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Providence Health Care celebrates its 7th anniversary on Wednesday, May 2nd.
Let us join together to celebrate our rich diversity of people and professions that enable Providence
to continue its tradition of compassionate care, teaching and research.
Please join us at:
St. Paul's Hospital for Pastries from Around the World on May 2nd, 10 am - 11 am in the Cafeteria.
I am pleased to inform you that, after a national candidate search, David Byres has been appointed as the new Chief of Professional Practice and Nursing. David was part of five short-listed candidates considered for the position. His appointment is effective today.
David brings with him over 16 years of professional experience in the health-care field, including in the areas of mental health and nursing. He has been with PHC since 2001 in various capacities, including as Director of our Mental Health program and Director of Nursing Practice.
David’s excellent leadership, administrative, management and communications skills are well known at PHC. His insight and knowledge of best practices, people development and compassionate care solutions for patients will be extremely valuable to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) as we work with our health-care partners and guide PHC through current and future challenges and opportunities.
As you may recall, David, as Director of Nursing Practice, and Gabriele Yoneda, as Professional Practice Leader Physiotherapy, had assumed the responsibility for the Chief of Professional Practice and Nursing portfolio after Lynette Best’s departure earlier this year. On behalf of the SLT, I would like to express PHC’s gratitude to Gabriele for her exemplary leadership contribution over the past months in assisting with this transition. I have asked Gabriele to continue this support on an interim basis, reporting to David, until he has had a chance to fully transition into his new role and until a new Director for Nursing Practice is recruited.
Please join me in welcoming David to his new position.
Dianne Doyle, President & Chief Executive Officer
Conclusion
All studies demonstrate that the clinical response to inhaled PGI2 in terms of selectively decreasing PAP without effecting SAP, and/or improved oxygenation is as good, if not better, than INO. Where continuous inhalation has been used, the rate of PGI2 administration is comparable to the IV infusion dose, i.e. 1.5 to 50 ng/kg/min. Mikhail et al12 were unable to detect a dose response between 15 to 50 ng/kg/min suggesting that lower doses should be evaluated. In a dog model of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, Zwissler et al found a dose of inhaled PGI2 as low as 0.9 ng/kg/min caused a significant reduction in PAP27. The actual dose reaching the pulmonary vasculature is unknown as only approximately 10% of the initial dose of a nebulized agent reaches the alveolus28. Distal deposition of a nebulized drug is related to particle size; to achieve distal deposition a particle must be less than 5μm.
Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the arteries to your lungs. It is a serious condition for which there are treatments but no cure. If you have it, the blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood from your heart to your lungs become hard and narrow. Your heart has to work harder to pump the blood through. Over time, your heart weakens and cannot do its job and you can develop heart failure.
One of the main factors determining oxygen delivery to cells is the oxygen content of the blood. Blood gas tensions are measured by direct blood sampling or transcutaneous diffusion and oxygen saturation of haemoglobin from pulse oximetry. Arterial blood gas analysis is widely available in hospitals and the direct measurements (pH, PaO2, PaCO2) are among the most precise in medicine. The value of such measurements, however, depends on the ability of doctors to interpret the results properly.
Join us Mother's Day, Sunday,
May 13th for the BMO Bank of Montreal PACIFIC SPIRIT RUN.
One of our most powerful recruitment tools is word of mouth - namely promotion and marketing by our own employees.
PHC is proud to have an Employee Referral Program known as Hire Power. Although this program has been in place for several years, we are currently making some exciting changes to it, which will be introduced in mid April.
Stay tuned for more information on this program and the exciting changes being made.
