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lruin August, D.O. has joined the medical staff at Bristol

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Hospital as a psychiatristforthe Bristol Hospital Counseling

Center. Dr. August specializes in geriatric psychiatry and is accepting new patients. He can be reached at 860-583-5858.

ROBERT MESSIER, JR. Chairman of the Board Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group THOMAS D, KENNEDY, III PRESIDENT, BRISTOL HOSPITAL

MARY PAT CAPUTO DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS TARA D. SCATTERDAY EDITOR

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Michele Patricia Normandin, M.D. has joined the medicalstaff

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at Bristol Hospital as a staff pathologist for Bristol Pathology

Consultants, P.C., in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Normandin is board certified in Anatomic

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MARIA BEDNARZ DESIGNER

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS CHRIS AMOROSINO MARY PAT CAPUTO TARA SCATTERDAY

and Clinical Pathology and Cytopathology and may be reached at 860-585-3265.

PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN ATASHIAN

Enrique M. Tello, M.D. has joined the medical staff at Bristol Hospital as a psychiatrist for the Bristol Hospital Counseling Center. Dr. Tello is board certified in psychiatry and neurology and specializes in mental health and addiction problems. Dr. Tello, who is bilingual in English and Spanish, is accepting

new patients and can be reached at 860-583-5858.

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lnternist Lynn J. Phillips, M.D. has joined the medicalstaff at Bristol Hospital as a hospitalist for inpatient services.

Dr. Phillips is Board eligible in lnternal Medicine and is a member of the Connecticut Medical Society. She can be reached at 860-585-3779.

information about health, health care and Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group. ll is not jntended to replace professional

medical advice. Views expressed are

those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Bristol Hospital or its medical staff. Contents may be reprinted with written permission and proper credit.

We welcome your comments and questions. Write to:

HealthSense Public Relations Department Bristol Hospital

PO. Box 977 Bristol,

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E-mail: info@bristolhospital.org

lnternist Timothy M. Pratt, D.O. has joined the medical staff at Bristol Hospital as a hospitalist for inpatient services. Dr. Pratt is board certified in lnternal Medicine and can be reached at 860-585-3779.

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With Women in Mind Health Shorts

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Medical Future:

Points for Parents

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Perioperative Center Provides New Generation of Surgical Care

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Do Antibiotics Increase

Risk of Allergies in Kids?

Scooter Safety Scooters may seem like child's play, but they can be dangerous pieces of equipment. According to Connecticut Safe Kids,

nearly 9,400 emergency department visits nationwide result from scooter-related injuries every year. Because of this alarming statistic, the American Academy of Pediatrics makes the

following recommendation for scooter safety:

3ntways wear safety gear: helmet, elbow pads, kneepads.

SOon't wear wrist pads. They limit control of your scooter.

3ntways ride your scooter during the daytime, never at night.

SAlways ride your scooter on the sidewalk or on paved, off-road paths. Stay away from cars and other vehicles.

3Stay away from sand, gravel, water and dirt. Keep your scooter on smooth surfaces.

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you're under B-years-old, you should not ride without an

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Has Your Car Seat Been Recalled?

Log on to the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration's Website at www.nhtsa.gov for a listing of child seats that are defective or fail to meet current crash test standards. You can also callthe

Visit BristolHospital's Kid's Safety Carnival May 10,2003 from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Bristol HospitalWellness

Centerforfun games, free prizes and safety information.

Agency's toll-free auto safety hotline, 1-8BB-327-4236,for recall info on vehicles as wellas carseats.

For more information, call TeleNurse at 860-585-3516. TDD is 860-585-3694. www. bristolhospital.org

next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in

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stol Hospital How does it work?

If i'our personal ph1'sician or specialist belier.es ),ou need to be hospitalized, he or she will coordinate )'our admission

If 1,6n are admitted throush the emergencv department, vour phvsician will be notified. Once admitted, the hospitaList group will be in charge of 1,6.lt care and sâ&#x201A;Źe ye11 dailrr "The hospitalist works in a partnership

with our hospitalist group.

relationship with ire111 doctor, communicating frequentlr. to assure that },ss1 wishes and health care needs are being met," sar,ts Dr. Dubin.

What are the benefits of a hospitalist?

l# ()n trl-rr next r,isit to Bristril Hospital, \()u ma\-mect s()me lou s'oulcln't scc in vrr-rr doctor's otfice.

