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Kathy Dodaro, director of human resources at the University of Colorado Hospital, has taken her job a step further and helped in Colorado’s nursing shortage. Photo by Jason P. Smith

Memorial Hospital’s critical care transport service is officially taking to the air in March 2005. Memorial is contracting with North Dakota-based Med-Trans Corporation—with over 20 years of medical flight experience—for the services of a Bell 407 ambulatory helicopter to be used in transporting high-risk patients to and from the hospital. This helicopter, named "Memorial Star Transport," will primarily serve the Colorado Springs Children’s Hospital at Memorial Hospital in transferring acute neo-natal and pediatric patients, along with high-risk maternal patients requiring timely care.

Danielle Jackson, a salesperson at The Scrub House in Loveland, poses with some of the many pairs of shoes she'll likely help sell in the days to come. Photo by Jason Smith

Each week we visit with health care professionals throughout the Denver area. If you would like us to visit your facility, please email Priya Jenkins at: news@denvernursingstar.com

Laughing with Elizabeth By Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal, RN

The lumbering giant C-17 aircraft surrounds the aeromedical evacuation team usually consisting of a medical crew director, a flight nurse, a charge medical technician and two aeromedical evacuation technicians. This makeshift hospital provides seriously wounded soldier’s renewed hope for recovery. Faster emergency medical evacuation from the war zone has significantly increased the survival rate of our wounded and injured soldier’s.

Legislative News Commentary by Eileen Doherty, M.S.

Easter is a time of celebration, but it can pose potential poison problems, according to Mary Hilko, RN, education coordinator for Denver Health’s Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center (RMPDC).

Diana Ward-Collins has enjoyed her varied career, which has taken her to myriad places and put her in many different situations. Ward-Collins said she enjoys the many challenges that come with her current work as a legal nurse consultant. Photo by Jason P. Smith