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ISSUE 2 AUTUMN 2006
Residential users of Alleghany Power juice will be facing an eleven percent hike on
their next bill. Old Unterrified is not amused.
Click on this link to find out how to donate clothing, caps and blankets to the homeless, cancer patients, burn victims,
and premature babies.
Do patients at local hospitals have access to Rapid Response teams?
Check back for more on this subject.
This, from nurses.com
"Condition H -- What does the H stand for? Help -- “Condition HELP” Patients
and families can call for help by initiating a “rapid response team”. A rapid response team is made up of designated
members of the hospital’s healthcare team, including at least a doctor and nurse, who come to the patient’s bedside
in an emergency and manage the situation, much like an ambulance team does in the community.
The reasons for the Condition H can be:
- A report from a family member or visitor to a healthcare provider (i.e. nurses,
physicians) of a serious noted change in the patient’s condition that is not being addressed
- An emergency situation where a noted change in the patient’s condition
is not being recognized by the caregiver or does not receive the attention deemed appropriate by the family.
- If after speaking with a member of the healthcare team, confusion or conflict of what
needs to be done for the patient is evident.
Who will respond to a Condition H? An internal medicine physician or nurse practitioner,
the administrative nursing coordinator/supervisor. a floor nurse, and a patient relations coordinator,
when in house. "
Teresa McCabe, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, says,
" We do have Rapid
Response
Teams at both City Hospital and Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
Here are a few of the details:
The Rapid Response Team
is a team of clinical personnel with critical
care skills trained to evaluate, determine and potentially manage a
patient
who may be rapidly deteriorating. The Team works in
collaboration with the primary care nurse caring for the patient.
Jefferson
Memorial Hospital
-Team is available 24/7
-Consists of a Respiratory Therapist and an ICU Nurse
-Anyone who sees
a patient in distress can activate the team by calling
the ICU or alerting a staff member to call the ICU and give the
patient's
location
City Hospital
-Team is available 24/7
-Consists of a Primary Care RN, Critical Care RN, Respiratory
Therapist,
Nursing Supervisor
-Anyone who sees a patient in distress can activate the team by calling
or alerting
a staff member to call 1911 and the team members are paged
to the patient's location
The Team assesses and identifies
the problem, makes recommendations for
appropriate interventions, implements interventions and evaluates the
effectiveness
of those interventions. A "Code Blue" may be called if
immediate help is needed."
PRAISE WHERE PRAISE IS DUE
 Hilary Clinton would probably agree that it is not easy to be an elected official's wife. But being married
to the leader a First World nation brings with almost as many perks as responsibilities. Being married to the mayor of a small
town is another story. You get to answer the phone, hear the complaints, deal with the negative press about your partner and
yet there is serious doubt that when it is all over, you get to represent the state of New York at the senate.
Mayor Lance
Dom's wife Susan is not likely to hotfoot it to the Big Apple in search of a senatorial future the moment her husband's term
is over. She is an accomplished woman--a mom, a nurse and the force behind the successful Sheherezade Cafe. She has strength
and identity to spare, but it is her grace I want to praise in this space where there has been little praise for town officials
and none for their partners.
This bouquet is for you, Susan, for taking the calls, passing on messages and doing so courteously.
I had heard your husband was a nice guy and he does comes across as a mayor who cares about his constituents --even those
who did not vote for him. Kudos to you both.
WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?
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