Tliese phvsicians arc hospitalists, cloctot:s ri'ho spccialize in inpaticnt hclspital carc. Thcv snpcn'isc rr paticnt's carc fiom ncu. phvsicians rhat

acL-nission to tl.rc hos;rital thnrugl-r clischaruc u'hilc continr-Lallv licepint: \'()Lr1' pcrs()nal phvsicirln r-rpclatccl or-t volLr hcaltl'r statr-Ls.

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What is a hospitalist?

A hospitalist is a doctor who practices only in the hospital, working closel1t with 1'6111 personal physician to provide immediate, ongoing in-hospital care seven dat.s a weeli, 24 hours a day "The hospitalist program allows the patient to

get the best of both wodds in modern health care," sa1,s Dr. Dubin. "While in the hospital, the1, get a hospital-based expert to help with their acute care; while in the office thel' get an office-based expert to assist with their ongoing care."

Which patients do hospitalists care for?

The hospitalists of Bristol Hospital have referral arrangements with manl' of the primar\. care and specialq, care physicians in our community to allow uninterrupted care for )rou of 1'our loved ones during a hospital sta)r. Some

patients admitted to the hospitalist service do not have a primary care phvsician, or their physician admits patients to other hospitals. Other patients are referred to a medical specialist or surgeon, who then requests medical consultation bi.' the hospitalist team.

Hospitalists keep a close e1,s on vour care. Because ther' work in the hospital, thel'are able to see \rou more often if medicalll' necessar)r. Your hospitalist works closell' with e."'erv specialist and department in the hospital. Hospitalists assist you through a smooth and speedy recovefi, bv following up on tests and adjustrng )'our ffeatment regimen throughout the day Hospitalists are also available to answer \Iour or your famill't questions, in person whener.er possible. Since hospitalists work onl1, in the hospital, thev can spend more time discussing )rour care.

What kind of training do hospitalists have?

The hospitalists at Bristol Hospital are Board certified in Internal Medicine and worli closeli with 1,e111 primarv care phl,sician to provide )'ou with the best care possible. Thev manage patients in all inpatient areas of the hospital, primarill'

the intensive care unit, medical and surgical units.

When will lsee my primary care physician?

Ytru will see 1,our primarv care physician soon after discharge

from the hc-rspital. Those patients without a primln' clre ph),sician will be referred to one for outpatient follow-up

Will hospitalist services increase patients' costs or Medicare's costs?

No. Patients and insurance companies are billed in the same wa). as when a primarv care ph1'sician provides hospital cafe.

your printary care doctor to for y our ne e ds, while e ns urin g for you and your family when " says Howard Dubin, M.D.

The trouble wiih the rat race is th

ln Mind Lung Gancer Soars in Women Since the 1950s smoking rates among women soared with a corresponding increase in deaths from lung cancer and heart disease. Over the past

50 years the lung cancer death rate for women

increased by a staggering 600 percent. Heart disease, the leading cause of death among women,

is six times more likely to occur in women who smoke than in their sisters who do not.

Call TeleNurse at 860-585-3516 for information on how to quit smoking.

Women Smokers Hit Hardest \\bmen smokers rLln a sreatel risk oi smokins-related illness than thcir male colrntcrparts. In fact, uromen smokers mav be rr,vice as susceptible as malc smoliers

to heart attaclis. Fernale

smokers u'ho talie oral contraceptivcs run an cspeciallv hiuh

risk of suff-ering fiom a heart attack or strolie. Ancl, recent stlrdies har.c found tl-rat nicotine-replacement therapv is less effectirre in rvomen than in men. Althor-rgh researchers mlrst continr-re

to explore the gender aspects of nicotine acldiction,

preliminarv investigations har.e suggested that the antidepressant

A new vaccine ma\' ()ne dav eradicate ccrr.ical cancer, according to research conducted at Brisham and \\bmenk Hospital in Boston. The r.accine tarsets a high-risk strain of the human papilloma rrirus, tt'pe 16. Researchers linou' that HPV is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer. The rriral strain, n'pe 16, is responsible fbr abor,rt half of ce rvical cance r

n-redication bupropion (Zvl>an) n-rav bc a ffrore effective

treatment for r.vomen. Both r.vomen ancl men rvho

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smoking often experiencc deprcssion and rcturn t() ciqlre ttes as a resnlt. The menstrual cvcle mav make this problem r.r<rrse

in fVOmen.

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vaccinated.

