A CGH Medical Center Publication May 20, 2021

• Better Hearing & Speech Month• CGHHF Thank You• EMS Week 2021• ByeBye20# 5K• Thank You• Congratulations, Winners!• Graduation Announcements• Welcome New Employees• Yoga Class• June Birthdays• MVRBC is Now ImpactLife• Blood Drive: June 3• Be Good to Your Bones

With communication being soimportant to our lives, BetterHearing and Speech Month sets out to raise awareness of issuessurrounding communicationproblems such as an inability to hear properly or to speakeffectively. We would like to take a moment to recognize our CGH Speech Language Pathologists: Julie Penne, Erika Smith, Morgan Rivera, Staci Dirks and LyndiLeMay; and our AudiologistsLaurie Zollinger, AuD, FAAA and Jennifer Sangston, AuD - and thank them for their dedication to our patients and their families!

Speech Language Pathologists (SLP’s) identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems in addition to concerns withswallowing impacting anyone’s full participation in daily activities.

Audiologists help to prevent, diagnose, and treat hearing and balance disorders.

Together, our SLP’s andAudiologists work with individuals across the lifespan, includingpediatrics and geriatric populations.

Better Hearing & Speech Month

Pictured above, left to right are Julie Penne, Erika Smith,Morgan Rivera, Staci Dirks and Lyndi LeMay.

Jennifer Sangston, AuDLaurie Zollinger, AuD, FAAA

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2021 Graduates

I want to say thank you to CGH staff and everyone that has helped me in my journey of ups and downs, and then ultimately getting me to University of Chicago to receive my new heart.

On March 10, 2021, we got the call they had a perfect heart for me. Thank you to the Cardiology department and each and every one of you at CGH for all the prayers, continued support, and beautiful cards with messages that meant more to me than you know.

I would like to sincerely thank Dr. Kurian, who has always guided me and helped me get to where I needed to be with his continuous care since day one. He is an excellent and caring physician who has always been there for my family and I - especially during this hard time. But most of all, thank you to the person who gave me life.

Marcia EllisRetired Switchboard Operator

Happy EMS Week!Over the last year, the pandemic has given people a small glimpse of the vital role of our EMS professionals.The sacrifice and dedication of EMTs, paramedics and other EMS practitioners at CGH – and at all of our area EMS departments – has rightfully earned them admiration and gratitude. Calling them heroes sometimes obscures the fact that - behind those masks - are people who, every day, take on many crucial roles: Healthcare professional. Emergency manager. Social worker. Crisis counselor. Consoler.Caregiver. This year, we not only honor the many roles of EMSprofessionals, but also the people behind the scenes who support them, and we thank them for their ongoing dedication and commitment to patient care. We want to make sure people understand that EMS isn’t defined by lights and sirens or ambulance rides…• It’s the EMT who holds a child’s hand on the way to

the hospital to make sure he isn’t scared.• It’s the crew that spends an hour fighting for a

cardiac arrest victim’s life at the end of long, sleepless night.

• It’s the emergency medical professionals who provide unparalleled service and care for our communities, day in and day out.

EMS Week 2021

The CGH Health Foundation’s ByeBye20# challenge ends in a few weeks and will wrap things up with a virtual 5K. ANYONE can participate! Complete your 5K any time between June 19-30. Please visit our event page onFacebook to learn more.

To purchase a bright,beautiful, soft touch race t’shirt follow the link below,https://onestepatatime.itemorder.com/sale. Orders are due June 6, and may be picked up at JJM Printing after June 18. All proceeds benefit the CGH Health Foundation’s nutrition and fitness initiative.

ByeBye20# 5K

Welcome New EmployeesAbi Bush

HUC/CNA, ED

Evie MusselmanRN, OB/GYN

Nathan MillerRN, Medical

Ashlyn May Laboratory Assistant, Lab

Brittanie BruderMedical Assistant, Oncology

Maddie GassoCNA, Float-Hospital

Brandon NeighbourBiomedical Technician, Biomed

Sosha RoyerCafé Worker, Dietary

Ashlyn WienekeInsurance Coordinator,

Business Services

Shannon KolnerTemporary Screener,

Disaster Relief

Emily SheafferPharmacy Technician, Pharmacy

Mary SchmallHousekeeper I, EVS

Stacey LazanskyReceptionist, ENT

Katlyn DenningReceptionist, Float-Clinic

Nate BeyerTemporary Screener,

Disaster Relief

Congratulations to the following departments that tied for having 100 percent of their staff that completed the EOC Joint Commission questions correctly: Administration Secretaries, Oncology, DHC, PT/OT (clinic, hospital and Pediatric Rehab), Podiatry, Pediatrics (Main Clinic),Patient Accounts, Materials Management/Biomed/Laundry, Home Nursing, HID and the Wound HealingCenter. The winners will receive a pizza party. In addition, thank you to all who answered questions to the National Patient Safety Goals in Quarterly SkillsEducation. A total of 412 employees completed the quiz. Congratulations to the following randomly selected winners who received a $5 gift certificate for Arthur’s/Don Pedro’s, Angelo’s or Subway: Sherri Bellini (Floats), Justin Cramer (ED), Kelsey Desmond (Medical), Kara Hepler (CCU), Joann Mandrell (Surgical), Nicole Pitts (Surgical), Teresa Stark (PACU), Laura Stoudt (DHC) and Heather Widolff (CT).

