Care Provided to Unhoused Patients at Homeless Encampments
UC Davis Health partners with Sacramento County Health Center to deploy “street medicine teams” that offer comprehensive primary care services to unhoused populations.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Saves 64-Year-Old from Amputation
Butte County’s only multi-chamber facility applies Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to “promote wound healing,” saving patients from amputation and life-threatening injuries.
Advanced Cardiac Care Saves Restaurateur
If it wasn’t for the advanced cardiac care available at Clovis Community, Aaron Vasquez likely wouldn’t have survived his heart attack.
Addressing Inmate Emergency Department Transport Protocols
Who What At a meeting convened by Hospital Council on March 20, SFD shared concerns about communication and protocols on when the county jail uses emergency medical services (EMS) providers to transport inmates to community hospitals. In 2023, SFD transported over 660 inmates to hospitals, though hospital staff determined many did not need hospital-level care. […]
Surgeon Provides Alternative
A new minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) might just make valve replacement, open-heart surgery, and the use of a heart-lung machine a thing of the past.
APOT Time Discussions Continue in Sacramento Area
Who What At a public meeting on Feb. 8, the Sacramento County health officer committed the county to not pursuing financial penalties on hospitals for missing ambulance patient offload time (APOT) targets. This is to ensure a collaborative approach to APOT improvement. The county hosted an APOT summit on Feb. 13 designed to unite hospital […]
Contra Costa Fire Protection District to Implement New APOT Policy in March
Who What The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and its ambulance subcontractor, AMR, plan to implement a new ambulance patient offload time (APOT) policy in March. Under the new policy, ambulance personnel who have been waiting for 60 minutes to transfer patients in need of hospital emergency department (ED) services may “immediately mov[e] the […]
Fearless in the Face of Cancer
“I kept giving her the medicine, but the fevers were not going away,” said Cooley, Peyton’s mother. “I began noticing bruises on her legs and she looked really pale. My mom ‘gut feeling’ told me something was really wrong.”
Hip Replacement Helps Golfer Get Back on the Green
When golfer David Woo first felt the pain in his hip, he figured he had just overexerted himself.
Contra Costa County Meeting Discusses Ambulance Patient Offload Times
Who What Hospital Council convened hospital leaders, Contra Costa EMS, and Contra Costa County Fire Protection District for our quarterly meeting on ambulance patient offload times (APOT). Sutter Delta Medical Center and Contra Costa Regional Medical Center shared recent operational changes they made to achieve a reduction in their APOT by 30 minutes, for […]