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A COMMUNITY PUBLICATION OF the JEWISH HOSPITAL of St. Louis 216 S. KINGSHIGHWAY, ST. LOUIS, MO. 63110 Vol. 15 — No. 6 OCTOBER, 1966 T Space Monitor Gjii/e to tk $10,000 For For Patients Stroke Study A contract for installing the A private donation of $10,000 pioneering system at Jewish Hos- ^ United yW to the Department of Long Term pital was signed recently by C. V. Care for evaluation of patients "There are only two kinds of Braun, vice president and head with strokes has provided for spe- people in this world: those you of Conductron-Missouri, and cial research under the direction David A. Gee, executive director, know and those you don't know." of Dr. Franz U. Steinberg, direc- Jewish Hospital. This quotation from the United Fund film, "Every Act and Every tor of the Department of Long Space technology used in the Shadow" not only makes sense to Term Care. Gemini, Mercury, and Apollo each listener but expresses the programs has been adapted to There are now more than 2 basis for the 1966 campaign. hospital patient cardiac monitor- million persons in the United The Hospital quota is $13,163, ing. The physiological monitoring States who suffer from serious and this year the campaign begins project started at McDonnell Air- after-effects of a stroke; four on Monday, October 3. David A. craft Corporation and was subse- hundred thousand persons per Gee, executive director of the quently transferred to Conductron year suffer a new stroke; Jewish Hospital, has been named chair- Corporation when McDonnell man of the United Fund Hospital Hospital admits approximately sold its Electronic Equipment Section. He announced that hos- 10-15 patients per month with Division to Conductron. pitals in the St. Louis area are the diagnosis of a stroke. Intensive Care asked to raise $126,953 this year. The after-effects of a stroke Conductron will install a six At least twenty hospitals in St. vary: some patients recover spon- patient "Parametron" system in Louis are Fund beneficiaries. taneously within a few days or the 16-bed Medical Intensive In 1965 the United Fund con- weeks without the need for reha- Care Unit which is presently tributed $245,590 to the Hospital _( bilitative care. Others become and to support many of the free care under construction and supported remain so severely disabled that by the Jewish Hospital Auxiliary. community service programs. they require personal and nursing The Intensive Care Unit is sched- The fair share principle, the i' ^ care for the rest of their lives. A uled for completion in January, most acceptable method of United 1967. The monitoring system will Fund giving, is a scale based on this year's campaign film, which aged woman knitting an afghan partial recovery is made by a include: bedside consoles and one hour of pay per month for includes scenes of personnel at the for her new granddaughter; a large group of patients whom re- scopes; nursing station consoles 12 months, or the equivalent of Hospital, (Operating Room; 7th smart looking young woman in a habilitation benefits most. By and scopes; two Multiplexers one and one-half working days. floor; nursery; waiting room). tweed suit or a sleepy six-year-old strengthening weakened muscles which are used to display several This can be done through month- The times were scheduled for — there is no limit on age, sex, and reeducation, many of these traces simultaneously on each ly payroll deductions or by lump Monday, October 3, 2:30 p.m., race or religion for those who re- patients can be returned to a near scope, with the ability to show sum. and Tuesday, October 4, at 10:00 ceive help from the United Fund. normal life of relative indepen- any one trace singly with large Last year Jewish Hospital was a.m. Both meetings took place in Last year, more than 400,000 dence. amplitude, allowing for close one of 12 area hospitals that the Moses Shoenberg School of persons received aid through 117 Examination scrutiny of that trace; an audio achieved fair share quota. Nursing Gymnasium. agencies . and they were just alarm system at the nursing sta- Employees of the Hospital were So whether the people around two kinds of people: those you Present methods of examining tion, a strip chart recorder and a invited to attend a "coffee break" you include a young mother know, and those you don't know. victims of a recent stroke do not magnetic drum recorder which United Fund meeting to view snuggling a toddler; or a middle Help them now. They need you. predict which course an individ- is connected to the strip chart ual will take. It is vital to make recorder. In addition to monitor- such predictions early. Patients ing the ECG and heart rate, con- Clover Bal Plans Final will be selected from those who tinuous blood pressures will be The Clover