ST. PAUL'S HOSPITAL - DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
1081 BURRARD STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 1Y6 Tel 682-2344 Ext. 62676
Web address: www.emedicine.bc.ca
Rounds April 9 - 13, 2007
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Monday, April 9 ALL ROUNDS CANCELLED - EASTER MONDAY STAT HOLIDAY
Tuesday, April 10
0730 hours Medical Grand Round: Allergy/Immunology*
"The Rise in Allergy"
Dr. A. Kanani, Lecture Theatre
0830-0915 hours Combined Neurology-Neurosurgery Rounds, Radiology Library
1100 hours Neurology Professor Rounds, Dr. R. Keyes, 7CD Conf. Room
1200 hours Neurology Round: "TBA"
Dr. S. Clarke, Hurlburt Auditorium
1400-1530 hours CTU Multidisciplinary Rounds
1500 hours 10C Rounds, 10CD Conf. Room
Wednesday, April 11
0800 hours CTU Morning Report, Dining Room 3
1300 hours Medical Student Pharmacy Teaching Session, Dr. M. Legal, Dining Room 3
Thursday, April 12
0700 hours Medical Student Teaching Session, Dr. S. Millington, Chief Resident, Dining Room 3
0730 hours Cardiology/Cardiovascular Surgery Round: "Case Review and Discussion"
0800 hours Distinguished Speaker Series: "Obesity-related Metabolic Risk Factors for CHD: Nature versus Nurture?"*
Dr. R. McPherson, Hurlburt Auditorium
0730 hours Medical-Surgical GI Rounds, GI Clinic Conf. Room, Level 2, Providence Bldg.
0730 hours Pulm X-Ray Rounds, 8AB Conf. Room
0800 hours CTU Morning Report, Dining Room 3
0900-1100 hours Rheumatology Rounds: "Case of the Week and Topic Review", 7CD Conf. Room
1200 hours General Medicine Outpatient Round: "TBA"
Drs. E. Stadnick and J. Udell, Hurlburt Auditorium
1200 hours CCU Teaching Rounds, CCU
1215 hours Infectious Diseases Round, Conf. Room 7, Level 1, Providence Bldg.
Friday, April 13
0800 hours CTU Morning Report, Dining Room 3
1130 hours iCapture Seminar Series: "CTAG - Not Just Another Pretty Nucleotide Anagram"
Dr. J. Brunstein, Gourlay Conf. Room
1200 hours Nephrology Round: "Fascinating Case Presentation"
The Renal Team, Hurlburt Auditorium
1300 hours Clin Path Radiology Pulm Round, Gourlay Conf. Room, Hugh McDonald Research Wing
1300 hours Medical Student ID Teaching Session, Dr. M. Hull, Dining Room 3
1315 hours Junior Resident Bedside Teaching, Dr. S. Millington, Chief Medical Resident, 7CD Conf. Room
*"This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada"
Rounds April 16 - 20, 2007 BELOW
Rounds April 16 - 20, 2007
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Monday, April 16
0800 hours CTU Morning Report, Dining Room 3
0900 hours General Surgery Pathology Rounds, GI Clinic Conf. Room
1200 hours Respiratory Round: "The Lungs and the Liver - A Good Relationship Gone Bad"
Dr. A. Altalag, Hurlburt Auditorium
1315 hours Medical Student Bedside Teaching Session, Dr. S. Millington, Chief Resident, 7CD Conf. Room
Tuesday, April 17
0730 hours Medical Grand Round: Nephrology*
"Do Patients Need to Move to Access Renal Care in Canada?"
Dr. J. Gill, Lecture Theatre
0830-0915 hours Combined Neurology-Neurosurgery Rounds, Radiology Library
1100 hours Neurology Professor Rounds, Dr. R. Keyes, 7CD Conf. Room
1200 hours Rheumatology Round: "Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comprehensive Management"
Dr. S. Huang, Hurlburt Auditorium
1400-1530 hours CTU Multidisciplinary Rounds
1500 hours 10C Rounds, 10CD Conf. Room
Wednesday, April 18
0700 hours Medical Student Teaching Session, Dr. S. Millington, Chief Resident, Dining Room 3
0730 hours Department of Medicine Business Meeting
Hurlburt Auditorium, Level 2, Providence Bldg.
0800 hours MSI Evaluations (Staff and Senior Residents), 7AB Conf. Room
0900-1000 hours MSI Evaluations (MSIs and Staff), 7AB Conf. Room
1300 hours Medical Student Pharmacy Teaching Session, Dr. M. Legal, Dining Room 3
Thursday, April 19
0700 hours Medical Student Teaching Session - Cancelled
0730 hours Cardiology/Cardiovascular Surgery Round: "Case Review and Discussion"
0800 hours "TBA"*
Dr. Abel, Hurlburt Auditorium
0730 hours Medical-Surgical GI Rounds, GI Clinic Conf. Room, Level 2, Providence Bldg.
