The White Falcon - 17.11.2005, Side 10

Naval Hospital Keflavik undergoes major care change
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By LCDR JA Y RIGSBEE
Naval Hospital Keflavik PAO
The U.S. Naval Hospital, Keflavik will transform
from a hospital to a clinic in June 2006.
NAVY Medicine East has given the order to the
Commanding Officer CAPT Michael D. McCarten to
begin downsizing the facility to a clinic.
“We have a lot of work ahead of us relating to
planning, staffing, and logistical concerns while we
continue to maintain a high level of quality, com-
passionate health care for all our beneficiaries,”
McCarten said.
The main changes will be in the scope of specialty
care offered at the Naval Hospital. After June 2,2006,
the hospital will no longer offer care in the areas of
general surgery, obstetrics, pediatrics and anesthe-
sia. These services, currently utilized at the Naval
Hospital and in the local community, will exclusively
be provided within the civilian network/Icelandic
Health Care system.
Naval Hospital will continue to be staffed with fam-
ily physicians who will continue to provide the wide
scope of outpatient care they currently give.
The medical staff has been working with Icelandic
healthcare authorities in Keflavik and Reykjavik to
ensure a smooth transition next summer.
“Many details remain to be worked out,” McCarten
said, “but our main focus is that our beneficiaries
continue to receive high quality, family centered,
health care.”
USNH Kefavik celebrates Radiologic Technologist, Periopertive Nurse Weeks
The U.S. Naval Hospital Keflavik
celebrated the contributions of
Radiologic services and technology
in the healthcare profession during
National Radiologic Technologist
Week Nov. 6-12.
On Nov. 8, 1895, while in his lab
working with a Crookes-Hittorf vac-
uum tube, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
a German Scientist and his assistant
stumbled upon an unknown particle or
energy that illuminated some Barium
Platinocyanide paper located nine feet
away.
Charging the tube with electricity,
Roentgen and his assistant covered
the tube with a box so that light was
unable to be emitted from the tube.
While doing this they both noticed that
whichever way they moved the paper
it still luminesced. Roentgen named
the unknown particle X-ray after the
mathematical expression “X” which
frequently stands for an unknown
quantity.
The Radiology Department in the
Hospital here provides quality, routine
diagnostic imaging and ultrasound ser-
vices using state of the art equipment.
They provide service to all eligible
beneficiaries, active duty and their
family members.
The Radiology Department is avail-
able for routine services Monday thru
Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. A
duty technologist is on call after hours
for all emergent care.
As part of this year’s celebration, the
radiology department put out a poster
board and video display showing the
history, current application, and future
technological advances and radiologi-
cal contributions to medicine.
We would like to recognize and con-
gratulate our Radiologic Technologists,
Hospital Corpsmen 1st Classes Blong
Thao, Gerard Yumul and Hospital
Corpsman 3rd Class Ledante Long for
their outstanding contributions to Navy
Medicine.
“What is essential is invisible
to the eyes. ”
from Little Prince
by Antoine De Saint Exupery
Perioperative Nurse Week is an
opportunity to share with the world
the knowledge and expertise they
bring to the perioperative profession.
The U.S. Naval Hospital Keflavik
celebrates Perioperative Nurse Week
November 13-19 by recognizing LCDR
Duane Kemp and LT Detrik Harmeyer.
Perioperative N urse Week highlights the
history, current opportunities, and future
challenges of perioperative nursing.
This time of recognition has provided
a forum for perioperative nurses to
share with the public their responsi-
bilities and dedication to providing the
best care possible for surgical patients.
In 1979, the Association of
Perioperative Registered Nurses
(AORN) House of Delegates approved
a resolution requesting that, “AORN
promote a day each year to consumer
education to enhance public knowl-
edge regarding our perioperative role.”
November 14 was designated as OR
Nurse Day, and a few years later, the
observation was expanded to a full week.
Since 1979, individual members,
AORN chapters, hospitals, and other
medical facilities have organized spe-
cial events and utilized other forms
of publicity to help educate the pub-
lic about the diverse roles performed
by perioperative registered nurses.
In 2000, “OR Nurse Week” was updat-
ed to “Perioperative Nurse Week,” to
more accurately reflect the broad spec-
trum of patient care services provided
to surgical patients by perioperative
registered nurses.
USNH PCMs recertify
All of the medical staff at Naval
Hospital Keflavik is licensed providers
through state and government agen-
cies.
Many of our providers are also Board
Certified Specialists. This requires a
provider to meet certain guidelines set
forth from their state of licensure.
All Board Certified Specialists are
required to periodically re-certify.
During this time you may experience
difficulty in booking an appointment
with your Primary Care Manager
(PCM) due to this process.
If so, one of our other highly quali-
fied providers will see you if needed
while your PCM is away during this
Board Certification process.
Any questions call Naval Hospital
Keflavik’s PAO LCDR Jay Rigsbee at
3398 or your PCM.
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sor, subordinate, husband, wife, moth-
er, son, teacher or anyone else who
inspires you?
Last April, The White Falcon
announced the beginning a new week-
ly feature entitled Unsung Heroes.
The feature has aimed to honor those
individuals who make our NASKEF
community a better place to live, work
and play.
Since its inception, the community
response has been outstanding, how-
ever, we know there are more unsung
heroes out there that deserve recogni-
tion.
Anyone living or working in the
NASKEF community is eligible to be
nominated.
if you know of someone that you
would like to nominate for this new
feature please contact Journalist 2nd
Class Matthew Bradley by email at
matthew.bradley@naskef.navy.mil.
All nominating emails should
include the name and contact informa-
tion of both the Unsung Hero and the
individual nominating him or her.