Feb 24 2015 - Rotary Forum
Posted by Dick Dannells
Program for ebruary 24, 2015-Karry Nau – Arroyo Grande Community Hospital’s Acute Care Center ¶
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Michael opened the meeting at 12:35 PM and put the spotlight on Joel Conn who hails from Blacksburg Virginia. After his father became the Vice Provost at Cal Poly, the whole family moved to San Luis Obispo much to Joel’s delight. He received his BS degree in Biology in 2002 from Cal Poly and his doctorate from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 2006. His first job took him to Sebastopol where he treated a lot of self-medicated dogs and bought a home in Santa Rosa. He met Sarah in college at the time she was going with his best friend. Four years later they got married. In 2009, while on a trip to visit his parents in San Luis Obispo, he made an offer on a home in Pismo Beach. This was accepted and he then found an office a half-mile uphill from his home. He joined our club in 2010. Joel presented a slide show of his life during his oral presentation.
FINES:
Mike Frederick’s new truck cost him a $15 fine. Doug McMillan celebrates his seven years with the club and Ashley Boyer has been a member for the past 12 years. Each was not fined as they are over their limit. Don Weber’s 19 years with our club was celebrated with a spin-the-fine of $100.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Linda Osty announced that on March 25 at 11 AM, a movie entitled “Halfway Home” will be shown free of charge at the Fair Oaks Theater. This movie is a documentary of troops that come home with disabilities. Greg Baker was the secret greeter and picked Mary Giambalvo to draw the winning ticket and coincidentally she drew her own ticket. She then proceeded to pull the black marble for the $181 jackpot. How lucky can you get?
PROGRAM: Karry Nau – Arroyo Grande Community Hospital’s Acute Care Center
Montisa Phelan-Lopez introduced Karry who began by stating that the Acute Care Center has recently increased from 14 beds to 24. They provide in-patient care for patients from the Twin Cities down to Marion Hospital. They care for about 40 to 45 patients per month with strokes as the most common neurological disorder. But they also take major multiple trauma, orthopedic, and pulmonary patients. They can provide bedside dialysis. A doctor comes on site every day and they have one registered nurse for every five patients. The average stay is between 10 and 12 days after which 80% can go home. A patient that requires at least 24 hours of rehabilitation and is able to take three hours of therapy per day can be accepted into the Center. In 2013, of the 513 admissions they had 530 outages because of carryover from patients admitted in 2012. She gave an illustration of a motorcycle accident patient who was near death and was able to walk out of there Center in 45 days. Mike Frederick spoke up during the question-and-answer period and stated that his dad had been a patient and his recovery was a great success.
THE DAY BY PAUL JONES:
“Your life and mine shall be valued not by what we take, but what we give.”
Edgar Allen
Program for February 24, 2015-Karry Nau – Arroyo Grande Community Hospital’s Acute Care Center ¶
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Michael opened the meeting at 12:35 PM and put the spotlight on Joel Conn who hails from Blacksburg Virginia. After his father became the Vice Provost at Cal Poly, the whole family moved to San Luis Obispo much to Joel’s delight. He received his BS degree in Biology in 2002 from Cal Poly and his doctorate from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 2006. His first job took him to Sebastopol where he treated a lot of self-medicated dogs and bought a home in Santa Rosa. He met Sarah in college at the time she was going with his best friend. Four years later they got married. In 2009, while on a trip to visit his parents in San Luis Obispo, he made an offer on a home in Pismo Beach. This was accepted and he then found an office a half-mile uphill from his home. He joined our club in 2010. Joel presented a slide show of his life during his oral presentation.
FINES:
Mike Frederick’s new truck cost him a $15 fine. Doug McMillan celebrates his seven years with the club and Ashley Boyer has been a member for the past 12 years. Each was not fined as they are over their limit. Don Weber’s 19 years with our club was celebrated with a spin-the-fine of $100.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Linda Osty announced that on March 25 at 11 AM, a movie entitled “Halfway Home” will be shown free of charge at the Fair Oaks Theater. This movie is a documentary of troops that come home with disabilities. Greg Baker was the secret greeter and picked Mary Giambalvo to draw the winning ticket and coincidentally she drew her own ticket. She then proceeded to pull the black marble for the $181 jackpot. How lucky can you get?
PROGRAM: Karry Nau – Arroyo Grande Community Hospital’s Acute Care Center
Montisa Phelan-Lopez introduced Karry who began by stating that the Acute Care Center has recently increased from 14 beds to 24. They provide in-patient care for patients from the Twin Cities down to Marion Hospital. They care for about 40 to 45 patients per month with strokes as the most common neurological disorder. But they also take major multiple trauma, orthopedic, and pulmonary patients. They can provide bedside dialysis. A doctor comes on site every day and they have one registered nurse for every five patients. The average stay is between 10 and 12 days after which 80% can go home. A patient that requires at least 24 hours of rehabilitation and is able to take three hours of therapy per day can be accepted into the Center. In 2013, of the 513 admissions they had 530 outages because of carryover from patients admitted in 2012. She gave an illustration of a motorcycle accident patient who was near death and was able to walk out of there Center in 45 days. Mike Frederick spoke up during the question-and-answer period and stated that his dad had been a patient and his recovery was a great success.
THE DAY BY PAUL JONES:
“Your life and mine shall be valued not by what we take, but what we give.”
Edgar Allen