It is a choice many of you face when confronted with an illness or injury. Where do you go for care — your doctor’s office, an urgent care center or the hospital emergency department? While Grady Memorial Hospital and OhioHealth offer a variety of treatment options, choosing the most appropriate facility helps ensure the best possible care.
When it comes to our health, it is always best to be proactive. Regular health screenings are important and can help you find problems before they start or identify them early so you can get the treatment you need as soon as possible. We at OhioHealth’s Grady Memorial Hospital have put together this list of 10 important check-ups you should consider to make 2012 your healthiest.
Is it a cold or the flu? Sometimes it’s hard to tell, but it’s important to know the difference because the flu can have serious complications such as pneumonia and even cause death. Annual flu-related deaths in the United States have ranged from a low of 3,000 to a high of 49,000 over the past 30 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of those deaths occur among high-risk groups with pulmonary disease (such as asthma or COPD), diabetes and heart disease.
If you are suffering from any one of a number of injuries or illnesses, you don’t have to live in pain. The Grady Memorial Hospital Pain Management Clinic opened in 2010 to meet an increasing community need for advanced and comprehensive pain treatment.
As I enter my sixth month as Chief Operating Officer at Grady Memorial Hospital, I would like to give pause on this special day to thank you for making me feel at home and, more importantly, for your continued support of our hospital.
What’s a hospitalist? I’m often asked that question when I tell people my specialty. In short, hospitalists are physicians specializing in the care of hospital patients. When your primary care physician can’t be at the hospital, we step in to help guide and coordinate your care.
If you think you are having a heart attack, taking an aspirin at the first sign of symptoms may save your life. As soon as a call comes into our 911 center, our dispatchers are trained to recommend taking one adult-strength aspirin (325 milligrams) or four “baby” aspirin (81 milligrams) after they run through a checklist that confirms your symptoms and rules out contraindications such as allergies to aspirin therapy. Our first responders also carry aspirin among their emergency medicines and supplies.
With the fall sports season in full swing, concussions top our list of injury concerns due to their frequency and danger. Unlike other sports injuries, concussions are invisible, potententially misleading the athlete into a false sense of well being since there are no physical wounds or abrasions to warn of such injury. Without proper diagnosis and management, concussions can lead to long-term complications and even death.