Download the March/April 2009 issue - Riverview Medical Center

QuiCk, smooth transitions
in Care
In the more serious cases of trauma or
chronic illness, specialized care is just
a quick transport away. As part of the
Meridian Health family, both Riverview
and Ocean Medical Center provide
families with seamless access to a higher
level of pediatric care at K. Hovnanian
Children’s Hospital (KHCH) in Neptune.
Pediatric specialists increasingly
choose to work at tertiary care or specialized
children’s hospitals because it allows
them to do more of what they do best.
“Thankfully, there is not enough pediatric
volume for specialized care within
every hospital in a community. Specialists
practice where they can do a large number
of cases and consequently deliver the best
quality of care,” explains Bruce Grossman,
M.D., director of Pediatric Transport
Services and pediatric intensivist at KHCH.
Hazlet residents Lynn Ann and David
Vuotto benefited from this continuum of
care when their son Andrew fell out of a
shopping cart at the supermarket.
“At first Andrew seemed fine,” recalls
Lynn Ann. “But then he stopped speaking
and his eyes began to roll, so I took him to
the emergency care center at Riverview.”
At Riverview, Andrew was given a CT
scan. The CT scan revealed a fracture on
his skull. He was transferred by a pediatric
transport team to the Pediatric Intensive
Care Unit at KHCH, where “the nurses truly
helped to make an uncomfortable and scary
experience so much better,” says Lynn Ann.
After further testing he was released,
with no signs of cranial bleeding.
“Families like the Vuottos are fortunate
to have excellent pediatric care at their
community medical center backed by the
support of more than 80 pediatric specialists
in 25 specialties at K. Hovnanian
Children’s Hospital,” says Dr. Grossman. •
— Tria Deibert
aBout the DoCtors
Joel B. edman, M.D.
Board certified in Pediatrics
Red Bank |732-741-9800
Bruce J. grossman, M.D.
Board certified in
Pediatrics and Pediatric
Critical Care Medicine
neptune |732-776-3890
howard A. Rubinstein, M.D.
Board certified in
emergency Medicine and
internal Medicine
Red Bank | 732-530-2551
kids: Join the Pawsitive Action team!
wHY Bring Your CHild to
rivErviEw MEdiCAl CEntEr?
The new pediatric care center at riverview
medical center offers your child enhanced
medical care in an environment specifically
designed to meet the unique medical needs of
children. plus, our specialized medical team,
skilled at caring for children, sees and treats
every child in a timely fashion.
While at the pediatric care center at
riverview, you’ll find:
• Dedicated emergency care beds
• private observation rooms/short-stay rooms
• 24-hour in-house pediatricians
• certified pediatric nurses
• Emergency medicine
physicians
if your child
requires more
acute care,
riverview
medical center
provides a direct
bridge to
K. Hovnanian
children’s
Hospital
through its
pediatric
transport
team.
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Riverview Kids Rock!
March 28, 2009, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Riverview Medical Center, Blaisdell Lobby
Mom and Dad, bring your kids to a truly fun and interactive health fair at Riverview Medical Center. The fair will
feature health education and activities such as:
• Music and Entertainment for all ages
• Wii tournament and Guitar Hero challenge
Doctor Bernard, from the Pawsitive Action Team at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, will even make a special
appearance to award the Guitar Hero champion! Bring out the inner rock star in your
child and don’t miss this unique opportunity to a make healthy habits a fun topic!
Call
or visit
RiverviewMedicalCenter.com/KidsRock to register!
TAKING CARE OF
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