Spilyay Tymoo, VVfrrrn Springs, Oregon April 19, 2001
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Indian
Night
Out
IHS holds open house on building anniversary
Tips offered for folks who use
Warm Springs health services
The community is invited to par
ticipate in the Indian Nite Out
scheduled for Tuesday evening April
24, 2001 at the Warm Springs Com
munity Wellness Center. Pot luck
dinner will be held at 6 p.m. open
to all community members.
Pow-Wow and games to start
around 7 p.m. in the gymnasium.
Fundraising games of Round Dance
cake give away, 5050's will be on
the agenda for the evening. All
Drummers welcome, bring own
hand drum if you have one.
This year, all Indian Nite Outs
will be held monthly with the
fundraising efforts to assist promot
ing a youth pow-wow within the
next 8 to 9 months. Youth are asked
to Seriously consider being part of
the l'ow-Wow committee planning
for this pow-wow. May will see the
Pow-Wow scheduled for Tuesday
May 15,h, at the Agency Imghouse
with the sometimes. Other Tenta
tive dates include:
June 19, 2001 He-He Long
17, 2001 The Agency
Long House
August 7, 2001 The Family
Jamboree Day scheduled at the Rec
reation Ball fields
September 18, 2001 The
Agency Long House
October 23, 2001 The I le-1 le
Long House
November 13, 2001 Simnasho
Long House
' December 11, 2001 Commu
nity Wellness Center
All dates tentative:
Youth Community members are
asked to consider what dates is best '
available December or January. Site
of Pow-Wow, Youth categories, ie
Team dance etc.
At large committee board selec
tion will be of those youth inter
ested. All out planning will be dedicated
to the efforts of the youth involved.
All interested youth and parents
should contact Austin Greene at the
Wellness Center 553-3243, and the
planning will begin immediately.
Student
earns award
The United States Achievement
Academy announced that Michelle
Manion from Madras, Oregon has
been named a United States Na
tional Award winner in English.
This award is a prestigious honor .
very few students can ever hope to
attain. In fact, the Academy recog
nizes fewer than .10 percent of all
American High School students.
Michelle, who attends Madras
High School, was nominated for die
national award by Steve Hillis, a
teacher at the school.
Michelle will appear in the
United States Achievement Acad
emy official yearbook, which is pub
lished nationally.
"Recognizing and supporting our
youth is more important than ever
before in America's history. Cer
tainly, United States Achievement
Academy winners should be con
gratulated and appreciated for their
dedication to excellence and achieve
ment," said George Stevens, Execu
tive Director of the United States
Achievement Academy.
The Academy selects USAA win
ners upon the exclusive recommen
dation of teachers, coaches, counse
lors, and other qualified sponsors
and upon the Standards of Selection
set forth by the Academy. The crite
ria for selection are a student's aca
demic performance, interest and ap
titude, leadership qualities, respon
sibility", enthusiasm, motivation to
learn and improve, citizenship, atti
tude and cooperative spirit, depend
ability, and recommendation from
a teacher or director.
Michelle is the daughter of Jim
and Donna Manion from Madras. .
The grandparents are Ed and Urbana
Manion of Warm Springs and the
late John and Emma Kathrein of
Madras.
The Warm Springs Health &
Wellness Center held its Open
House, Wednesday April 11, 2001
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The new
building has been open since 1993.
As you walked through the front
doors there were friendly smiling
faces to greet you, asking you to fill
out a survey and for your input you
received a coffee mug with a pin and
a ballpoint pen or two. Therc were
display booths set up throughout
the building from end to end.
According to Sissy Smith, there
were approximately 350 surveys and
coffee mugs given out. But listening
to other community members, they
did not receive a coffee mug by get
ting there to late and also they had
the Early Childhood Education chil
dren visiting. The community was
more involved in this Open J louse
than in the past. The staff was very
encouraged with the open commu
nication and .would like to continue
to build the trust with the clients.
The clinic treats a wide range of
medical conditions. It is the goal of
Warm Springs Wellness Center to
promote and improve the health of
the people and community to the
highest possible level. It is also im
portant to the staff the commitment
of prevention of illness and injury.
'The Health and Wellness Center
is a primary care clinic which has
several services to offer: medical,
dental, optometry, laboratory, phar
macy and radiology. The medical
clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
And from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednes
day. Clinic hours arc from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. on Fridays.
The Medical clinic is staffed by
five (5) Family Practice Physicians,
two (2) nurse practitioners, eight (8)
registered nurses as well as four (4)
nursing assistants.
Appointments
Appointments are encouraged to ,
help staff and reduce patient wait- j
ing time. This will help spread the .
clinic load throughout the day. To
make an appointment, patients
should proceed to the appointment
desk or call 553-1196 and ask for the
appointment clerk. Patient wishing
to make appointments with the den-
tal or optometry should contact
those departments directly by phone
or in person.
