Thousands of volunteers help with state s vaccination efforts
No medical skills required to help out as state continues COVID-19 vaccination efforts Share Updated: 6:55 PM EST Feb 10, 2021
No medical skills required to help out as state continues COVID-19 vaccination efforts Share Updated: 6:55 PM EST Feb 10, 2021
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Show Transcript DRIVERS LICENSE. THEN PUBLIC HEALTH NETWORKS REGIONALLY TAP THE LIST AND PUT VOLUNTEERS TO WORK. SCOTT SCHULER: THIS ONE I’M AT RIGHT NOW IN ROCHESTER IS 100% VOLUNTEER STAFFED. AMY: SCOTT SCHULER IS AN INCIDENT MANAGER, USING MILITARY-LIKE PRECISION TO DEPLOY VOLUNTEERS AND TAP INTO THEIR SKILL SETS TO GET THE JOB DONE. SCOTT SCHULER: WE’VE BEEN USING THEM FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW IN VARIOUS ROLES, FROM PROVIDING DIRECT VACCINATIONS INTO PATIENTS, TO SCREENERS, OBSERVERS, REGISTRATION PEOPLE, AND RUNNERS. AMY: SCHULER SAYS THEY HAVE 800 REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS. HE WORRIES THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO USE THEM AL
Sky Lakes temporarily cancels inpatient elective surgeries to meet COVID-19 demand
Sky Lakes Medical Center announced that it is canceling elective surgeries to relieve some of the pressure on staff who are caring for an increasing number of COVID-19 patients.
Posted: Dec 31, 2020 3:01 PM
Updated: Dec 31, 2020 3:03 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. Sky Lakes Medical Center will temporarily cancel all elective surgeries that require an overnight stay in an effort to relieve the pressure on hospital staff spread thin by coronavirus.
This change will particularly help ease the impacts on nursing staff who care for COVID-19 patients, according to Annette Cole, RN and Chief Nursing Officer at Sky Lakes. Cole said that nurses who take care of patients in surgical-care units would be available when surgeries are canceled.
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