Due to increased illness in our community, visitor restrictions are in place at the Regional Medical Center. Children 12 and under, as well as anyone with cold and flu-like symptoms are restricted from visiting the Regional Medical Center unless they are seeking care. Click here to learn more
Warm weather is finally here, and while cold and flu season may be the last thing on our minds, summer recreation can bring a number of other health concerns. Bug bites, broken bones, sprains, allergies and heat stroke are all common health conditions that can occur when we least expect them. Knowing when and where to go in your time ...
Congratulations to the St. Peter's team members honored this year as part of the Helena Independent Record's 20 Under 40 Matthew E. Goldes, MD, General Surgery A Helena native, Dr. Goldes joined the St. Peter’s Health general surgery team in 2022 after completing his residency in general surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He earned his medical degree from the ...
St. Peter’s Health Registered Nurses Kaitland “KD” Horner and Shanda Rude received DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses. DAISY Awardees are selected quarterly from nominations submitted by St. Peter’s patients, their families and fellow colleagues. Horner has been with St. Peter’s since 2016 and works as an RN on the Pediatric floor. The patient who nominated her said Horner helped calm ...
Dr. Jennifer Raffaele earned her medical degree from Albany Medical College after receiving her Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from James Madison University. Dr. Raffaele completed her pediatric residency at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital – Upstate. She is board certified with the American Board of Pediatrics and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. As a pediatric hospitalist, Dr ...
Deborah Bledsoe, CRNA, earned her Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Kennesaw State University. While earning her CRNA, Deborah trained and later worked at Prisma Health Richland Hospital, a Children’s Hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center. Deborah is a member of the ...
For years, death from bleeding has remained the number one cause of preventable death after injury. A person can die from bleeding in less than five minutes. How would you feel if I told you that YOU could possibly be the difference for someone making it long enough for help to arrive? Excited? Proud? Nervous? Scared? The powerlessness of not ...
St. Peter's Health presented BEE Awards to Lead DI Technologist Assistant Sara Hancock and Technical Lab Assistant Kristin Henson. A companion to the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, the BEE Award is given to any exceptional general or professional St. Peter's staff member nominated by patients, family members, or colleagues. The colleague who nominated Hancock said, "Sara treats everyone in ...
St. Peter’s Health is inviting the community to participate in a host of upcoming free and low-cost walking events. According to the American Heart Association, walking has the lowest dropout rate of any physical activity. St. Peter’s Lifestyle Medicine Specialist Dr. David Krainacker says walking is low impact making it easier on the joints than running and has a number ...
Nurse Practitioner Rebecca L. White earned her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner and as a Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner from the University of Wyoming. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Montana State University. Her career as a Nurse Practitioner includes extensive experience in Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Allergy, Asthma, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics and ...
Did you know that every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke? According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are many factors that may increase the risk of stroke, including things like age and health conditions like high blood pressure. Strokes can happen in one of two ways. First is when the blood supply to the ...