Silence: A Never Event / Sepsis 2017
Silence: A Never Event Sepsis 2017 Special Guest Speaker Mike Ackerman Michael (Mike) Ackerman has held just about every role in nursing a nurse could hold including Candy Striper to Senior Director. His entire career has been in the critical care arena from …
Worker’s Comp Conference
8:30 AM – 2:30 PM When Change Brings Challenge Staying on Top of Oklahoma Workers’ Comp FREE EVENT Conference Speakers Brett Barnes, MD • Cristi Cox, PT, CEES, CWcHP Mark Duncan, DO • Betsey Kulakowsi Brian Meek, MD • Eric Russel • Joshua W. …
NEW Absorbable Stent Technology
Comanche County Memorial Hospital is the first hospital in the state of Oklahoma to perform a fully dissolvable stent procedure outside of a clinical trial. The Absorb dissolving heart stent is the first and only device of its kind – a drug eluting coronary stent …
Ribbon Cutting for Survival Flight
The Survival Flight, a service provider for Comanche County Memorial Hospital, announced their official opening with a ribbon cutting with the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce Red Coats Friday. The Drewry Family Emergency Center supporters, Stephanie and Bill Drewry, were in attendance to help …
Stories From the Heart
Five years ago this past September, my Dad, Jim Mulkey, had an accident in which he broke his neck and suffered a spinal cord injury. He was left partially paralyzed and as a result of complications from the fractured vertebrae, he had to undergo the …
Blessing Ceremony Performed on Survival Flight & Crew
Last Monday, a cedar smoke blessing ceremony was performed on the Survival Flight helicopter and crew members. The ceremony was performed by Lloyd Heminokeky a language and culture specialist of the Comanche Nation NAGPRA. “We are very excited to be resuming operations at Comanche …
Great American Smokeout
Quitting isn’t easy. So make sure people know how much you support them every step of the way. On November 17, join others across the nation as they begin a tobacco-free lifestyle. The American Cancer Society is here to help anytime you or anyone else …
New Mako™ Robotic Arm-Assisted Surgery
Comanche County Memorial Hospital is the ONLY hospital in the region offering the Mako™ robotic arm-assisted joint replacement system that allows orthopedic surgeons to perform total hip and partial knee replacements with unparalleled precision and accuracy. State-of-the-art Mako™ robotic arm-assisted technology allows our doctors to …
Drewry Family Emergency Center Now Open
Phase I of construction of the new Drewry Family Emergency Center is now officially open for business. The new center features: nearly 30,000 square feet of new construction, the addition of a rooftop heliport, an on-site state-of-the-art CT scanner and 5 new trauma rooms. Phase …
Advanced Brachytherapy Radiation Treatments Now at Our Lawton Facility
The Cancer Centers of Southwest Oklahoma would like to announce the addition of High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy treatments for gynecological cancers at our Lawton facility. We have added a Nucletron Microselectron 6 channel HDR unit and are ready to begin treating patients with cervical …
