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Rachelle Schultz
President/CEO
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Exceptional emergency care
close at hand
Winona Health's services -- from our Family Birth Center
to our Assisted Living Facilities -- provide area residents
with peace of mind that quality healthcare is just around
the corner. Having quality medical care close at hand is
especially important when faced with an emergency
health need. Whether dealing with a broken bone, a
weekend infection, or a life-threatening illness, a well-
prepared Emergency Department assures patients and
their families that every step has been taken to achieve
the best possible outcome.
New collaborative heart attack protocols Barb Filas, RN smiles as Dr. Marc Dummit greets and reassures a young
patient visiting the Emergency Department. Last year, there were 17,206
To continue offering the best possible care for all patient visits to Winona Health's Emergency Department.
emergency situations, Speltz and Dr. Charles Shepard,
Winona Health Medical Director, have collaborated with treating and transporting heart patients to either facility.
Gundersen Lutheran in La Crosse and Mayo Clinic in To ensure the best possible outcome, these programs are
Rochester on new heart attack protocols for identifying, designed to give patients the advantage of time.
Winona Health’s emergency staff and Gundersen Lutheran MedLink AIR personnel
successfully completed a mock Priority One code. The program’s goal is to get patients
from the ED to Gundersen Lutheran’s cath lab and clear their arteries within 90 minutes.
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Allergy relief
close to home
At just two years of age, Alexandra Lau was diagnosed Last summer, almost seven years after Alexandra’s first
with asthma. The pediatric allergist she visited poked and visit to an allergist, Dr. Terry Donnal opened the doors to
prodded and eventually prescribed medication using a his Allergy & Asthma Clinic at Winona Health. Having
nebulizer — an electrically powered machine that turns known Dr. Donnal from Community Memorial Hospital’s
liquid medication into a mist easily inhaled by a child. Emergency Department, where he is a full-time physician,
Alexandra’s mother, Kris Sorensen, was resigned to the Sorensen immediately made an appointment.
fact that her daughter would be limited in her activities
and dependent on using her nebulizer at least twice a day. “I knew Dr. Donnal would make Alexandra feel very
comfortable,” Sorensen said. “What I didn’t know is that
“It’s so hard to watch your child struggle to breathe,” said he would virtually cure her asthma!”
Sorensen. “It’s a frightening experience.”
Dr. Donnal examined Alexandra, scheduled testing with
CMH’s Respiratory Therapy Department and evaluated
Services offered at Winona Health’s her symptoms. Sorensen was impressed that Dr. Donnal
Allergy & Asthma Clinic include: never used any needles in his examination. “The pediatric
allergist went right for the needles,” she remembered.
~ Skin testing
“Dr. Donnal was able to avoid them in this case, and he
~ Allergy evaluations and management was still able to find the cause of her symptoms.”
~ Asthma evaluations and management
~ Asthma education Dr. Donnal found that Alexandra’s asthma was brought
~ Medication instruction and management on by a number of allergen triggers. Using the nebulizer
~ Immunotherapy/allergy shots treated the symptoms, but did nothing to eliminate their
cause. Dr. Donnal prescribed two allergy medications that
Call: 507.457.4149 blocked the triggers, thereby reducing the symptoms.
Two days after her visit at the Allergy & Asthma Clinic,
Alexandra felt like a different person. For the first time in
her life, she was able to finish an entire game of
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basketball. “It was overwhelming, watching her play that
game,” recalled Sorensen. “We knew then that her allergies
were finally under control.” Even more exciting is that
Alexandra hasn’t had to use her nebulizer since visiting with
Dr. Donnal.
“I realized treatment for allergies and asthma wasn’t readily “I became a physician because I wanted to help people,” he
available in Winona,” he said. “I wanted to make care and stated. “At the Allergy & Asthma Clinic, I can concentrate
treatment more convenient for area residents. on helping people find a treatment plan that works best for
them.”
His accessibility is one of the many reasons patients are so
fond of his service. “We got in immediately,” Sorensen Kris Sorensen and her daughter Alexandra would say that
said. “And Alexandra visits him every six months. We’ve he does exactly that. “We are so lucky to have him right
never had a problem making appointments.” here at Winona Health,” Sorensen stressed. “I would
recommend him to anyone suffering with allergies or
One individual drove all the way from Mankato, Minnesota, asthma.”
when he heard of the clinic’s availability from one of Dr.
Donnal’s previous patients. “A lot of my referrals are from
For more information or to make an appointment,
patients I’ve seen,” noted Donnal. “They are glad to have
quality allergy and asthma treatments that are easily call 507.457.4149.
accessible and close to home.”
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Join us as we C E L E B R A T E
our parking ramp completion
Winona Health invites area residents to the Parking Ramp Ribbon-cutting Ceremony on
May 11, 2005 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This celebration will take place at the ramp
and will include refreshments and tours of the new structure. Please join us
as we celebrate the completion of our new parking ramp!
Staff members share their building project excitement on these two pages.
