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CPR
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The Newman Regional Health Board of Trustees met
on Wednesday. Newman CEO Bob Wright expressed
confidence the hospital will not lose Medicare service
on April 4
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28 and were told the hospital had “no deficiencies.”
“We believe shortly we’ll
get a notice from CMS rescinding the ending of
funding on April 4,” Wright
said. “And we expect to get
it before April 4.”
Wright said Newman
made three major changes
to become compliant with
federal regulations:
✦✦A physical change in
the ER which will allow Newman to “more
safely” deal with mental
health patients, especially when they “become
disruptive or have an
acute episode.”
✦✦Developed a rapid response team who have
been trained to deal
with those situations.
✦✦Made changes to treatment protocols relating
to chemical and physical
restraints.
“To keep them from
harming themselves or
staff members,” Wright
said. “Those are the majority of the changes we
made.”
Regardless of CMS’ decision, Newman will be
able to receive Medicare
payments until April 5,
and will be able to appeal
if CMS reaches a “negative
decision.”
able knowing exactly what
they need to do to help the
patient.”
Similar to how a pit
crew works on a race car,
each medical professional
responding to a code focuses on one task. The first
person in the room is the
compressor, the second
person in the room brings
and operates the AED, the
third person focuses on the
airway, the fourth person
is the team leader, the fifth
person is code recorder and
the sixth person administers medications.
E m p l o ye e s m o v e d
through the simulation lab
learning the various roles
that they would play based
on when they respond to
the code. At the final station those in training met
“Stan,” the newest and
most advanced simulation
dummy in the lab. Stan has
a life-like feel, can talk, cry,
JESSIE WAGONER/GAZETTE
During the CPR simulation each employee performs a certain role based on when
they enter the room. This approach helps to reduce the chaos and confusion that
can be present in a high stress situation.
breath and even has a pulse.
When the first person
entered the room, Stan said
“I can’t breath,” before his
vitals declined to the point
of a code blue being called.
As the employees entered
the room they assumed
their roles, performed pit
crew CPR on Stan and successfully completed the
training exercise.
“The simulation dummy,
Stan, gives them the chance
to practice their skills in
the most realistic way possible,” Heitman said.
Providing a structured
response to codes will be
beneficial to medical professionals and patients alike.
High quality CPR is known
to have higher patient outcomes than other methods.
“I am very excited,”
Heitman said. “We had
heard of pit crew CPR
but it has been in the prehospital setting and they
had great outcomes. Now,
bringing it to the hospital
setting is exciting for us
here. It is taking what we
already know and putting
a framework with it.”
COURTESY PHOTO
The Chamber Orchestra is one of five ensembles performing Tuesday.
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JOHN ROBINSON/GAZETTE
The Emporia City Commission met for a study session
on Wednesday. The commission discussed provisions
for food trucks and an update to the towing policy.
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(Dirty Kanza 200) for instance, those vendors who
set up for the DK are covered under the special-use
permit,” Witt said, adding that food trucks are a
growing trend around the
country. “It’s a national fad
... they’re really taking off
and like many things might
take a little while to get to
Emporia but eventually the
movement gets here.”
According to Witt, the
commission will consider
the new permit at the next
study session.
The commission also discussed a potential change to
the city’s towing policy.
Witt said part of the policy includes a preference list
when individuals involved
in an accident don’t care
who tows their vehicle. The
city has four towing companies on the preference list it
cycles through each time a
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vehicle needs to be towed.
“We have a preference
list at the dispatch and it’s
‘boom, who’s next on the
list?’” Witt said.
According to Witt, the
policy will also have a twotier system to account for
the combined weight of the
vehicle and the tow truck.
This policy change is further out than the food truck
permits, according to Witt,
who said it could be more
than a month before the
commission takes action.
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red carpet at this event, featuring five groups with over
100 students performing.”
The last President’s
Concert was held during
inauguration week activities for Michael Lane.
The Chamber Choir will
set the mood for concert-goers by performing from 6:50
p.m. until sho rF