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A wide shot of the Nittany Lion statue is outdoors in a round grassy area in front of the College of Medicine main entrance. Trees with fall foliage are visible above it. A small round table and three chairs are in the foreground.

In Brief – Nov. 8, 2018

Nov 8, 2018

In Brief features announcements, staff news and upcoming events of Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine.

A small bottle and covered syringe needle are placed on a piece of paper with typed words that include “Naloxone, “medication” and “opioids.”

The Medical Minute: Naloxone rescue kits now being prescribed alongside high-dose prescriptions

Nov 7, 2018

Doctors now regularly prescribe drugs that reverse the effects of opioids in tandem with high-dose prescriptions of the painkillers.

Penn State College of Medicine Global Health Scholars student Becky Koob presents a pair of pink hospital-grade shoes to Gladys Ampomah-Ababio, head of nursing at Eastern Regional Hospital, Ghana, outside the hospital building. Koob wears a white lab coat over her dress, and Ampomah-Ababio wears a white nurse’s uniform with a purple belt. Other hospital staff stand behind a table of donated shoes, smiling.

College of Medicine global health collaboration reaps benefits here and there

Nov 7, 2018

Penn State College of Medicine student Becky Koob took the old adage “walk a mile in another’s shoes” literally when she volunteered at a hospital in Kofordua, Ghana, last summer.

A young child in hockey gear holds a hockey stick and skates on the ice.

Rushing children to specialize in one sport may not be best path to success

Nov 7, 2018

It may be tempting for parents or coaches to urge young children to specialize in one sport early on to help maximize their chance at making it to the big leagues, but that might not be the best path to success.

A rendering of the expanded Emergency Department at Hershey Medical Center.

Emergency Department parking lot and entrance close to non-emergency activities Nov. 19

Nov 5, 2018

The Emergency Department (ED) parking lot and entrances at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center will be permanently restricted to ED patients, families and visitors of ED patients, emergency personnel and ED staff beginning Monday, Nov. 19.

Dina Anthony, center, a patient at Hershey Medical Center, cries tears of joy during her daughter Brittnay’s gender reveal party. She is propped up in a hospital bed, is wearing a hospital gown and has a stuffed animal on her chest. Brittnay, second from left, holds flowers that show she will have a baby boy. She is wearing a gray hoodie sweatshirt. On the far left is another young woman wearing a hoodie sweatshirt. Second from right is a man wearing a camouflage jacket. On the far right is a woman with long, blonde hair and a plaid shirt. Behind them are balloons.

Grandmother-to-be leaves legacy

Nov 5, 2018

Dina Anthony, a Hershey Medical Center patient, threw a gender reveal party for her daughter, thanks to help from staff in the Medical Intermediate Care Unit and Patient- and Family-Centered Care.

Barbara Brehm of Employee Health, second from right, looks shocked after being named Employee of the Year. She is wearing a blue jacket and pants. From left, Employees of the Month Alan Lam, wearing a button-down sweater and slacks, and Ellie Hogentogler, wearing a long sweater, top, pants and boots, clap and Amanda Hulse, wearing a leopard jacket and pants, puts her arms out toward Brehem. Behind them are windows covered with shades.

Fall Recognition Celebration honors employees for going the extra mile

Nov 5, 2018

Sixty-eight employees and teams were recognized for going the extra mile at the Fall Recognition Celebration on Oct. 30.

Two sheets of stickers with the word “Flu” and a diagonal mark across it.

Employees urged to get flu vaccine

Nov 5, 2018

About 59 percent of Penn State Health’s 12,000 employees have received the vaccine for this year’s strain of the influenza virus since September.

Melinda Roadcap talks to Dr. Christopher Deoliveira, left, and Dr. Wilson Po, second from left, in one of the new women's health triage unit rooms before her scheduled caesarean section. Her husband Bradley Roadcap sits with his feet up in an easy chair. Melinda is lying in a hospital bed and wearing a hospital gown. The physicians are wearing blue scrubs. An IV pole with medicine is to Melinda’s right.

New Women’s Health triage unit offers solution to increased labor and delivery visits

Nov 5, 2018

A new four-bed triage unit in Women’s Health at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center opened in October, providing much-needed space for increased patient volume.

Xander, a three-year-old patient at Penn State Health Children's Hospital, wears a yellow hard hat with his name and a paw print on it. He has a bandage wrapped around his head and below his chin and is wearing a hospital smock with cats on it, plus a hospital identification wristband. He is sitting in a chair. Behind him are a sink and a door.

Construction workers say the darnedest things

Nov 5, 2018

Construction workers who are building three additional floors onto Penn State Health Children's Hospital took some time to answer questions from patients about their work.

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