0730 hours Pulm X-Ray Rounds, 8AB Conf. Room
0800 hours CTU Morning Report, Dining Room 3
0800 hours AIDS Care Round: "TBA"
Dr. R. Harrigan, Conf. Room 7, Level 1, Providence Bldg.
0900-1100 hours Rheumatology Rounds: "Case of the Week and Topic Review", 7CD Conf. Room
1200 hours Noon Round Not Assigned
1200 hours CCU Teaching Rounds, CCU
1215 hours Infectious Diseases Round, Chan 2108, Children's & Women's Health Centre of BC
Friday, April 20
0800 hours CTU Morning Report, Dining Room 3
1200 hours Cardiology Round: "Case Presentation"
Hurlburt Auditorium
1300 hours Clin Path Radiology Pulm Round, Gourlay Conf. Room
Hugh McDonald Research Wing
1300 hours Medical Student ID Teaching Session, Dr. M. Hull, Dining Room 3
1315 hours Junior Resident Bedside Teaching - Cancelled
*"This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada"
To All Staff and Visitors,
This is to inform you that the Davie St. Alley way, between Burrard St. and Thurlow St. will be closed to all traffic on Saturday, March 3rd 2007 starting at 0800hrs until 1600hrs. This closure is necessary to facilitate the removal of equipment from the 4th floor Roof Garden by a High Lift crane.
Please pass along this information to any vendors you have scheduled for deliveries so that prior arrangements can be made. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to call me and discuss.
Regards,
Marko
Marko Kujala
Manager, Physical Plant Services
April 26 is the application deadline for St. Paul's Hospital Foundation Enhanced Patient Care Fund.
The St. Paul's Hospital Foundation
Enhanced Patient Care Committee invites applications for funding to
directly enhance patient care on the St. Paul's Hospital site.
An application form is attached to this e-mail. If you have more than one project, please submit separate applications for each project. In addition, funding guidelines and application forms may be found on the Foundation's new Intranet page (Programs and Services/Other Support Services), or in the e-mail public folders section under 'Public Folders/ All Public Folders/ PHC Public Folders/ SPH Foundation/Enhanced Patient Care Fund'.
If you do not have access to the Intranet or the public folders, you can also contact Wendy Leslie at 68921 or email: wleslie@providencehealth.bc.ca to have an application form sent out to you.
Complete applications are to be submitted via internal mail to the Foundation office, attention: Enhanced Patient Care Committee, before 5:00 p.m. April 26.
The Enhanced Patient Care Fund gives precedence to requests that not only enhance patient care, but are also unlikely to receive funding through any other means. Proposals are reviewed and funding recommendations made by the multi-disciplinary Enhanced Patient Care Committee.
Thus far, progress on the installation of the new Chiller has been moving along smoothly and on schedule. 1st and 2nd Phases of the piping installation are near completion, with the 3rd Phase moving forward into the 3rd floor hallway of the Burrard Building.
Please be advised that Noisy construction work will continue during the hours of 8am to 6pm until further notice, in both the Providence and Burrard Buildings.
We will
however, continue to keep the disruption to patients and staff to a
minimum and request your patience during this process.
I would like to thank-you in advance for your co-operation. If you have any questions or concerns about this project, please don't hesitate to contact me at 604-806-9612.
Regards,
Marko Kujala
To All SPH Staff,
As many of you may be aware, Physical Plant Services has been in the process of upgrading our Chilled Water and Air Conditioning Systems over the past few weeks. This upgrade includes the installation of a new 850 Ton Water Chiller, which will be able to supply a reliable source of chilled water to present air conditioning systems and future additions, such as the upcoming Fast Track renovation. This installation, located in the 4th floor mechanical room; next to the 4th floor roof garden of the Providence Bldg, will be continuing over the next few weeks with completion of the project slated to end May 18th, 2007.
Please be advised that Noisy construction work will be required during the hours of 8am to 8pm until further notice. We will however, continue to keep the disruption to patients and staff to a minimum and request your patience during this process.
I would like to thank-you in advance for your co-operation. If you have any questions or concerns about this project, please don't hesitate to contact me at 604-806-9612.
Regards,
Marko Kujala