CCH Health Connect
Welcome to Campbell County Health's blog, Health Connect, where you’ll
find the latest news and information to keep you and your family healthy.
This blog is written by many of our administrators, physicians and other
providers to improve health care, promote health and fight disease in
our community. It will connect you to various sections of our website
as well as social media.
We’re looking to engage you in conversation – we simply ask
that you do so in a polite and respectful way. Please be courteous, and
avoid comments that are profane, obscene, offensive, sexually explicit,
inappropriate, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable. Remember that
when you post a comment to a blog or our social media sites, it is published
for the world to see. Please consider carefully how much personal medical
information you want to share, with the understanding that this information
may be linked to your name and published on the Internet. Social media
is, after all, social, so please post your comments, questions and concerns
and help everyone in our community get the most out of our blog and social
media sites. Please read CCH's
Social Media Guidelines for more information.
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Bug bites this summer
Posted on
July 21, 2015
This summer, at the Main Clinic, I've been seeing a lot of bug bites, most commonly flea and mosquito bites. The bites range in severity from normal local allergic reactions all the way to skin infections. I have also seen two cases ...
Excellence in Action: Fresh Face of Junior Volunteering
Posted on
July 21, 2015
Some local teens chose to hang out with CCH rather than spend all their time at the pool this summer. Each year, about 40 local youth ages 13 to 18 volunteer for the health system performing various tasks in several departments as part of ...
Letter to the Editor: Hospital name hasn't changed
Posted on
July 20, 2015
I want to thank the community member who wrote a recent letter about our name change from Campbell County Health to Campbell County Health— Don't take 'memorial' out of hospital, by Bob Ernst from Gillette, posted in the ...
To schedule or not to schedule this summer?
Posted on
July 20, 2015
Devonn Sosa, PPC Campbell County Medical Group Kid Clinic The summer months are often a relaxed, unstructured time for many families. During the school year, families are more likely to adhere to regular bedtime, wake-up, and meal times. ...
Annual Exams All About Prevention
Posted on
July 20, 2015
Think of an annual exam as a yearly diagnostic check up. You do it for your car, why not for yourself? Your doctor reviews your health history, performs an exam and looks for any disease processes that may be developing. “Annual exams ...
Cardiac Cath Lab Saves Lives in its First Year
Posted on
July 17, 2015
If it were not for the winning combination of the Cardiac Cath Lab and Mission:Lifeline —a program that equips ambulances with EKGs—Ron Burkart (66) knows his heart attack story might have ended differently. “The doctor ...
Vitamin K is important for newborns
Posted on
July 16, 2015
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Vitamin K is one of the recommended medications for every newborn infant, given shortly after birth. It is not an immunization, but a shot that helps babies blood clot normally. Without ...
West Nile Virus in Wyoming
Posted on
July 16, 2015
Earlier this week, the Wyoming Department of Health confirmed the first case of West Nile virus (WNV) of the season in Sheridan County. At least two states surrounding Wyoming have also had confirmed cases of WNV so far this summer. Based ...
Summer CEO Update
Posted on
July 16, 2015
The results from our 2015 public perception survey are in and we are happy to report they are positive! In 2014 we conducted our first survey to measure how well we are serving the community. While the majority of you were satisfied at some ...
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