richard Freeman, professor of surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine, in Boston, and chairman of the committee that put the MELD system into place. Also, the old system could be manipulated. For instance, patients in intensive care were given preferential status, so doctors sometimes put patients in the ICU to bump them up on the list. "Doctors were trying to do the best thing for... (MEDLINEplus)
Care received after accident gives family reason to give thanks daily Nov 27, 2008
to Gundersen Lutheran, for having the best dang trauma teams in the world, the best neurosurgeons, physician assistants, ICU staff, infectious disease docs, plastic surgeons, dentists, orthopedic surgeons, recovery team (3 Center), and rehab department, including the very best in physical, speech, occupational and recreational therapies. Everyone who touched Steve was special to us they are nothing short of angels on Earth, and while they can never be truly, fully thanked, they will NEVER be... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Giving thanks for family, even when they're not yours. Nov 27, 2008
He survived in ICU for 3 weeks without life support following a major heart attack. He died over that weekend, but one of my cousins was in the military stationed in Germany. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Patient care option bypasses experts Nov 27, 2008
"You could have a triage category one that is a sudden emergency but the illness in fact ends up being treatable and you're out of the hospital the same day, whereas the person who comes in as triage category four who has a slight temperature and is 80 years old and then ends up in the ICU because of what seemed like an insignificant illness is actually quite seriously ill and dies two days later," Dr Nieuwkamp said. "Anyone who's been a director of an emergency department knows that that group... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Obituaries for Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 Nov 26, 2008
Alan s family would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Scott Chapman and his surgical team and nurses in ICU for their sincere efforts in the care and treatment of Alan ... Harland was a soil conservation engineer and retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service in 1977. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
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The Sept. 26 farm accident that sent Epp to ICU and threatened to snuff out his life was as sudden as it was brutal ... He was taken out of ICU on Friday, Oct. 3 and released from the hospital Friday, Oct. 10. (Freeman Courier, SD)
P/NDC and NPP Are Anti-organized Labour Nov 23, 2008
Electrical equipment, textiles, clothing and leather goods were particularly hard hit by the very strong competition from imports ... The attempt by ICU to break away from the TUC makes one wonder whether Act 651 is a throw-back to Act 383 of the Busia era that sought to break up organized labour in Ghana ... The TUC cuts across the troublesome ethnic, political, and religious divides in a multi-ethnic and multicultural society like Ghana. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Good Sam’s $40 million project stays on budget Nov 23, 2008
So the first thing we ve got to do is get the emergency department, ICU and med/surg finished. Then we can move over and work on those spaces. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
More of this story Nov 22, 2008
This year, the ICU Collaborative Team reported that Newport Hospital has been 1,275 days without a catheter-related bloodstream infection. That s almost 3. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Officers Accused Of Beating NFL Player's Dad Reassigned Nov 22, 2008
"In this particular situation you're talking about a beating of a person who was supposed to have been arrested and taken to jail. Now he's in ICU. That does not sit well with anybody in the community, regardless of who they are." ... Find out what a sputtering economy and an increasingly difficult to crack job market means to you. (Click2Houston, TX)
New hospital is preparing for Dec. 5 opening Nov 22, 2008
The new facility is licensed for 25 beds, will boast an eight-bed emergency room, a five-bed ICU, and 10 acute care semi-private rooms. New equipment includes a 32-slice (picture) CAT scan, a mobile MRI, ultrasound, digital x-ray, and digital mammogram. (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
bed crisis 'could cost lives' Nov 22, 2008
The surgery was cancelled about 5 minutes before the anasthetic was to be administered because there were no ICU beds available. This State Government in their wisdom has cut the ICU beds from 12 to 8 knowing full well that there wasn't enough to start with. (NEWS.com.au)
Guardian Angel Saves Fan's Life at Bengals Game Nov 21, 2008
Lucky for Wanda, Stacie Oxman, an ICU nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton was in the same bathroom ... It, along with the ICU nurse's training, saved Wanda's life. (WKRC.com, OH)
Injured NFL player's dad questioned by HPD Nov 21, 2008
On Thursday, doctors upgraded Marvin Driver s condition to good and moved him out of ICU into his own room. Chief Harold Hurtt told 11 News that he is waiting on a preliminary report that is not yet complete. (KHOU.com, TX)
Federal Circuit Vacates ICU Medical Summary Judgment Against Medegen and Remands to District Court Nov 21, 2008
Source: ICU Medical, Inc. ... Nov. 20, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ICU Medical, Inc., (NasdaqGS: - ), a leading low cost manufacturer of safe medical connectors connectors and custom intravenous systems, today announced that, in a non-precedential split decision, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has vacated a final order of the Central District Court of California granting ICU Medical summary judgment of non-infringement against Medegen MMS, in a patent... (Primezone Releases)
Man Claims HPD Officers Put Him In ICU Nov 20, 2008
Marketplace+++Extras++Site ToolsKPRC Local 2. E-Mail News Alerts Get breaking news and daily headlines. (Click2Houston, TX)
TEMPO: Come and see: The Festival of Trees Nov 20, 2008
The new monitors will replace the outdated models and is compatible with those units utilized on the ICU and Medical Surgical units so they can be exchangeable and standardized. These systems have the ability to monitor invasive pressures for critical patients, and can hold information for 24 hours. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
