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We're Part of Poison Control Effort "My baby got into the stuff in the medicine cabinet�he's unconscious!" Such desperate cries for help are handled with instant efficiency thru the Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center, and Saint Joseph Hospital is now part of the team. In order to start treatment, it must be determined what toxic substance is involved, its composition, and what detoxification steps must be taken. In the Emergency Department, we now have a microfiche machine which supplies such information in a hurry. An index of common household products and other substances that can be toxic directs the Emergency personnel to the proper quad for information on the composition of the product, which in turn directs them to the management or treatment information quad. Drug imprint cards and mushroom-profile cards provide further identification knowledge. We will also have profile cards on snakes, spiders and such varmints. Nurse practitioners on duty around the clock at the Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center take emer- gency calls and direct the caller to the nearest Poison Control Hospital (which may be Saint Joseph). They also record the vital statistics and instructions given to the caller, and this information is transmitted directly by Xerox Telecopier. We will have a Tele- copier soon. Poison Control � just one more example of the lifesaving measures provided at Saint Joseph! Proud Father at '71 Concerning Constructions <u^ \ Just about all fathers are proud, but when you're 71 and your first baby is born, you're "ready to bust" with pride. And so it was with Frank Williams and his wife. Alberta, when 8-lb., 5V2-OZ. baby girl, Francine, was born at Saint Joseph on October 16. They were even featured on television! Former Candy Striper room will house helipad elevator What's going on, and what's going up? Well, workmen are busily (and noisily) preparing for the helipad to be located on top of the north tower. This means installing concrete pipe columns down through the 11th floor as extensions of existing structural col- umns. These columns will support the octagonally- shaped helipad to be constructed of poured-in-place concrete over reinforcing steel. A net safety fence will surround the helipad. Patients will be transported from the helicopters via a short ramp to a new one-story elevator which will take them from the 12th floor to the 11th floor-and A thence to any area of the Hospital. It is anticipaterj^fc that the helipad will be completed in January, 75. Saint Joseph Hospital will NOT have its own heli- copter service. Several commercial air ambulance companies will be available to transport patients to and from our Hospital on an emergency or scheduled basis. The parking garage? As of this writing, one more floor of concrete will be poured, topping the struc- ture. This will serve as a roof and outdoor parking area. Thus, the garage will consist of three parking floors (one underground) plus the rooftop area. New acquisitions that help make our physical plant the most advanced in the region include a new incinerator to be installed in one corner of the present underground parking. It ensures a far more efficient way of disposing of our wastes; the tempera- ture reaches 1900 degrees, thereby taking care of the air pollution problem, and it can handle 750 pounds of waste material an hour. Chutes to the incinerator already exist in the Hospital. In Central Supply, a new cart washer has been installed that will wash a cart and its soiled contentr^k in one operation. Laundry now has an additionarW washer that handles 400 pounds of laundry at once," and new sheet-spreading and folding equipment to take care of the more than 3 million pounds of laundry processed per year!
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Title | TowerScope Volume 11, Issue Nr. 11, November 1974 |
Subject 1 | Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, CO) -- history |
Subject 2 | Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Kansas) |
Subject 3 | Periodicals -- Newsletters |
Description | TowerScope Volume 11, Issue Nr. 11, published in November of 1974. Published for and about employees, and featuring articles focused on departmental news items, awards for employee achievements and recognition, recipes, milestones for the Hospital, and general health and wellness. 1974 was the first year after the hospital's 100th anniversay. This is reflected in the change to the Newsletter title banner, boasting "now in our 101st year of service!" across the banner, but missing the subtitle from 1973. |
Collection Name | Newsletters Collection |
Publisher | Saint Joseph Hospital |
Date.Original | 01/11/1974 |
Date.Digital | 2016-05-16 |
Rights | In Copyright - Non-Commerical Use only (IC-NC) |
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Title | TowerScope Volume 11, Issue Nr. 11, November 1974 - Page 4 |
Subject 1 | Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, CO) -- history |
Subject 2 | Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Kansas) |
Subject 3 | Periodicals -- Newsletters |
Description | Page 4 of TowerScope Volume 11, Issue Nr. 11, published in November of 1974. Published for and about employees, and featuring articles focused on departmental news items, awards for employee achievements and recognition, recipes, milestones for the Hospital, and general health and wellness. |
Collection Name | Newsletters Collection |
Publisher | Saint Joseph Hospital |
Date.Original | 01/11/1974 |
Date.Digital | 2016-05-16 |
Type | Text & Image |
Rights | In Copyright - Non-Commerical Use only (IC-NC) |
Source | Two-colour print of varying dimensions over the years, from 8.5 x 11 to 11 x 17 inches in size. |
Format | Creekside |
Coverage-Spatial | 1974-11_0004.txt |
Transcript | We're Part of Poison Control Effort "My baby got into the stuff in the medicine cabinet�he's unconscious!" Such desperate cries for help are handled with instant efficiency thru the Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center, and Saint Joseph Hospital is now part of the team. In order to start treatment, it must be determined what toxic substance is involved, its composition, and what detoxification steps must be taken. In the Emergency Department, we now have a microfiche machine which supplies such information in a hurry. An index of common household products and other substances that can be toxic directs the Emergency personnel to the proper quad for information on the composition of the product, which in turn directs them to the management or treatment information quad. Drug imprint cards and mushroom-profile cards provide further identification knowledge. We will also have profile cards on snakes, spiders and such varmints. Nurse practitioners on duty around the clock at the Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center take emer- gency calls and direct the caller to the nearest Poison Control Hospital (which may be Saint Joseph). They also record the vital statistics and instructions given to the caller, and this information is transmitted directly by Xerox Telecopier. We will have a Tele- copier soon. Poison Control � just one more example of the lifesaving measures provided at Saint Joseph! Proud Father at '71 Concerning Constructions |
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