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Patient
safety and
experience
make the
grade
Methodist Ambulatory Surgery
Hospital has received both the
Patient Safety Excellence Award
and the Outstanding Patient
Experience Award for
2016
by
Healthgrades. Healthgrades
named
466
hospitals across the
nation recipients of its Patient
Safety Excellence Award for
2016
. These hospitals rank in the
top
10
percent of all hospitals
evaluated for their performance
in safeguarding patients from
serious, potentially preventable
complications.
METHODI ST HOSP I TAL AND SAN ANTONIO
F I RE / EMS CELEBRATE
“GREAT SAVE” with
Cardiac Patient
Methodist Hospital, along with
the San Antonio Fire Department
and EMS, saves lives every day,
however, some saves are so ex-
traordinary that the story must
be shared. On June 23, Deyanira
and David Lerma, reunited with
Mrs. Lerma’s lifesaving teams
from Methodist Hospital and SA
Fire and EMS to thank them for
“saving the life of their family.”
At a special presentation at
the hospital, the Lerma family re-
counted the harrowing details of
Mrs. Lerma experiencing a severe
heart attack and being brought
back to life. On May 7, the night
before Mother’s Day, David and
Deyanira were at the gym work-
ing out when she began to feel
sick and started throwing up.
David offered to take her to the
ER, but she wanted to get back
home to help get their children
ready for bed.
It was at home that David found
Deyanira cold and unresponsive
and immediately called 911 and
began CPR, which he had learned
at his job at AT&T. When Fire and
EMS arrived, they had to imple-
ment double sequential shock
(advanced cardiac life support)
in order to bring her back. En
route to Methodist Hospital, this
team used a LUCAS device, which
provides uninterrupted chest com-
pressions creating life-sustaining
circulation. The device had been
provided to several EMS stations
byMethodist Healthcare. By keep-
ing her blood pumping, the EMS
team was able to save her life and
avoid neurological damage with
a steady supply of oxygen to the
heart and brain while en route to
Methodist Hospital.
Once at the hospital,
Jorge
Alvarez, MD,
interventional
cardiologist, quickly performed
a procedure using the Impella
Device, the world’s tiniest heart
pump, to keep her heart pump-
ing strongly while undergoing
further life-saving measures.
“Mrs. Lerma was so lucky
that EMS transported her to
Methodist Hospital, where some
of the best cardiac care is avail-
able including some of the city’s
most innovative technology,”
Alvarez says, “We’re so proud
to be able to provide some of
the best cardiac therapies to the
people of San Antonio and are
also grateful for Mrs. Lerma’s
amazing outcome.”
Through tears of gratitude, the
Lerma Family thanked the three
entities for saving Deyanira’s life,
thus keeping their family happy
and whole.
Methodist Children’s Hospital
Provides Special Care for Special
Needs Patients
The Methodist Children’s Hospital Pediatric
Specialty Clinics in San Antonio are located on
sublevel one of Methodist Plaza, just outside of the
Methodist Children’s Hospital campus in the heart of
the Medical Center. Our Clinics have served Central
and South Texas families since 1998 by providing
exceptional, multidisciplinary care to medically
fragile, complex and technology-dependent pa-
tients. We provide a comprehensive range of services
from initial evaluations and recommendations to
ongoing care. We believe that creating a unique,
individualized plan of care for every child is essen-
tial to provide the level of quality care each child
deserves and can expect.
Our Clinics are staffed with board-certified
pediatric specialists; registered nurses; dieticians;
a case manager; social worker; ototech (hearing
specialist); and licensed physical, speech and occu-
pational therapists for each specialty. Our seasoned
registered nurse team has more than 100 total com-
bined years of pediatric care experience. We work
closely with providers in the community to ensure
each patient’s care is well coordinated and family-
centered. Our goal is to help every child reach their
fullest potential. We have bilingual staff to assist
Spanish speaking families.
Specialty clinics offered include:
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Brachial Plexus Clinic
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C r an i o f a c i a l / Cong e n i t a l Anoma l i e s /
Nasoendoscopy Clinics
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Neuro-Developmental Clinic
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Pulmonary Clinics
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Spina Bifida Clinic
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Vascular Anomalies Clinic
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Botox Clinics
To l e a r n mo r e , p l e a s e v i s i t u s a t
www.SAHealth.com/PediatricSpecialtyClinicsor call
210-575-7371
or toll-free at
800-297-1021
.
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Whether you have been recently diagnosed
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