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State-of-the-Art Ambulance Rolls into Norman

Norman has gotten some serious wheels. The community is home to the state’s largest and most state-of-the-art Mobile Intensive Care Unit or MICU, a semi-truck-sized ambulance specially developed to transport critically ill patients.

The MICU will primarily be used for transferring critical care patients from one facility to another – such as from Norman Regional Hospital to the HealthPlex specialty hospital or from a rural hospital to a Norman Regional facility, said Eddie Sims, EMSStat manager and paramedic. Learn more about this amazing auto that is transforming critical patient care in the community here.

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Norman Regional Becomes First, Only in State Certified for Total Joint Replacement

Norman Regional Health System’s Total Knee and Total Hip Joint Replacement Program was recently certified in Disease Specific Care by the Joint Commission making it the first and only in the state of Oklahoma to hold this certification.

This certification designates that Norman Regional works continuously to provide safe, high-quality care, treatment and services. Read more about what this means to our patients here.

Norman Students Deliver Toys to Hospital Playroom

“We all know what it feels like to be sick, but not really sick,” says McKinley 5th grader Kate Kemmet.

Wanting to make sick kids feel better is why Kate and other peer mediators from McKinley Elementary raised money to donate to the Women’s and Children’s unit at Norman Regional’s HealthPlex hospital.

Kate got the idea to donate to the HealthPlex from her grandmother, director of Emergency Services, Joan Greenleaf. “My grandmother told me that there was a new hospital being built and that they could use extra money for toys,” said Kate.

Read how these students raise money and see their donation to the hospital by clicking here.

Two Local Paramedics to Receive Oklahoma Star of Life Award

Two EMSStat paramedics have been honored for their life-saving work with a 2010 Oklahoma Ambulance Association (OKAMA) Star of Life Award.

Randy Pickard and Mike Maddry, who are both critical care paramedics and field training officers, were named Star of Life recipients. The Star of Life award is presented to paramedics, emergency medical technicians and other Oklahomans working in the emergency medical services field who demonstrate a strong commitment to their patients, clinical quality or service excellence. Read more about their achievement here.

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