According to the American Dental Association, a pregnant woman has good reason to maintain oral hygiene and visit

In a first-stagc clinical trial, 7,658 women were Aftcr 18 months, none showed sisns of infection with HPV tvpe 1(r. Among a control eroup of 765 w()men, who were given a dummt' \.Accine, 41 devekrped persistent viral infections. The success of t1-re vaccine against this augressive r.iral tl.pe uives researchers hope that an effective vaccine lgainst cen'ical cancer mav be developed in the near future.

her dentist regularly. One study concluded that a woman

with gum disease has a seven-fold increased risk of

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There is no cure for birth or death save to enjoy the interval.

-George

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Shorts Alcohol Gel is Handy for Washing ln October 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines for doctors and nurses washing their hands between patients.

The cDC now recommends they use fast-drying alcohol gels to effectively kill more germs. According to the CDC, the goal is to reduce the hospital spread of viruses and bacteria that infect an estimated two million people in the United States each year and kill about 90,OOO.

Waterless hand antiseptics, such as alcohol gels are more effective than soap

and water in killing

bacteria, viruses and fungi on the hand and do so in seconds. Bristol Hospital uses a foam-based hand antiseptic for patient activities and procedures that do not require a surgical hand scrub such as a physical exam, bathing or repositioning a patient in bed or contact with a patient's medical equipment. Alcohol gels do not replace soap and water but are used

conjunction with them.

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While these guidelines apply only to hospitals and clinics, experts say to continue using ordinary soap and water at home. But the alcohol gels can make sense to use in situations where water is not always readily available such as at picnics, in portable toilets, on airplanes and at school between classes.

Using the gels involves squirting a dime-size amount on one palm, then rubbing the hands together being sure to cover all surfaces until the hands are dry.

ls That Giant Soft Drink Good Value?

A super-size soft drink might seem like an excellent value compared to an 8- or 1O-ounce version of the same drink, but what are the costs in terms of health? The giant soft drink could very well add at least 400 to 500 calories to a person's daily diet a, couto resutr tn a +0- ro pound weight gain over year's time. Being obese ovenrveight accounts for about 300,000 deaths a year in the United States and health care costs of more than $100 billion.

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Are you the kind of person who honks the horn when traffic gets backed up? Do you eat in a hurry and feel

of the day? If so, you are a likely for hypertension, according to data from

pressured at the end

candidate

CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) study.

Reporting at the 2002 meeting of the American Heaft Association, researchers presented 13 years ofdata from 3,100 young subjects interviewed in 1985. Subjects who showed time urgency or impatience were two to three times more likely than calmer subjects to late( develop high blood pressure. Subjects arc 33 to 45 yearc of age today.

For information on how you can take hold of your health to prevent many problems associated with hypertension, call TeleNurse at 860-585-3516.

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Considering he's been working on plans

for

the

Perioperative Center since 1998, it's surprising to hear Senior Vice President of Operations John Smith say the building may not be the most important aspect of the project. Yes, he believes the building contains the most technologically advanced surgical facility of any community in the state. Its accessibility and the d6cor is cleady exceptional.

"However, it is extremely important to understand that the facility is much more than a building; it is an overt symbol

of the Hospital's long-term

commitment to Bristol and

the surrounding communities," says Smith. "It's another sign

that the Hospital and its staff will continue to provide the best possible health care for the gre tet Bristol community.

It's not the bricks and mortar - itt the people and their

commitment."

data transmission, electrical and other cable, the Center is fully

Seven Miles of Cable

of the 50,000 square foot Perioperativer Center are impressive. First, there's size.

Most areas (8 operating rooms, 3 endoscopy rooms, 2 minor surgery suites, 29 pre- and post-operative care areas and more) are two or three times the size of similar spaces in the existing hospital building. Each one of the eight operating rooms is at least 400 square feet with one room exceeding 600 square feet. The adjacent and connected older building does not have one operating room that's

Yet, the brick and mortar aspects

even comparable in size.

The Center, scheduled to begin surgeries the first week in Mali is designed for a wide range of highly sophisticated sutgical procedures including general surgeryr, endoscopy, cancer care, orthopedic health, eye care, eatfnosefthroat, neurological and gl,necological care. Orthopedic specialists can better emplol, the latest medical techniques and treatments for hand, shoulder, knee and hip surgery. Sports medicine, occupational medicine, and arthritis treatment will all be enhanced. Gastroenterologists can more easily perform the latest endoscopic procedures.

