Healthcare

Longtime Sombrillo Nurse Anita Maes Retires

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Sombrillo staff and board members celebrate the retirement of Anita Maes, center, after more than 21 years at Sombrillo. Photo by Mary Yamada

By MARY YAMADA
Los Alamos

Los Alamos Retirement Community celebrated the retirement of longtime nurse Anita Maes at a party June 30.

LARC board members and Sombrillo staff gathered together to wish her a happy retirement and thank her for her hard work. Maes began her career as an LPN in November of 1972. She has been working at Sombrillo Nursing and Rehab since April 15, 1994.

As a dedicated, hardworking nurse, she epitomized the Practical Nurse Pledge: Read More

Santa Fe Physician Arraigned On Federal Indictment Alleging Scheme To Defraud Programs

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FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — Roy G. Heilbron, 51, a cardiologist in Santa Fe, was arraigned in federal court in Albuquerque on a 24-count indictment charging him with health care fraud and wire fraud.
 
Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, announced that Heilbron entered a not guilty plea and was released on his own recognizance.
 
The indictment alleges that Heilbron, a physician licensed to practice medicine in New Mexico who specializes in cardiology, executed a scheme to defraud Medicare and other health care benefit
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Chief Stone: How The Los Alamos County Ambulance Service Works

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Los Alamos County ambulance fleet. Courtesy/LAFD
 
By BENJAMIN S. STONE, NRP
Division Chief  Emergency Medical Services
Los Alamos County Fire Department
 
When someone calls 911 for a medical emergency, emergency medical technicians and paramedics respond to your call. Often, this results in an ambulance transport to the emergency room.

Such a transport raises many questions for the patient and the family. Who is in charge of determining whether the emergency trip to the hospital was necessary? Who pays for the ambulance, the crew, and the equipment during the trip to the Read More

Save A Life With CPR/First Aid Class At UNM-LA

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Students perform CPR on dummies. Courtesy/UNM-LA
 

UNM-LA News:

There’s no better time than the present to learn to save a life.

UNM-LA Community Education is offering a one-day certification course on CPR and basic first aid called EMS 193 AED/CPR/First Aid Training, taught by Joe Candelaria, 9:30-4 p.m. Saturday, July 11 in room 612 at UNM-LA.

Candelaria is director of the UNM-LA Fire Science Program and a Los Alamos Fire Department certified instructor. The class fee is $95 and may be taken for one hour of credit.

Cardiac arrest strikes more than 300,000 people every year in the Read More

YMCA: May Is Women’s Health Month

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YMCA News:

May is commonly associated with Spring, growth and new beginnings. It is also when the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (N.C.C.C) recognizes Women’s Health Month. 

In acknowledgement, The Family YMCA is offering a special Women’s Health Workshop 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6 in the Main Studio at 1450 Iris St.

Desiree Cassell of Los Alamos will host the program and registration is open. Cassell is passionate about educating and supporting women throughout all phases of life. She has her doctorate of Physical Therapy and bachelor’s degree in nutrition. Since her graduation Read More