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Today is the annual Turkey Toss for Carle and Health Alliance employees. Being a Great Place to Work means celebrating Thanksgiving and the whole holiday season. Each employee receives their choice of a turkey, ham or fruit basket. They also have the option to “Toss It Back,” making the choice to donate their gift to benefit the Eastern Illinois Foodbank. #CarleImpact
Ear surgery helps Rantoul mother's tears stop flowing. Rantoul’s Rajalben Chaudhari often felt left out. Hearing loss meant she missed jokes at parties. She regularly had to ask people to repeat themselves. But what concerned her most was not hearing her infant son, Kiaan, cry in the night. Now Chaudhari can hear her son’s cries, thanks to a surgery performed by Carle otolaryngologist Ryan Porter, MD, and his team. He replaced the third hearing bone in her left ear with a titanium and platinum prosthetic. Chaudhari has otosclerosis, a genetic condition where one of the ear bones does not move freely and amplify sound. Learn more about Chaudhari's journey. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMtzm
Helicopter trip saves grateful heart attack patient’s life When Grant Brewer didn’t believe he was having a heart attack, Charles Yonaka was pushy in all the right ways. An emergency medical technician (EMT) with Carle Richland Memorial Hospital Ambulance Service, Yonaka knew Brewer’s super-low blood pressure after passing out was serious. Serious enough for the helicopter crew to transport Brewer to receive immediate cardiac care outside Olney, to Carle Hospital in Urbana. Brewer’s experience spotlights one of the many benefits of Carle Richland Memorial Hospital and Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana partnering to care for patients with emergency heart-care needs. The faster patients receive high-quality care, the less negative impact a heart attack has on the heart muscle. “I always wanted to take a chopper ride. I just would have liked to have seen the scenery,” Brewer said. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMXMz
Student Nurse Internship Program builds relationships Morgann Graham began the Carle Student Nurse Internship Program last summer with little experience in healthcare. She had completed clinical rotations at the Urbana campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. She also once served as a teen volunteer. Yet she knew she had a lot to learn. “The Carle internship gave me the chance to have hands-on learning in a supportive environment,” Graham said. “I was nervous in the beginning. But I quickly learned that I was working in an encouraging environment that fosters learning and teamwork.” The Carle Student Nurse Internship Program offers paid positions where nursing students work in an inpatient unit for eight weeks. Interns work three 12-hour shifts each week - two shifts as a healthcare tech and one shadowing a unit nurse. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMXMT
Reduce, reuse and upcycle – minor adjustments make major impact Do the right thing” – for patients and the environment. Carle Facilities Services takes pride in its responsiveness to patient, employee and visitor needs while reducing our impact on the environment. This philosophy served as a catalyst for the most recent effort to increase energy efficiency at Carle’s main campus. Carle recently completed Ameren Illinois’ Large Facilities Retro Commissioning Program to assess energy usage. The focus was on three areas for energy efficiency upgrades: scheduling of building automation systems, lowering boiler pressures and installing LED lighting. Carle Hospital will reduce its annual energy use by more than 3.1 million kilowatt-hours and 234,000 therms (and counting). In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, those energy savings are equivalent to taking nearly 750 cars off the road for an entire year. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMXMK
