News Letter JULY 2011.pub

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Management and Staff wish to congratulate the following
persons on their birth anniversary for July 2011
VOLUME 23, JULY 2011
esignation
Mr Jason Benn - Medical Technologist
Ms Nadege RodneyRodney- —Theatre Technician
ongratulations to Miss Thalia
BaezaBaeza-Milan daughter of Dr. Tania Cruz and
the late Dr. Ricardo Baeza on placing 6th. In
the country at the Grade 6 Assessment Exams and all other staff whose children has
done well .
W
arm welcome to our new employees
Ms. Rameshwarie Bachan - Customer Service Representative
Ms. Shelonica Joree - Pharmacy Technician
V
acancies
Fay O”Choa
4th
Samuel Luckie
Chandramattie Aneen
9th
10th
Paupama Guriah
Bibi Hussain
Khemwattie Talmakund
Sherin Thomas
12th
14th
17th
20th
Shermin Blair
26th
27th
Anasticia Stoby
Malisa Mc Pherson
28th
Gay-Marlene Watterman 31st
Profiles of Staff Members contd.
Inside this Issue
Profiles-of
Staff Members
This month
Ritchie and Mr. Gladstone Rogers. She lived with
Theatre Superher family in Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.
visor Barbara
She is one of seven children , four girls and three
Rogers– Nero Kitchen Attendant Gavin Dare was born in George- boys all of whom are still alive in Guyana.
Kitchen Attendant– Gavin
Dare
TAKING A
News in brief
Rhonda Springer
5th July
Andrea Duncan
10th-23rd July
Meenakme Baldeo
11th-31st July
Fay O”Choa
24th July- 6th August
Ingrid Paul
31st July– 8th August
Another Interesting Story
Health Corner–
Corner–
New Guidelines for
CPR
Vacancies
Stock Intake Personnel,
Milestones
Security Guards,
Assistant Pastry Maker
Esther Rahamatullah
Vacations
Registered Staff Nurses / Midwives,
Anaesthetic Nurse, Medical Technologist
10th J– 30th July
We can now be perused on our Web Site
www.woodlandshospital.com
town, Guyana on February 18, 1967 to Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin and Joan Dare.
He is one of eight children, three boys and five
girls of whom seven are alive.
He has never married and has not fathered any
children.
He attended Tucville Primary School and Lodge
Community High School.
His hobbies are listening to music and playing
Dominoes.
He had worked at J.P.Santos, Kirpalani’s Store
and a few other places.
He joined Woodlands Hospital in 1990 as a Ward
Attendant and has been here since then. He also
received some in house training as a Plaster Technician.
His most memorable case was going to a Patient’s
home to set up traction.
His advice to the Staff working at Woodlands is to
be committed to the Organization and to always
strive to be punctual.
His vision for Woodlands Hospital is for it to be the
best Health Care provider.
He is one of the ‘old faithfuls’ at Woodlands Hospital.
Theatre Supervisor Barbara Rogers Nero was born
on January 1, 1968 to parents Ms. Francine
Her present family consists of her husband Murtland Nero and her two daughters Latisha and Katisha.
She attended Peter’s Hall Primary and High
Schools.
Her hobbies are cooking, watching television,
reading and music.
After School she worked at Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation for two years.
She then joined the Nursing Assistant training program at Woodlands Hospital in 1988 and started
her training in the Operating Theatre from 1991.
Slowly she proved her skills here being a good
Scrub Nurse and also getting some in house Anaesthesia training.
In 2003 when Nurse Ruby retired from the Operating Theatre her ability was recognized and she
was appointed Theatre Supervisor.
She has assisted with many cases but the most
interesting one in recent times is when a patient
came in for an Exploratory Laparotomy for Intestinal Obstruction and when the abdomen was
opened the causative factor was a Diaphragmatic
Hernia..
Her advise to Staff at the Hospital is to stay focused on their job and if they make a mistake own
up to it and move on.
HEALTH CORNER
NEWS IN BRIEF
SOME STATISTICS FOR June 2011
Surgery — 153
DOCTORS MEETINGS
Interesting Case–
Case– Dr. Ghansham Singh
NEW CPR GUIDELINES:
CHEST COMPRESSIONS
FIRST
Emergency Room
Nurses MeetingsMeetings- N/A Lacerations–
Lacerations– N/A Kevina Adams
Patients Seen = 2159
R/N T.U.R.P.–
T.U.R.P.– R/N James Peter
Maternity
Total Deliveries = 72
Males = 42
Females = 30
Normal Delivery = 41
Caesarean Sections = 31
S.B = 0
Twins = 1
I.C.U.
