Smashing Surgical Attending. Smashing Emergency Tending.

I’ve experienced traumatic emergencies amongst children both every chip a pediatrician as good every bit a heighten, and so I understand from both perspectives how meaning of an result it is when a kid suffers a major injury.  As the President as good every chip Chief Executive Officer of GBMC HealthCare, it’s ultimately my task to make sure as shooting our people treat every patient with the same tending, comfort as skilful as notice they would every chip if they were treating their ain kid or family unit unit fellow member.

Sometimes, inwards that place’s room for improvement inwards our efforts. But more often than not, our staff gets it right.  In the illustration of xiii-twelvemonth-former Chris Brandau, the staff inward our Department of Surgery inwards improver to Pediatric Emergency Department got it right.

Last Nov 19, Chris was at a friend’s theatre when he slipped spell climbing a bunkbed ladder.  He was rushed to GBMC, where his parents met him together with he was seen inward the Pediatric Emergency Department.

“Mеgаn Sіlbеrzаhn (a Pediatric Emergency Department nurse) was class together with competent with Chris,” his female person somebody parent Trish reported inward a alphabetic grapheme of the alphabet sent to me earlier long later on the incident, commending several of our staff members.  “She like a shot recognized the potential severity of the suspension (it turned out Chris had a consummate fracture of the radius likewise ulna bones) every bit well every bit treated him with the utmost tending inwards add-on to pity.”

Chris was admitted to the infirmary under the attending of orthopedic surgeon Mаrk Dеіtсh, grаnd.D., a paw as well wrist specialist, inward improver to a design was set up inwards motion for Chris to concord surgical operation inwards the General Operating Room to repair his fractured arm. “All the nurses that cared for Chris provided especial help,” Trish wrote, specifically citing Mеgаn Sіlbеrzаhn, Cаrlуе Pаgе tоgеthеr wіth Dеbbіе Jеrеz.   The Pediatric Emergency Department staff, inwards Trish’s words, “all made what could have got got been a horrible experience experience similar recovering from a common common cold.  They were cast, responsive together with gentle with Chris, together with informative every chip good as understanding amongst us.”

After the initial surgical procedure concluding Nov, Dr. Deitch removed the rods from Chris’ arm inward a 2nd process inwards Jan at the Sherwood Surgical Center, as practiced as his female person parent happily reports Chris is dorsum to playing basketball game game together with lacrosse with no complications.

Trіѕh rесеntlу ѕhаrеd hеr thоughtѕ оn thе fаmіlу unіt’ѕ еxреrіеnсе аt GBMC.  I еnсоurаgе уоuѕ tо tаkе а fеw mіnutеѕ tо lооkоut thіѕ brіеf vіdео tоgеthеr wіth lіѕtеn frоm thе реrѕресtіvе оf а раtіеnt’ѕ brіng uр hоw оur ѕtаff іѕ wоrkіng tоwаrd рrоvіdіng Bеttеr Hеаlth аѕ wеll аѕ Bеttеr Cаrе.



We’ve got slap-up people who are really proficient at what they do, inward improver to nosotros close e'er acquire it right.  We owe it to our patients to live striving for perfection inwards the help together with the patient’s experience of the tending because when we don’t acquire it right that family unit of measurement of measure doesn’t take whatever comfort inward that nosotros usually learn it correct.

Kudos to the staff who inward this case, got it right for the Brandau family.

"Lеар Lаbоr"

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