Senior Expo 2014 in Jackson
The SW Area Agency on Aging & Disability’s Senior Expo will be held on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. They expect an attendance of 300-400. The overall theme is “Safe Today, Healthy Tomorrow”. In addition, there will be a County Fair with a “Hee Haw” show for the entertainment. There will be “Fair Food” and lots of fun things going on. For more information, call Terrie Adkins, LPN, at 731-668-6414.
The Jackson Clinic Announces Addition of New Internal Medicine/Geriatrics Physician
The Jackson Clinic recently added Dr. Ernesto P. Chioco to their Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Department. Dr. Chioco joins Dr. Keith H. Kirby, Dr. Dulce Flor E. Madrid and Dr. Cindi R. Swaim at 3568 Chere Carol Road in Humboldt.
Dr. Chioco received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines. He completed his residency at Bergen Pines County Hospital, Paramus, New Jersey and his internship at Veteran’s Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines. He completed a fellowship in geriatrics at Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, New York. Dr. Chioco is Board Certified, American Board of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.
Internists handle the non-surgical treatment of diseases that affect the internal organs of the body and provide ongoing, comprehensive medical care for older patients. Internists tend to be consultants to other doctors focusing on diagnostic problems that need secondary opinions. By working hand in hand with a patient’s primary care physician, comprehensive and thorough medical attention is achieved.
Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion, the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life. A geriatrician is a medical doctor who is specially trained to prevent and manage the unique and, oftentimes, multiple health concerns of older adults. They are able to treat older patients, manage multiple disease symptoms, and develop care plans that address the special needs of older adults.
Reduced Pain for Joint Replacement at JMCGH
Patients undergoing joint replacements at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital have seen reductions in post operative pain with a new pain medication.
Exparel is an anesthetic injection that can be administered by physicians into the wound site following joint replacement.
Exparel is a medication that allows the orthopedic surgeon to significantly prolong the effect of numbing medicine directly at the operative site for up to 72 hours.
Surgery Executive Director Rene’ Hampton says this new patient focused pain control has been used at Jackson-General for only three months and has already proven to help patients in a variety of ways including shorter hospital stays, less narcotic pain medicine and earlier physical therapy.
Babies Born At Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Receive Safe Sleep Sacks
Infants born at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital now go home with a gift from Ayers Children’s Medical Center, which will hopefully decrease their chances of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Infants receive take-home sleep sacks plus information and teaching with safe sleeping tips. The information includes the ABC’s of Safe Sleep including: Babies Should Sleep Alone, on their BACK, in a CRIB.
The hospital chose sleep sacks because they encourage babies to be both warm and safe during sleep said Deena Kail, Administrative Director of Ayers Children’s Medical Center and the West Tennessee Women’s Center at General Hospital.
Statistics show that more than 4,500 babies die unexpectedly each year in the United States, often due to suffocation from fluffy bedding or a sleeping adult and many times the direct cause is never discovered.
Thirty-two -year-old Sandy Alexander of Jackson had gone back to work for only two days when she got a call that her baby, Grant, had died of SIDS. Sandy says she was determined that other mothers would not have go through the same tragedy that she experienced. She has made it her mission to educate other parents and caregivers about safe sleep practices for babies.
Alexander was instrumental in persuading Ayers Children’s Medical Center to send every newborn home with a safe sleep sack.
Alexander recently produced a public service announcement for local radio and television stations as the next step in an ongoing campaign to reduced sleep-related infant deaths. Her story can be seen by visiting www.youtube.com/user/TNDeptofHealth.
The safe sleep sacks at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital are made possible by the Ayers Children’s Medical Center Fund at the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation. If you would like to support this fund visit www.wthfoundation.org/give and type in sleep sacks under designation.
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