RxTraA publication for the staff of Hartford Hospital June 10, 2013 Vol. 69 No. 21

ED and CESI Practice Emergency PreparednessOn May 21, Hartford Hospital prac-ticed emergency preparedness skills in a drill planned by the Emergency Department Disaster Preparedness Committee and the Center for Emergency Medical Pre-paredness Training and Education Subcommittee.

The drill in-volved the hospital Emer-gency Depart-ment as well as members of the hospital’s E m e r g e n c y Management C o m m i t t e e and the Center for Education, S i m u l a t i o n and Innova-tion (CESI).

The drill sce-nario was an explosion on the Trinity College campus with multiple injuries.

“Paper” patients were brought to the triage area in the Emergency Department and staff members were required to activate the de-partment’s Mass Casualty Incident protocol.

CESI provided two high-fidelity simulation manikins used to edu-cate Emergency Medicine residents on blast injuries.

The drills are conducted at least annually to meet Joint Commission requirements.

Recent real-world events in Boston

and elsewhere illus-trate that frequent drills provide for su-perior responses and better patient outcomes.

HHC Compliance and Privacy Week Grand Prize WinnersThank you to everyone who contributed to the success of this year’s HHC Compliance and Privacy Week activities sponsored by the Office of Compliance, Audit and Privacy (OCAP)! More than 7,600 employees participated in activi-ties and completed the Compliance and Privacy Week quiz. Congratulations to our grand prize winners who each won a Kindle Fire: Mary Alphonso, Hartford Hospital; Gary Grabko, Rushford Center; and Matthew Norton, Natchaug Hospital. Thanks again for participating and please remember: Compliance and Privacy is everyone’s responsibility!

Most Hartford Hospital employ-ees are familiar with the calendar of children’s drawings done by stu-dents at the IOL’s Webb Schools, special education schools located in Hartford and Cheshire.

Other than that, the public rarely gets to see the charming and pro-found art created by our students. Student art is always displayed throughout the schools, but these areas are not open to the public.

Recently, however, that artwork has been getting some public display.

In February, two artworks by stu-dents from Webb School at Cheshire were included at the 2013 Art Slam at the Capitol Exhibit at the Legisla-tive Office Building in Hartford.

Art Slam is an exhibition of PreK to 12 student artists from pub-lic and private schools throughout Connecticut.

Then, during a Youth Art Month Celebration (March 4-23), five more

students from Webb at Cheshire displayed their works in a beauti-ful gallery space with young artists from across the state at West Woods Upper Elementary in Farmington.

All artworks in the exhibits were selected by the students’ art teachers, members of the Connect-icut Art Ed-ucation As-sociation, to exemplify di-verse styles and media.

M a n y families, f r iends,

and teachers attended the re-ception and appreciated this inspiring showcase of talent.

Webb School art teacher Anne Sheffield thought the works done by students deserved wider exposure. So she worked with Laura Mathews, manager of IOL Dining and Catering, to arrange showings of work in the IOL cafeteria of seasonal creations by elementary and middle school Webb students.

Sheffield, who has taught at the Webb Schools for 10 years, is the special needs represen-tative for the Connecticut Art Education Association.

The first presentation, shown this

past winter, featured small “ice sculptures” in a snowy landscape of glittery “trees.” Next, a “spring-scape” (paper animals, woven meadows, tissue paper gardens, and sketches of flowers growing in the Braceland courtyard) bright-ened lunch time at the IOL.

Staff members are invited to see seasonal art by Hartford Webb School students in the IOL cafete-ria during lunch, Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

(PS - The Calendar Team is in the production process of the 2014 is-sue, which will be distributed in December. Make sure you get a free

copy for your office, so you can en-joy the children’s art all year long.)

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IOL’s Webb School Students Show Art in Public

Left: “Japan-scape,” a watercolor by Kory, a Webb School eighth grader. Below: “Art Museum,” a collage by David, a Webb School fifth grader.

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Compliance Questions or

Concerns?If you need to obtain information

about compliance issues or raise

concerns regarding internal and

regulatory practices

or policies, please contact your

supervisor or call the ComplianceLine,

a confidential and toll-free service, at

1-855-HHC-OCAP

or online at HHC.OCAPComplianceLine.com

The Institute of Living had a team of more than 30 walkers at the 10th annual NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Walk on May 18 to raise awareness of mental illness. The IOL team raised twice their fundraising goal, donating more than $3,000 to support the Hartford chapter of NAMI. The walk is the largest and most successful mental illness awareness event in America.

