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Progress continues on construction of Hennepin County Medical Center’s Interdisciplinary Simulation and Education Center (ISEC), scheduled to open this summer in the lower level of the HCMC Parking Ramp. (Also see the December 2, 2011 “Network Feature: Simulation, the next best thing to learning from a real patient.” ) The center will provide a guided, safe environment for…
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Paying an HCMC bill has never been easier or more convenient. A new payment window is open in HCMC’s Blue 1 Lobby to give patients the option to make a payment in person, and now HCMC is announcing that patients also have the option to pay their bill online! The free, secure bill payment portal…
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The Hennepin EMS Generals Hockey Team will be playing this Saturday, March 3, in the Cystic Fibrosis – Checking for Cystic Fibrosis Public Safety Hockey Tournament. This is the 3rd year of the tournament that was started by a former Hennepin EMS Paramedic Andrew Peter. The tournament will take place at the Schwan’s Super Rink of…
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Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery in Minneapolis (800 LaSalle Plaza) will host its annual Fire Chief Ale tapping party on Thursday, March 8 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., with proceeds from the fundraising event to benefit the Burn Center at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC). HCMC’s Burn Center is a regional resource providing care for…
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HCMC EMS participates in NIH study that finds method safe, effective for pre-hospital use Delivering drugs into muscle using an autoinjector, akin to the EpiPen (used to treat serious allergic reactions), is faster and may be a more effective way to stop statusepilepticus (a prolonged seizure lasting longer than five minutes), according to a study sponsored by the National…
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Doctors at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) now have a new diagnostic tool that gives them the information they need – without the extra radiation patients don’t need. It’s part of a new approach to medical imaging based on Philips CT (cat scan) and X-ray systems, which includes techniques, programs and practices to ensure the…
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On Monday, January 23, Jack Jablonski was transferred from Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) to Sister Kenny Institute for rehabilitation by the two paramedics who were on duty when the 16-year-old was injured. On December 30, HCMC paramedics Scott Brethorst and Geoff Antonenko responded to a call from St. Louis Park Rec Center, where a…
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Jack Jablonski, the inspirational young hockey player who sustained an injury to his spine after a game on December 30, has had a steady stream of visitors to his hospital room to offer encouragement and support. In addition to friends and family visits, several well-known athletes have also stopped by to see Jack. The first…
Read MoreDr. Steve Dunlop, faculty physician in the HCMC Emergency Department, has pursued training in International Emergency Medicine and now works to share it with others. He uses his expertise to give better and more cost-effective care in Minnesota, facilitates training of HCMC physicians and others in Arusha, Tanzania, and is working to establish an International…
Read MoreIn light of the recent tragic incident involving Benilde St. Margaret Sophomore, Jack “Jabby” Jablonski, who sustained a severe spinal cord injury from a check from behind that sent him headfirst into the boards, Jack’s family members and hockey leaders are speaking out for immediate changes to hockey to make it safer for our nation’s…
Read MoreStatement from Leslie Jablonski: “We’re so overwhelmed by all of the support from friends and family and beyond. There are so many people reaching out to us — and this is what keeps us going. It just warms our hearts. Thank you.” A web site has been created for Jack at www.jabby13.com [slideshow]
Read MoreDonations can be made at any Wells Fargo Bank to the Jack Jablonski Fund, or they can be mailed to: Jack Jablonski Fund P.O. Box 16387 St. Louis Park, MN 55416-2618
Read MoreStatement from the neurosurgeons at Hennepin County Medical Center about Jack Jablonski’s surgery: “Jack Jablonski’s surgery went very smoothly, and we accomplished the necessary goals which were to assess and stabilize his spinal column to prevent further injury and allow for rehabilitation. Unfortunately, our pre-operative diagnosis was confirmed intra-operatively when we visualized the obviously horrific injury to his spinal…
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Stephanie Peterson delivered a healthy, 4 pound, 11 ounce boy at 6:40 p.m. on December 31. He was the last boy born at HCMC in 2011. But little Beckett’s mom was only half-way through this delivery! Baby Beckett spent the past 34 weeks with his twin sister, Freya, but she decided she wanted her own…
Read MoreWhittier Imaging is now open in Hennepin County Medical Center’s Whittier Clinic at 2810 Nicollet Ave. in South Minneapolis. The new imaging center offers routine head, neck, spine, pelvic, fetal and musculoskeletal imaging, minor interventional radiology procedures, and vein care. [slideshow] Featuring Philips equipment and technology, Whittier Imaging has a state-of-the-art MRI that provides the…
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Recent dramatic save in Coon Rapids shows benefits of HCMC residency training Dr. Tom Wyatt and Dr. Eric Haug, graduates of the HCMC Emergency Medicine residency program, recently made clinical headlines with a dramatic save and article in Annals of Emergency Medicine about the first-reported Emergency Department thoracotomy for post-ablation tamponade (see HCMC NETWORK FEATURE:…
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“My residency training made all the difference.” Although cracking open a chest in the Emergency Department makes for dramatic television, it does not happen every day. In fact, it was only recently reported that the procedure was used for the first time to treat post-ablation tamponade, which occurs when blood and fluid collect in the…
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Dr. Smith’s ECG blog teaches clinicians in over 170 countries around the world Dr. Steve Smith, faculty physician in the HCMC Emergency Department (ED) has specialized in emergency cardiac care and electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation since the 1990’s. After writing a book on the ECG in acute myocardial infarction (MI), and writing and editing several other book chapters…
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More than 30,000 viewers in 151 countries have visited hqmeded.com, the HCMC Emergency Department educational website In 2006, HCMC Emergency Department (ED) faculty physician Rob Reardon and 2005 residency graduate Scott Joing (now ED faculty) wanted an outlet to share educational videos within and beyond HCMC. So they started the website hqmeded.com. Dr. Reardon chose…
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Here’s what Simulation training at HCMC looks like now and what’s coming. Simulation is currently used at HCMC to train healthcare providers such as resident physicians and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel. Simulation enables clinicians to practice procedural skills and management of critically ill “patients” in conditions that simulate clinical contexts, allowing them to learn…
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