Recalled Philips BiPAP and CPAP machines

According to an update from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Philips Respironics (Philips) in June 2021 recalled certain sleep and respiratory care devices including ventilators, bi-level positive airway pressure (also known as Bilevel PAP, BiPAP, or BPAP) machines and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines because of potential health risks. The recall was…

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Kaneko receives prestigious nursing award

Bothwell Regional Health Center recently presented its latest DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses to Heather Kaneko. The DAISY Award is for patients and their families to nominate nurses who give outstanding, compassionate and skillful care. Kaneko is a Registered Nurse and works in the hospital’s Progressive Care Unit (PCU) as a charge nurse; she was…

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Experienced nurse practitioner joins Bothwell Cole Camp Clinic

Kayla Mather, FNP

Kayla Mather, a Family Nurse Practitioner, has joined Bothwell Cole Camp Clinic and will care for patients of all ages. As a nurse practitioner, Mather will see patients, evaluate and treat illnesses and injuries, perform procedures, order and interpret labs and tests and prescribe medications. Mather began her nursing career five years ago at Bothwell…

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Experienced physician joins Bothwell Truman Lake

Kimentha Fairchild, MD

Kimetha Fairchild, MD, a board-certified family medicine physician, has joined Bothwell Health Center-Truman Lake in Warsaw and cares for people of all ages.  Dr. Fairchild has been a physician since 2008 and has experience treating injuries and illnesses including high-blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, COPD/asthma, obesity and mental health concerns. She also provides well-woman care…

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Learn life-saving skills in a day; next CPR/AED class Dec. 14

Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer Community CPR/AED and First Aid courses on Saturday, Dec. 14 in the Bothwell Education Center at 600 E. 14th St. The CPR/AED class is from 8 am to 12:30 pm. The course teaches participants how to provide CPR to an adult, child or infant and how to use an…

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Christa Swank named Bothwell’s 2023 Employee of the Year

Christina Swank, RN, Emergency Department charge nurse, was named Bothwell Regional Health Center’s 2023 Employee of the Year at its annual employee recognition luncheon. Bothwell Board of Trustees Chair Deidre Esquivel is shown with Swank.

In its Employee of the Month program, Bothwell Regional Health Center recognizes employees for their excellence in supporting its commitment to exceptional, quality care and demonstrating the Four Key Basics: safety, courtesy, professionalism and efficiency. Christina Swank, December 2023 Employee of the Month, was named the 2023 Employee of the Year at the health center’s…

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Bothwell recognizes employees for service

Bothwell Regional Health Center recently hosted a luncheon to recognize its employees who reached career milestones in 2023 and announce its 2023 Employee of the Year. Support staff, nurses, advanced practice providers and physicians were honored for their years of service to the organization and 12 employee of the month recipients were recognized. Members of…

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Bothwell Regional Health Center to offer free Stop the Bleed class

Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer a Stop the Bleed class free to the community on Friday, Nov. 22. According to the Coalition for National Trauma Research, traumatic injuries are the leading cause of death in people aged 1 to 45. The national Stop the Bleed initiative, launched in 2015, educates and prepares the public…

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Bothwell physician recognized in Missouri business magazine

Robert Frederickson, MD headshot

Dr. Robert Frederickson, physician at Bothwell Family Medicine Associates, was named to the list of “50 Missourians You Should Know” in the August issue of Ingram’s Magazine, a leading business publication in Missouri and Kansas. Ingram’s Magazine began featuring Missouri’s most innovative and influential leaders on a list in 2011 and this year marks the…

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Women’s health team expands at Bothwell Regional Health Center

Cassie Caedo, DNP, CNM

Board-certified Nurse Midwife Cassie Caedo has joined Bothwell OB/GYN Associates and will provide care for women of all ages. As a nurse midwife, Caedo provides family planning services, contraception counseling, pregnancy and postpartum care, breastfeeding education, menopause care, well-woman exams and testing and treatment for various gynecological problems. Caedo said her passion for nursing was…

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