Coler Wins EMS Educator AwardRaffaella Coler, RN, director of EMS Education at Hartford Hos-pital since 1997, has received the Paul Winfield Smith Instruc-tional Achievement Award from the Connecticut Regional EMS Councils.

The award is intended to recog-nize and commend an EMS edu-cator who excels as an instruc-tor and/or has made a significant contribution to EMS through education.

Coler received the award on May 20 at the State Capitol.

She has worked at Hartford Hos-pital since 1979.

Happening at Hartford Hospital

Questions or comments about RxTra? Contact editor Annie Emanuelli at aemanuelli@harthosp.org or 860-972-2199

Heart Healthy Eating Lecture (En Espanol!)

Hartford Hospital invites you to a free educational lecture in Spanish on Heart Healthy Eating on Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30-8 p.m. in JB-118. This lecture will be presented in Spanish by dietitian as-sistant Tasha Ramos, who lived most of her life in Puerto Rico. She currently works as a nutritionist at the Torrington WIC office and as a nutrition educator with the SNAP-Ed program. The lecture is free, and fruit and beverages will be served. Learn how to make better food choices for a healthy heart; facts about fat, sodium and fiber; and healthy cook-ing and seasoning tips. Registration is re-quired; call the Health Referral Service at 860-545-1888. For more information, contact Charlotte Meuci at ext. 5-3257.

Retirement Tea for Phyllis Demaine

Phyllis Demaine, RN, is retiring after 43 years of service to our pa-tients. Please come to her retirement tea on Wednesday, June 12 from 1-3 p.m. in the Spe-cial Dining Room.

I Love My Clogs Vendor in HH CafeteriaThe I Love My Clogs vendor will be in the HH cafeteria for two days, Thursday, June 13 from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday, June 14 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Comfort clogs by Dansko, Sanita, Klogs USA and OOFOS Recovery Clogs. Spon-sored by the United Way Committee.

Diabetes Support GroupDiabetes Life Care offers free support group meetings throughout the year. The next meeting will be Wednesday, June 12. All meetings are held on Wednesday evenings from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Wethers-field Satellite Site, 1260 Silas Deane High-way in Wethersfield. Pre-registration is necessary; call 860-545-1888.

Employees Council Monthly Meeting ThursdayThe Employees Council helps staff mem-bers with work-related issues, and plans employee activities. All staff members are welcome to attend our open month-ly meetings, held in the Special Dining Room in the back of the cafeteria. The next meeting is Thursday, June 13 at 12 noon. Please join us, and let your voice be heard. Feel free to contact the EC anytime at 860-545-3904, or at employ-eecouncil@harthosp.org. You can also check the EC page on the Intranet.

18-Hole Stroll During Travelers To Benefit Pan-creatic Cancer ResearchRegister now for the Pancreatic Cancer Research 18-Hole Stroll, to be held on Sunday, June 23 at the Travelers Cham-pionship PGA Tour Event at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell. The $50 registra-tion includes entry to the final round of the Travelers Championship, breakfast, shirt, silent auction, live music and the 18-hole Stroll, finishing with the crown-ing of the 2013 champion. The Travelers Championship is sponsored by Hartford HealthCare. For additional information or to register, visit www.lustgarten.org/trav-elerschampionship, or call 866-789-1000.

Volunteer at the Travelers ChampionshipHartford HealthCare is serving as the “Volunteer Sponsor” for the 2013 Trav-elers Championship, Connecticut’s PGA tour event, Monday-Sunday, June 17-23 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell. Employees from throughout the sys-tem are encouraged to volunteer. Vol-unteers get the chance to go behind the scenes at Connecticut’s largest sporting event, while helping make a difference, as the Travelers Championship donates 100 percent of net proceeds to charities throughout New England. There is no cost to employees of HHC who volun-teer for this event. All volunteers receive a volunteer and guest badge that can be used throughout the tournament; golf polo shirt; hat/visor; parking pass; meal(s) for shift(s) worked; and an HHC water bottle. To volunteer, HHC employ-ees must have their supervisor’s permis-sion and be able to use vacation/paid time-off benefits if they volunteer dur-ing regularly scheduled work hours. Vol-unteers will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Volunteer responsibil-ities include staffing appreciation sta-tions and assisting general volunteers with questions. To register: go to http://www.travelerschampionship.com/vol-unteers and select the REGISTER NOW button. Select the red REGISTER NOW button on the right; then select the Hart-ford HealthCare Volunteer. You will be prompted to enter a promotional code; please enter healthcare and click check to confirm. Once the code is validat-ed, you can continue to the next page, where you will create a username and password.