Ball planners were Care Unit at the Hospital. The orchestra. He is now continuing are admitted to the Jewish Hos- obtained. One "Parametron" con- not idle during the past summer work on the over-all effect. invitations have been designed pital of St. Louis with the diag- sole has the capacity for monitor- months as Mrs. Harry W. Loeb, Persons wishing to be patrons and will be mailed in November. nosis of a stroke. With the con- ing as many as six physiologic Ball Chairman, announced the should call Mrs. Charles Steiner, Souvenirs will be delivered to the sent of their physician, they will functions which include ECG, list of 263 patrons. The ball will guests after reservations have been PA 7-6080, Clover Ball secretary. blood pressure, respiratory and be evaluated by the study team be held January 21, 1967, in the received, and they are "appro- Patrons will be listed on the temperature readouts as well as Khorassan Room of the Chase- Clover Ball Souvenir Program. at the earliest possible time. priate and elegant . and also provisions for future develop- Park Plaza Hotel. Tickets are $50 The following include those Progress will be measured by a surprise!" ments. Two consoles could moni- per person; $250 for patrons, and patrons who contacted Mrs. evaluation at repeated intervals. tor as many as 12 parameters on the proceeds will go to the estab- Mr. Ralph Lowenbaum has Steiner before September 15. In addition to the usual rou- an individual patient. The cost lishment of a Medical Intensive built a surprise decor for the (See page 8) tine examination, the following of the Jewish Hospital system procedures will be carried out: is about $25,000. JtW a detailed muscle examination Mr. Anton Horn, project engi- for paralysis, weakness and spas- neer at Conductron, headed the team which developed the new ticity; sensory examination; ex- equipment under the supervision amination of eye sight and visual of Mr. William W. Sang, Mana- fields; evaluation of speech; ger, Advanced Systems, and Mr. selected psychological tests. Truman T. Van Sickle, Director Correlations of Research. It is expected that over one No Discomfort year of time, a large enough Patients will not suffer any patient population can be eval- discomfort with the newly de- uated to permit definite correla- signed monitor. Only a simple tions between the original find- harness will be placed on the ings and the course of the critically ill patient, with nothing disease. piercing the skin. Under the supervision of Dr. The Intensive Care Unit and Steinberg, a graduate student of monitoring system will be directed the School of Medicine at Wash- and supervised at the Hospital by Dr. Stanford Wessler, physi- ington University will be engaged cian-in-chief; Dr. Edward Massie, to assist in the development of director, the Heart Station; Dr. evaluation procedures. A physical Herbert Zimmerman, director, therapist, an occupational thera- Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory, pist and a psychologist will make PICTURED making the invitations are (l-r) Mrs. Hubert C. Moog, Mrs. Lee Abraham, Mrs. Stephen Loeb, Mrs. M. and Dr. Sidney Jick, cardiologist. Erwin Bry, Jr., and Mrs. Ellis C. Littmann. up the rest of the study team. [W PAGE 2 VOL. 15, No. 6 OCTOBER, 1966 216 is published every six weeks Elmer O. Bammann; by the Public Relations Department of United Fund Draftsman THE JEWISH HOSPITAL Elmer O. Bammann, assistant OF ST. LOUIS in Building Services, has become JOSEPH F. RUWITCH, president a legend at the Hospital for his DAVID A. GEE, executive director work on the United Fund Cam- BARBARA JANES, director of paigns. public relations This year, under his super- TWINK STERN, editor vision, a 75 piece puzzle was put MRS. HENRY H. STERN special correspondent together to represent each de- partment in the Hospital as part of the campaign. As each de- The Jewish Hospi-ta! partment fills its quota, the cor- OP 3A1HT LOOTS responding part of the picture HOSP I TAL puzzle will be placed on the board. When all departments POTPOURRI have given their Fair Share, the - ELMER BAMMANN large photograph puzzle of the Hospital will be complete. James O. Hepner, Ph.D., asso- Mr. Bammann, chief draftsman, ciate director, was advanced to Students Hold is not new to work in charitable membership in the College of campaigns. In his service for the Hospital Administrators. This Ordance Corps he did the artistic professional society admits per- Talent Show work on the March of Dimes sons who meet specific require- The 1966-67 educational year Campaign and made many ments as administrators, who began early in September for the posters, some of them prize win- have successfully completed writ- student nurses at the Moses ning, for buying Liberty and Sav- ten and oral examinations by Shoenberg School of Nursing.