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Building Project Details
Parking Ramp
• The parking ramp
includes 280 spaces.
Winona
Winona Building Contractors
Project Contractors “I am excited to watch the progress
Schwab Company Bauer Electric of the construction. I believe that
Winona Excavating Winona Rental this building project will help
Dunn Blacktop Company Ronco Engineering expand the services that are offered
Wapasha Construction Severson Oil
to the community.”
Ralph Scharmer & Sons Scherbring Enterprises
Biesanz Stone River Valley Sweeping ~ Karen Dworschack,
Kendell Lumber Otomo Engineering Environmental Services
Winona Heating & Ventilating Flagpoles International
Kendell Doors & Hardware, Inc.
Winona Glass Replacement
O’Laughlin Plumbing
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We’d Like to Recognize...
... Linda Rose, a Food & ... Ahlex Hoffman &
Nutrition supervisor. Lake Amber Stinson, who work
Winona Manor received a in Roger Metz Manor and
letter from the daughter of put together scrapbooks
a couple living there. Linda for each resident. Noted
reserved the LWM van and, Jenni Johnson, Assisted
on her own time, drove the Living coordinator, “These
couple to their son’s home scrapbooks were handed
in Pickwick so they could out to families at our
have a family gathering. annual Valentine Tea as
This family was especially gifts. Amber and Ahlex
thankful, as none of the have been working on Lori Britton Kim Rock-Stockheimer
family members felt these scrapbooks for
competent to manage the several months. Their ... Kim Rock-Stockheimer & Lori Britton, occupational
transport when the couple dedication and hard therapists. Kim and Lori completed three lymphedema
needed wheelchairs. The work will be appreciated by research projects. Two of them will be published in the
daughter wrote, “This was our residents’ families for Journal of Hand Therapy and the third will appear in the
a wonderful, selfless many years to come.” For American Journal of Occupational Therapy. Kim and Lori
gesture that was greatly more information on our work in Winona Health's Rehab Services department.
appreciated by my entire memory care residences, For more information about these services, go online to
family.” Lake Winona contact Sara Blair, 507. www.winonahealth.org, then click on Our Services.
Manor is a skilled nursing 494.7493.
facility. For more
information, call ... Sheila Skeels, Mary
507.457.4366. Modjeski and Winona
Health’s Hospice staff. A
hospice patient’s daughter
wrote of her family’s
appreciation for “the loving
care that was given to my
mother ... When she first
came to visit us, Sheila spent
a lot of time tending to our
needs ... Then she took time
... to visit us at my mother’s
wake. Mary never tired of
giving physical and
emotional support to my
mother and us. She went ... Coletta Berg, Lana Lara, Lacy Squires, Tessa
... Rachelle Schultz, (above) above and beyond what we Knutson, Gina McRae, Ahlex Hoffman, Megan Routh,
Winona Health expected. I don’t know what Jim Brust, and Jane Bremer, Winona Health's first
President/CEO, and I would have done without Assisted Living mentors. These mentors completed special
Dr. Darrell Krueger, [hospice staff ’s] help ... Our in-depth training developed by Winona Health's Assisted
Winona State University family was able to feel our Living supervisors. “We have an outstanding group to
President, sign the mother was getting the best initiate our Mentor Program,” according to Beth Nelson,
Minnesota Job Skills of care ... while we were able Assisted Living manager. “They are all dedicated to
Partnership grant certificates to grieve her passing ... providing the best care to our residents and making our
during a presentation on Thanks for being there to Manors a great place for staff to work.” Winona Health
April 7, 2005. The $216,000 give your special help to us offers assisted living facilities for active, independent
grant will bring Lean in and our loved ones. ” For seniors and for those needing memory care. For
Healthcare training to more information on additional information, contact Sara Blair, 507. 494.7493.
Winona Health. Hospice Services, call
507.457.4468.
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Community-wide EMR Winona Health
Services
Receives Innovation Award Allergy & Asthma Clinic
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Calendar of Events JUNE 2005
1 - 29 Childbirth Experience Class, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.,
B.A. Miller Auditorium
MAY 2005 Contact: Staff Development 457.4491
8-14 National Nurses, Hospital and Long Term Care Week
6 Breastfeeding Class, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.,
Lake Winona Manor Classroom, $10
11 Parking Ramp Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Contact: Staff Development 457.4491
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Join Winona Health in celebrating the completion of the
16 Healthcare CPR Recertification, 7:30 – 11:30 a.m.,
city’s first parking ramp. Enjoy refreshments and tours of
B.A. Miller Auditorium, $30
the completed structure.
Contact: Staff Development 457.4491
Contact: Elizabeth Hough 457.4161
10 Childbirth Experience Class, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., 27 - 28 Healthcare CPR Certification-1st Timer,
B.A. Miller Auditorium, 5 week class 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.. B.A. Miller Auditorium, $40
Contact: Staff Development 457.4491 Contact: Staff Development 457.4491
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