Health First Promotes Angerami, Forsberg

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Health First has appointed Deborah Angerami as vice president of operations, and Sally Forsberg as vice president of nursing for the healthcare company’s new Viera Hospital.

Health First Air Rescue First In Forida To Have Night Vision

FIRST FLIGHT features an EC-135 twin-turbo engine Eurocopter that is equipped with the latest medical equipment, and can accommodate two patients comfortably along with three crew members. ABOVE, Chief flight nurse Ron Spivey, left, with pilot John Youngs.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Central Florida News 13 reported that First Flight is the first in the state of Florida to use night vision on its medical helicopters. Forty percent of First Flight’s emergency calls are after dark, so this new tool allows for more accuracy and safety.

HealthFirstReality.org: The Rescue That Took Flight

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I-95. 70 mph. Lisa was steady behind the wheel. Seconds later— pinned helplessly in her car. Broken arm. Crushed legs. Several dislocations. With every minute critical, First Flight transport joined first responders to get her out, and on her way to a safe, sound recovery.

HealthFirstReality.org: One Survivor’s Trying Twist of Fate

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – After extensive surgery and aggressive chemotherapy, Sheri believed she was cancer-free. She put the pieces back together, moved on with her life, and was confident the worst was behind her. Nobody could have predicted the tests of strength and trust to come.

Powers Selected Director of Wuesthoff Hospice

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Judy Powers, RN, BSN, has been appointed executive director of Wuesthoff Hospice & Palliative Care.

Davis Still HRMC Santa Despite Surgery

Dakota Best pushes the wheelchair for 63-year old veteran Will Davis, as they visit the Traveling Viet Nam Veterans Memorial Wall in Wickham Park.  The two became acquainted at Holmes Regional Medical Center.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – When Suntree resident Will Davis learned last year that he needed to have his leg amputated due to complications from an injury sustained 27 years ago, he was mostly concerned about one thing. For the past 25 years, Will has spent his holidays as Holmes Regional Medical Center’s Santa Claus.

HRMC Recognized For Organ Donation Efforts

TOP ROW, left to right: Jeff Sadowsky, MD, Intensivist, Orlando Regional Medical Center; Peter A. Pappas, MD, Trauma Surgeon, Holmes Regional Medical Center; Robert Metzger, MD, TransLife Medical Director; and Michael Angelis, MD, Transplant Surgeon, Florida Hospital Transplant Center. BOTTOM ROW, left to right:Audrey A. Harling, Hospital & Professional Relations Coordinator, TransLife; Nicki Andersen, RN, ED/Trauma Manager, Holmes Regional Medical Center, Lynn Norton, RN, Educator, Arnold Palmer Hospital; Vanessa Bowman, Hospital & Professional Relations Coordinator, TransLife; Denise Northcutt, RN, Clinical Transplant Coordinator, Florida Hospital Transplant Center; and Carol J. Rumsey, Assistant Director, Hospital & Professional Relations, TransLife.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Holmes Regional Medical Center and TransLife, East Central Florida’s designated organ donor program, recently received top honors by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their efforts and success in organ donation.

Health First Selected Among America’s ‘Most Wired’

HEALTH FIRST was recognized as one of the nation's Most Wired health systems by Hospitals and Health Networks magazine.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Health First has once again been recognized as one of the nation’s Most Wired healthcare systems by Hospitals and Health Networks magazine.

Holmes Regional, Palm Bay Hospital Receive National Recognition

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HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization, has, for the second consecutive year, included Holmes Regional Medical Center in their list of America’s 50 Best Hospitals.

Mikitarian Named Healing Hospital CEO of the Year

GEORGE MIKITARIAN, Parrish Medical Center President & CEO (center), Baptist Healing Trust’s Erie Chapman (left), and PMC Board Chair Nathaniel Pilate.

PARRISH MEDICAL CENTER was named America’s No. 1 Healing Hospital by the Baptist Healing Trust in Nashville, Tenn.

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