\fi/ith more than seven miles

of today and the advancements of tomorro$/. For example, when digital radiologlt becomes

wired for the technology

of

fne alarm, communications,

the norm, Bristol Hospital can adapt at a minimal cost with the infrastructure already designed into the building.

The Perioperative Center's two large ambulatorl'minor surgeri' suites will allow people to avoid an operating room setring and an extended stay. People can walk in, have minor medical procedures done under modest sedation (without anesthesia), (to make sure spend 30 minutes in a post-operative care ^re^ they'll be all right at home), and be on their way. \With 75 to

80 percent of the Hospital's patients now using outpatient services, expanding those services was critical. The Center also meets the increasing demand for children's health services with features like a childrenb play atea and a specific recovery room for pediatric patients.

More comfortable and private areas for patients and their families make the Perioperative Center very patient-friendly The patient waiting area feels more like a hotel setting than a hospital environment. Pre- and post-operative care areas comfortably accommodate one or fwo supportive family members. In most areas, hard walls rather than curtains gready increase patient privacy. And, a private consultation space is available for patient-family-physician conversadons.

"Peri" means "all around." A perioperative center provides a wide range of surgical-related seruices

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The Central Sterile department may fs the State's most advanced. It includes a case cart svstem that transports operating room equipment in its own elevatof. After an operation, the case cart goes through a cart washer system similar to a mini-carwash for disinfecting. All instrumentation is decontaminated, assembled and sterilized, then assembled into case carts with sterile packs for specific cases readill' accessible for staff.

Center makes preparing an operating room much more fficient and less costly $7ith more than 150,000 surgical items n use, propedv stocking a modern operating room is a major k. Every operating room has an automated supply station

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Waldo Emerson

To build a Center that would take into account the community's rapidly increasing needs and fiIl that need for 15 years or more into the future required a record-breaking fundraising campaign. Even with the Hospital contributins $11 million, the campaign sousht another $2 million to

complete the final approved building

plan.

The

community's response proved overwhelming.

"Everlt financial goal we set was vastly exceeded," sa1,s Thomas D. I{ennedyi III, Bristol Hospital president. The community blew past the initial g2 million fundraisinggoal.

It kept going past a second goal of 92.5 million. The final giving, from more than 1,600 people, has exceeded $2.7 million. The hospital Auxiliary pledged $300,000. N{ore than 600 emplovees answered the call by meeting their $300,000 goal and then contributing well beyond that amount, recendy achieving $500,000. Physicians contributed $552,000. Hundreds of other Greater Bristol area individual s and orqanizations donated generousll'.

Larry M. Marcus, M.D., Chairman, Department of Surgical Services calls the employes contributions unbelievable. The co-chairman of the fund-raising effort, Thomas O. Barnes says, "The loyalq' and morale that exists in this hospital made it much easier to raise money throughout the

community" To explain this enthusiastic, positive employee attitudeJohn Smith likes to tell a story. { few months ago an unusually

that ailows the operating room staff to choose items on an "as needed, just in time" basis. It automatically records the patient charge and creates the inventor]'restock order.

It all adds up to a great step forward in medical care, one that Ann Altaffer, R. N., director of perioperative services, and manr. other Hospital staff members have alreadl, expressed great enthusiasm for. "!(/hen the staff starts working in this new building, thevte going to have more smiles on their faces," savs Altaffer. "No longer will they be pushing towers of

equipment from room to room. Each room will have a standard of equipment to support the case. The staff will devote their time to setting the case (instruments) and focusing

on the patient, correct surgical site and other safety practices for the best possible outcome."

Overwhelming Community Response The Hospital's rapid growth rate made evaluating the communiq"s future surgical space needs challenging. In recent years Bristol Hospital has ranked first in the state in admissions and emergenc)' room growth.

nervous patient worried about her looming surgery. An employee who cleans the operating rooms and transports patients noticed the patient's demeanor. He erased much, if not all, of her concern b1'calm11, reassuring her. "Don't lrou worry," the employee said. "You're part of our famill,

now."

