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PIT CREW CPR NOW AT
NEWMAN REGIONAL HEALTH
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COVERAGE WILL
CONTINUE
By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
Newman Regional Health is
one of the first Kansas hospitals to
implement the newest guidelines
for CPR — high quality CPR also
referred to as “pit crew CPR.” In
the last week, all staff at Newman
that who contact with patients have
been trained in the technique.
Pit crew CPR isn’t new. The
technique is used almost exclusively by EMS but, until recently, was
only used in a handful of hospitals
in Minnesota. Kayla Baker, RN, says
that will soon change as the American Heart Association released the
new guidelines in January recommending the practice. She anticipates that other hospitals will soon
begin to follow the guidelines.
Over the last week, Baker, Katelyn Haddock, RN and Juli Heitman,
clinical educator have been using
the clinical skills and simulation
lab housed at the hospital to train
all staff. The clinical skills and
simulation lab is a collaboration between the hospital, Emporia State
University and Flint Hills Technical College. The lab and the simulation dummies were made possible
through donations from the Trusler
Foundation and the E.L. & Z. Irene
Hopkins Foundation.
“We are training all our staff on
how to respond to a code blue,”
Baker said. “The way we are training them is a very organized way,
where each person has a specific
task and position and they know
that immediately going into the
room. It is all based on their arrival
to the code.”
When a code blue occurs, all
available staff respond to the room.
By John Robinson
[email protected]
JESSIE WAGONER/GAZETTE
Newman Regional Health employees take part in a CPR training simulation. One team member
performs chest compressions on the simulation dummy while other employees monitor vitals.
Baker says that code blues are obviously a high stress situation for all
parties involved. Rather than multiple medical professionals entering
the room and trying to determine
in that moment who will do what,
adopting the pit crew mentality
helps to reduce some of the stress
of the moment.
“From my experience of being in
codes and experiencing how they
have been run, I knew there was
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something different we could do
to have them more organized and All Newman Regional Health employees who provide patient care
less chaotic,” Baker said. “That was participated in a training simulation on six-person high-performance
our main motivation for this. Every CPR. This technique has been used by emergency services but was
personnel coming in feels comfortPlease see CPR, Page 3
recently recommended by the American Heart Association as the
preferred protocol for CPR. NRH is one of the first hospitals in the
state to train all of their employees on technique.
Newman Regional Health
CEO Bob Wright expressed
confidence that the hospital will
not lose its Medicare coverage
on April 4.
Earlier in the month, the
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a public
notice which stated Newman
was not in compliance with
Medicare regulations.
The violation stemmed from
two incidents where Newman
failed to release mental health
patients from the emergency
department. One incident occurred in September, while the
other occurred in January.
According to Julie Brookhart,
public affairs specialist for CMS’
Kansas City Regional Office,
Newman was placed on the 90day termination track for Medicare services and if the hospital
became compliant with federal
regulations before April 4, CMS
would rescind the termination
notice.
According to Wright, Newman was resurveyed on March
Please see Medicare, Page 3
CITY
COMMISSION
DISCUSSES
FOOD
TRUCKS,
TOWING
POLICY
By John Robinson
[email protected]
COURTESY PHOTO
The Emporia State University, Department of Music, Wind Ensemble, will present a the President’s Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Albert
Taylor Hall.
UNIVERSITY MUSICIANS TO HONOR
PRESIDENT WITH GALA CONCERT
By Regina Murphy
[email protected]
Emporia State University’s
17th President Allison Garrett
will be the honoree for the President’s Concert, to be held at 7:30
p.m. April 5 in Albert Taylor Hall,
Plumb Hall, 1 Kellogg Circle.
It will feature the ESU Chamber Orchestra, Wind Ensemble,
Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble I with special pre-concert
entertainment by the Chamber
Choir in the lobby.
“This concert is the Department of Music’s way of welcoming our new university president,
Dr. Allison Garrett, to ESU,” said
organizer Gary Ziek. “The Music
Department will be rolling out the
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Members of the Emporia State University Jazz Ensemble I, shown here at the Lincoln Center, will
perform at the President’s Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Albert Taylor Hall.
The Emporia City Commission met for a study session
Wednesday morning.
The commission heard from
Joseph Foster with Planning and
Zoning about allowing a special
permit for mobile food trucks in
Emporia.
“All we have in place right
now is temporary-use permit
that allows for a maximum of
40 days,” Foster said while also
sharing with the commission
how he believes food trucks benefit a community. “They’ve been
known to revitalize blighted and
struggling areas and add culture
to a community.”
The permit would last for 30
days, would cost $50 to renew
and would allow mobile food
trucks to operate in commercial
and industrial zones in Emporia
for up to 12 hours each day. The
trucks would also be required to
operate 50 feet from any brick
and mortar restaurant unless
they are given written permissio