Congratulations, Winners!

Yoga class is being offered in the community room at 2600 N. Locust on Monday’s at 5:15 p.m.Class cost is $5 and is approximately 60 minutes. If you have a yoga mat, please bring one. Wear comfortable, loose fitting clothing.

Yoga Class on Monday’s at 5:15 pm

May is NationalOsteoporosisAwareness Month so it’s a good time to think about the health of your bones and what you can do to protect them. Learn more as CGH health coach Sherry DeWalt discusses the connections between nutrition and bone health in this week’s Beyond Trim column -“Be Good to Your Bones” at www.cghmc.com/beyondtrim.

BirthdaysJune1 Eric Behrens1 Denise Johnson1 Dianna Johnston1 Kathy McCarty1 Morgan Pope1 Kara Robinson1 Nicole Sanders1 Aaron Wetzel2 Jason Hemmer2 Julie Huennekens3 Michael Massey3 Stacey Roberts3 Caitlin Seeley4 Nicole Dowdy4 Theresa Krueger4 Jeanne Robertson4 Carly Schaab5 Edwin Adami Jr5 Kathleen Ivey5 Stephanie Janssen6 Tonya Clayton6 Laura Hawk6 Sandra Hobbs6 Joann Mandrell6 Adam Mattox6 Venus Schilpp6 Darci Schmitt6 Gayle Wright7 Kami Shank7 Kim Treviranus7 Susan Volz8 David Burnett8 Rachel Hallstrom8 Kimberly Reinhardt9 Staci Drosopoulos9 Aubrie Kindle9 AMY MEYER9 Rebecca Tieman9 Maria Vargas10 Mary Bender10 Maria Castro De Garcia10 Lina Guerrero10 Kathleen Knapp10 Kyle Pletsch11 Kip Aitken11 Katherine Dempsey11 Karianne Kuehl11 Elizabeth Senneff12 Justin Cramer12 Ginger Lane12 Erin Phalen12 Laura Stoudt12 Olivia Stranberg12 Brenda Van Horn13 Angela Chavira13 Edita Danaiata13 Marcia Jones13 Kristy Murphy13 Elizabeth Schmidt13 Jennifer Sheaffer15 Richard Frey Jr.15 Josephine Hale15 Karie Wheatley

16 Kerensa Pink16 Elizabeth Vandersnick17 Megan Christensen17 Thomas Sweeney18 Cindy Eaglin18 Cynthia Kyarsgaard18 Marla Lund18 Tresa Mackey18 Randi Sturtevant18 Jeffrey Wadsworth19 Shawn Hanlon19 Shannon Hauser19 Jennifer McCallister20 Cheryl Baker20 Christopher Benson20 Julie Cox20 Sarah Deter20 Gretchen Foust20 Desirae Landsee20 John Park20 Corrina Richards21 Lauren Cecchetti21 Donna Cook21 Robert Henson21 Anna Ovalle21 Dawn Scoles22 Melinda Cadogan22 Bryanna Flynn22 Gregory Hepner22 Leslie Hinrichs22 Esther Whiles23 Mallory Dewald23 Emma Krull24 Gina Brands24 Jeffrey Dyke24 Mary Lott24 Brittany Ronstadt25 Matthew Dingus25 Miranda Lauritzen25 Brenda Pettorini25 Betty Sensenig26 Rebekah Gravila26 Cari Magana26 Rhonda Miller26 Steven Temple27 Lindsay Howard27 David Nowak27 Meichelle Phelps28 Jordan Clark28 Kristine Dauen28 Thomas Kurian28 Meredith Pope28 Haley Sibley29 Diane Ebersole29 Jessica Null29 Melissa Olalde29 Michelle Pratt29 Barry Stevens29 Denise Warner30 Miranda Benavidez30 Mindy Billings30 Trysten Frederick

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center (MVRBC) - theorganization that provides blood for and holds blood drives at CGH Medical Center - has changed its name to ImpactLife.

The not-for-profit community blood center is the blood provider to 120 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin, and waspreviously known by three different names: Central IllinoisCommunity Blood Center, Community Blood Services of Illinois, and Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center.

MVRBC is now ImpactLife

Be Good to Your Bones