The Hospital is a family accordins to John. "$7e all relv on one another to get done what needs to happen here. That's ('That's ke1r," he sa)rs. what makes us what we are as far as patient satisfaction is concerned. \ile work verl' hard at that and it translated into high-qualitl' 6-r.4i.in.." The Hospital ranks in the top 3'Yo of hospitals nationwide in terms of patient satisfaction. It's one of 10 hospitals in the nation and the onl1, 6n. in Connecticut to maintain an excellent level of patient satisfaction for more than a fir'e year span with Press Ganey

Over the course of four days of opening ceremonies and events, Bristol Hospital President Thomas D. I{enned1,, III asked crowds

of over

building. "The signs tell

1,400

to notice the signs in

1.ou )rou're

in Bristol Hospital," he

"but this building belongs to the communifi,. sa)/ thank you foret'er." said,

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Do Seniors Need Less Sleep?

The need for sleep does not diminish with advancing age, but many Americans over age 65 find they do not get as much quality 65 or eadier, most individuals sleep as they once did. Starting ^t ^ge find it harder to get into the deeper stages of slow wave sleep (stages 3 and 4);by age 75, they may not be able to get into stage 4 at all.

Because they spend proportionally more time in stage 1 sleep, seniors are more easily awakened by noise in the environment. In addition, postmenopausal women may be kept awake by hot flashes; and older men with benign prostate problems may have to get up to urinate several times each night.

According to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (September 2001),older men suffering from insomnia had a 50 percent increased risk of developing dementia or other COgnitiVe pfOblemS.

lHarvard Health Letter, May 2002]

New Hips

for Younger Patients Approximately 150,000 Americans

opt for total hip replacement surgefy each year to gain relief from the crippling pain of arthritis. In the past this option was considered most viable for eldedy patients. As materials used for hip components

Key to Controlling Arthritis Regular, moderate exercise has long been recommended as a key component of arthritis treatment;

yet studies show that only 13 percent of patients get the exercise they need. Patients should talk to their doctors about the level of activity and the kinds

of exercise most suitable.

evolve, doctors are increasingly willing to

Possible activities

recommend the surgery to younger patients.

Currently only five to 10 percent of hip replacement patients are under age 50. That figure may rise as new surgical materials and techniques make it possible for patients to keep the replacement hip for 20 years or more.

Recent innovations include: cementless components that are pitted to allow bone to grow into the surface of the prosthesis; and a rcplaceable liner on the socket component of the prosthesis that allows a surgeon to go in and replace only the worn hner after a number of years. For help in finding an orthopedic surgeon, contact TeleNurse at 860-585-

walking, recumbent bicycle riding, low-impact aerobics, yoga, tai chi, strength training, water exercise and swimming in a heated pool.

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The Bristol Hospital Wellness Center provides many types of exercise classes and can be reached at 860-582-WELL.

The person who would like to make his dreams come true must stay AWAKE.-Richarcl Wheeler

Out Kids' Safety Carnival Planned ln celebration of National Safe Kids Week, Bristol Hospital will hold its annual Kids' Safety Carnival, a safety expo designed for school-aged children and their

parents. ln addition to educating parents and kids about

safety issues

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bike safety; school bus safety; home, fire and water safety; poison prevention; using the 911 emergency alert system and more the safety carnival will provide fun and entertaining activities such as face

painting, raffle prizes and giveaways, tours of the Fire Safety Trailer and a chance to shoot a puck with the Hartford Wolf Pack! This FREE event will be hetd rain or shine on Saturday, May 10, 2003 from 10:00 a.m. to

3:00 p.m. at the Bristol Hospital Wellness Center. For

more information, contact Bristol Hospital Public Relations at 860-585-3524.

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help will be available in a sudden emergency.

When users press their personal transmitter, they get an immediate verbal response from

Pitthuitp to lnur lleirlth is Bristol Hospital's coursc listings catalogue and is vour complete source fbr health, fitness and wellncss. Published thrce times per s.ear, PatlLual,s pror.ides somethinq for everr.one in vour famill from parenting education to nutrition and cardiovascular health. If vou u'ould like to rcceir.e a copy of Pathwat's, contact Bristol Hospital Public Relations through e-mail at info@bristolhospital.org, or call us at 860-585-3524.

You ma)' also visit our calendar at u-urv.bristoll"rosDital.org for detailed information on courses, educational seminars and communitt- events.

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the Health Watch Center. Atrained operator is able to access the user's information, call the family or a neighbor and also call 911 if necessary. lf you thinksomeone in yourfamily would benefitfrom Health Watch, please call 860-585-3 226 wilh a ny q uestions.

Bristol Hospital Auxiliary Friday, November 7, 2003

For information, call 860-582-2545.

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