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RBC | Both Meeker and Rangely are seeing spikes in positive COVID-19 cases, and an increase in the number of residents requiring hospitalization. As of Monday, six local residents, ranging in age from their 50s to 80s, were being treated at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker.
81% of ICU beds in the Northwest region are currently in use. There have been no more than two new hospitalizations per day of Rio Blanco County residents in the past two weeks.
RBC Public Health Director Alice Harvey and Public Health Nurse Sarah Coker said the initial rise in positive cases may have been linked to the holidays, but most of the new cases added in the last two weeks are likely from widespread community transmission.
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MEEKER | We are writing in response to Dr. Bob Dorsett’s previous letter on Jan. 7, 2021. His response is greatly appreciated, as it does point out some needed clarification. We understand how he reached his interpretation, so we are taking an opportunity to clarify.
First, for transparency, here is our process in writing this column. I, Dr. Justin Grant, have had the privilege to draft the articles representing PMC providers. Each article has been reviewed by my peers (the PMC providers) and has undergone multiple revisions based upon their critiques and suggestions, until each provider is comfortable with the article’s contents.
Dear Editor:
As we finish an exceptionally difficult calendar year, the Meeker School Board would like to convey thanks and the best hopes of the season to our district staff and to our community. Our teachers, support staff, and administration have made extraordinary efforts, far beyond their usual duties, to make sure kids have a safe environment and opportunities to learn. Teachers rapidly adopted new learning tools and strategies, often doing double duty to teach students both in the classroom and at home. Custodians redoubled measures to sanitize classrooms and keep buildings safe. Transportation and food service personnel rose to the challenge to transport kids safely and to prepare and deliver meals outside of the facilities. Coaches adapted protocols and precautions far more than the normal helmets and elbow pads. Administration monitored and adapted programs to rapidly changing public health recommendations. We owe a considerable debt of gratitude to them all.
Coloradans love their big-box stores, but since the rise of COVID-19, those stores have sometimes stocked more than bargains. Many major retailers and grocers have already experienced novel coronavirus outbreaks, and more of them appear on the latest weekly update from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment which again includes over 200 fresh entries.
Walmart reports four new outbreaks across the state, while Home Depot has three in a single metro county.
The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open, while working with the department to monitor symptoms and prevent future infect
Colorado Advanced Orthopedics Sports Medicine and Spine in Meeker offers non-operative pain relief options for various conditions with Ultrasound guided injections.
Performed in clinic by Dr. Justin Grant, DO, CAQSM, ultrasound guided injections provide patients with safe and effective care without radiation exposure. Studies show ultrasound guidance is as accurate, or slightly more accurate, than fluoroscopy guidance, moreover, ultrasound guidance results in similar effectiveness in providing pain relief as fluoroscopy, with lower complication rates.
Types of injections include: transforaminal selective nerve root blocks, medial branch nerve blocks, facet joint injections, lumbar ganglion nerve blocks, cervical ganglion nerve blocks, greater occipital nerve blocks, sacroiliac joint injections, hip joint injections, peripheral nerve injections and piriformis injections.