Press Releases
Respiratory Therapists Visit With Every Hospital Patient
Posted on Friday, October 20th, 2017
Many Treated at Mock Bioterrorism Exercise
Posted on Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
Practicing for Disaster: Laura Guerrero, LPN, makes a record of medication
dispensed to adult nurse practitioner Rhonda Mose while incident commander
Michele Lively (back) maintains radio communications with health and safety
officials during a mock bioterrorism exercise at Mercy Health/Love County
Hospital on October 12, 2017.
Both the Love County Health Department and Mercy Health/Love County Hospital experienced a high rate of participation in operating separate mock bioterrorism exercises on October 12. An imaginary outbreak of plague, a contagious disease, had occurred. The institutions needed to obtain and administer a plague-fighting medicine.
Volunteer “patients” by the hundreds turned out at the public exercise site in the parking lot of McClain Stadium. This was a drive-through drill in which mock medicine was dispensed to volunteers while they remained in their vehicles.
Mercy Health/Love County’s 150 employees tested their response in a closed exercise within the hospital. At this site, employees walked through to receive the mock medicine.
In each case, respondents were simulating treatment in the event of a public health outbreak or crisis. The purpose of the exercise was to test the capabilities of the plans in place to protect citizens and keep the hospital operational.
A Health Department spokesperson reported treating 398 mock patients in one hour, well in excess of the stated goal of 270 patients per hour. At the hospital, Michele Lively,...
Lab Technology a Satisfying Career
Posted on Friday, October 13th, 2017
Lab Tests Identify Diseases
Posted on Friday, October 6th, 2017
'We're the Laboratory of the County' Says Director
Posted on Friday, September 29th, 2017