The Phoenix Magazine Summer 2019
Posted: 2019-06-18 15:34:00
Considering the increase in natural disasters, Rising from the Ashes by Linda Reynolds, RN CWCON and Stephen Schwartz, MD, provides valuable insight as a hands-on eye witness account of ministering to the specific needs of ostomy patients during the brutal 'Camp' wildfire in California last fall. Despite the mounting chaos that touched Linda Reynolds and her coworkers personally, she was able to assess the situation effectively, anticipating the needs of her patients who were shocked & displaced by their sudden horrific loss, and implement a plan to help drawing upon resources from our UOAA Affiliated Support Groups in a boots on the ground mission. Carried out promptly and discretely through her own intervention. This article also contains a sidebar listing pertinent information--Ostomy Care in a Disaster--for reference and follow-up. My thanks to the authors and their team for presenting an intense account both factually and with empathy for all.
In Adhesions and Scar Therapy, Trish Massart, RHN, CPT introduces an innovative massage alternative for these challenging and often painful conditions. Along with possible targeted benefits for alleviating restricted body contours affecting an ostomy.
Having a shortened small bowel with ensuing fluid/electrolyte problems, I can fully appreciate, Enteritis and an Ileostomy. Susan Bogatin, Ostomy Advocate, and Charles Sloan, MSN, RN, CNS-APN, CWON, WCC, OMS, have my praise on a very well-written collaboration. She has the courage and skill to not only relate her own experience of an acute life-threatening attack of dehydration, but to have taken proactive measures in her own behalf by directly contacting a highly knowledgeable ostomy professional, Charles Sloan, to receive the specialized treatment she both needed and deserved.
The article is not merely an observation of the patient's condition and lab findings, but is augmented by a running commentary of Mr. Sloan explaining in detail the cause, course and treatment of a highly dangerous scenario. In our age of 'cookie-cutter' depersonalization that often ignores glaring reality in favor of algorithms and cost effectiveness, the authors address issues that affect both patients and staff alike.
In Adhesions and Scar Therapy, Trish Massart, RHN, CPT introduces an innovative massage alternative for these challenging and often painful conditions. Along with possible targeted benefits for alleviating restricted body contours affecting an ostomy.
Having a shortened small bowel with ensuing fluid/electrolyte problems, I can fully appreciate, Enteritis and an Ileostomy. Susan Bogatin, Ostomy Advocate, and Charles Sloan, MSN, RN, CNS-APN, CWON, WCC, OMS, have my praise on a very well-written collaboration. She has the courage and skill to not only relate her own experience of an acute life-threatening attack of dehydration, but to have taken proactive measures in her own behalf by directly contacting a highly knowledgeable ostomy professional, Charles Sloan, to receive the specialized treatment she both needed and deserved.
The article is not merely an observation of the patient's condition and lab findings, but is augmented by a running commentary of Mr. Sloan explaining in detail the cause, course and treatment of a highly dangerous scenario. In our age of 'cookie-cutter' depersonalization that often ignores glaring reality in favor of algorithms and cost effectiveness, the authors address issues that affect both patients and staff alike.