Admission = 34
Deaths = 6
Radiology
Xray – 1074
CT—- 111
Ultrasound – 1825
ECHO- 92
Stress Test – 17
Pharmacy
Prescriptions Sold = 2805
Manager in Charge for July
Ms. Faye Ochoa
Winners of the Kaieteur Raffle
ICU Technician Sarala C. &
N/A Datterdeen
To the othersothersBetter luck next time!
(or sends someone to do so). The healthcare
provider should not spend more than 10 seconds checking for a pulse, and if a pulse is not
Patients seen in
Admissions = 122
gency response system and retrieves the AED
definitely felt within 10 seconds, should begin
CPR and use the AED when available.
“Look, listen, and feel for breathing” has been
removed from the algorithm.
- ANOTHER INTERESTING STORY
The Pig And The Horse
There was a farmer who collected horses; he only needed one more breed to
complete his collection. One day, he found out that his neighbor had the
particular horse breed he needed. So, he constantly bothered his neighbor
until he sold it to him.
A month later, the horse became ill and he called the veterinarian, who said:Well, your horse has a virus. He must take this medicine for three days. I'll
come back on the 3rd day and if he's not better, we are going to have to put
himdown.
Nearby, the pig listened closely to their conversation. The next day, they gave
him the medicine and left. The pig approached the horse and said:- Be
strong, my friend. Get up or else they're going to put you to sleep!
On the second day, they gave him the medicine and left. The pig came back
and said:- Come on buddy, get up or else you're going to die! Come on, I'll
help you get up. Let's go! One, two, three...
On the third day, they came to give him the medicine and the vet said:Unfortunately, we're going to have to put him down tomorrow. Otherwise, the
virus might spread and infect the other horses.
After they left, the pig approached the horse and said:- Listen pal, it's now or
never! Get up, come on! Have courage! Come on! Get up! Get up! That's it,
slowly! Great! Come on, one, two,three... Good, good. Now faster, come on....
Fantastic! Run, run more!Yes! Yay! Yes! You did it, you're a champion!!!All of
a
sudden, the owner came back, saw the horse running in the field and began
shouting:- It's a miracle! My horse is cured. This deserves a party. Let's kill
the pig!
Points for reflection: this often happens in the workplace. Nobody truly knows
which employee actually deserves the merit of success, or who's actually
contributing the necessary support to make things happen.
LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT RECOGNITION IS A SKILL!
If anyone ever tells you that your work is unprofessional, remember: amateurs
built the Ark and professionals built the Titanic.
DON'T LOOK TO BECOME A PERSON OF SUCCESS, LOOK INSTEAD TO BE-
Increased emphasis has been placed on highquality CPR (compressions of adequate rate
and depth, allowing complete chest recoil between compressions, minimizing interruptions in
compressions, and avoiding excessive ventilation).
Use of cricoid pressure during ventilations
is generally not recommended.
Rescuers should initiate chest compressions
Because cardiac arrest victims may present with before giving rescue breaths (C-A-B rather
a short period of seizure-like activity or agonal than A-B-C). Beginning CPR with 30 compresgasps that may confuse potential rescuers, dis- sions rather than 2 ventilations leads to a
patchers should be specifically trained to iden- shorter delay to first compression.
tify these presentations of cardiac arrest to im- Compression rate is modified to at least 100/
prove cardiac arrest recognition.
min from approximately 100/min.
Dispatchers should instruct untrained lay rescu- Compression depth for adults has been slightly
ers to provide Hands-Only CPR for adults with altered to at least 2 inches (about 5 cm) from
sudden cardiac arrest.
the previous recommended range of about 1½
Refinements have been made to recommenda- to 2 inches (4 to 5 cm).
tions for immediate recognition and activation of Continued emphasis has been placed on the
the emergency response system once the need to reduce the time between the last comhealthcare provider identifies the adult victim pression and shock delivery and the time bewho is unresponsive with no breathing or no tween shock delivery and resumption of comnormal breathing (i.e., only gasping). The pressions immediately after shock delivery.
healthcare provider briefly checks for no breath- There is an increased focus on using a team
ing or no normal breathing (i.e., no breathing or approach during CPR.
only gasping) when the provider checks responsiveness. The provider then activates the emer-