Same day appointments are the'
same as walk-ins or immediate
care" and are seen on a first-come,
first-served basis. This also will be
depending on a system of medical
priority. The triage nurse will direct
you to the Immediate Care provider
0r pharmacy or will direct you to
schedule appointment, depending
on your need. Emergencies will have
first priorities.
Special Clinics
The following specialty clinics are
scheduled at the set dates and times
below: s
WIC clinic-each Tue. Wed.,
Thurs., Pod A; 4 .
Prenatal clinic-each Thurs. a.m.,
Pod C
Diabetes clinic-each Tue. a.m.,
Pod C
Well Child clinic-each Thurs.
a.m. Pod A
Senior Citizens clinic-each Fri.
Pod C
ENT-Audiology clinic-each first
Tue. Pod C
Renal clinic-every second Tue.
Pod C
Ultrasound clinic-every Tue a.m.
Pod C
Oral Surgery clinic-monthly, den
tal Orthodontic clinij-monthly,
dental
Diabetes Foot clinic-every 3rd
Controlled
burning
underway
Tue. of month Pod C
Pediatric clinic-Two Thurs. each
month Pod C
Rheumatology clinic-each fourth
Fri Pod C
Cardiology clinic-cvery three
months Pod C
Opthamology clinic-cvery three
months Optometry
Endodontic clinic-monthly den
tal '
Laboratory
Services are provided in hematol
ogy, chemistry, urinalysis, bacteriol
ogy and serology. Many tests arc
performed during the clinic visit so
the provider can have immediate re
sults. Other tests are sent to refer-.
ence laboratories for more extensive
studies. The laboratory is open dur
ing normal clinic hours and remains
staffed over the lunch hour for con
venience to the community.
Medical Imaging
Medical Imaging staff consists of
two technicians and is equipped
with ultrasound and a modern x-ray
unit capable of emergency and rou
tine care. A radiologist is on site once
a week to read x-rays.
Echocardiography services are pro
vided on a scheduled basis.
Dental
The dental staff is made up of
three dentists, a pediatric dentist, a
dental hygicnist and eight dental as
sistants, which offer comprehensive
dental care to patients of all ages.
They also offer several specialists
that come in periodically. To make
an appointment call 553-2462.
Optometry
The eye clinic has one optom
etrist and an optometric assistant.
Services offered include refraction,
fitting, repair and adjustment of eye
wear, diagnosis, treatment and man
agement of various ocular disease,
measurement of visual fields, fundus
photography, evaluation of diabetic
eye disease, and removal of superfi-
cial ocular foreign bodies.' The eye
clinic hours are' from 8 a.m. to 12
noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. To make an
appointment call 553-2474.
Pharmacy
The pharmacy has four clinical
pharmacists and two pharmacy tech
nicians. This department provides
clinical pharmacy services in the
privacy of a counseling room. When
the prescription(s) are ready, the
pharmacist will call the client into a
consultation room where directions
will be given for the proper use, ef
fects and storage of the
medication(s). Other services avail
able include medication reviews and
written information about prescrip
tion drugs.
Patients may obtain prescription
refills from the pharmacy if the phy
sician has authorized them. A refill
hotline is given so they can be pre
pared in advance. Please call 553
2475 one day in advance. Patience
may also request "over the counter"
products without a chart or a visit
to the medical clinic.
Nutrition
. This department consists of "two
nutritionists, both of whom are reg
istered dietitians, and a secretary. It
is also staffed with a part-time regis-,
tered dietitian, who assists with the
WIC program. The nutrition pro
gram is directed toward several
groups including senior citizens, pre
natal patients, children and infants.
It provides consultations to various
community programs such as ECE,
CPS and the Alcohol program. The
program also works closely with the
physicians in developing specializing
diets for individual patients in a re
ferral basis. Patients may also make
appointments without a physician's
referral to discuss nutrition-related
The columns of smoke occasion
ally being seen in the low elevation
pine country are part of a controlled
burn program being conducted by
Fire Management The low-intensity
burns have been started to reduce
fuel loading and thereby reduce the
risk of catastrophic fire.
Fire Management crews are plan
ning to conduct controlled fires near
Quartz Butte, Tenino, North Butte
and south of the county line road.
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Maternal-Child Health
This office is staffed by a MCH
Nurse, one assistant and secretary.
' It -coordinates' prenatal clinics ami
assists with Well-child clinics. It also
provides home-based prenatal care
assistance as well conducting post
partum home visits. They also do
home visits for infants who are re
ferred by physicians or other health
care providers. The car-seat distribu
tors are also handled by this office.
Public Health Nursing
The Public Health Nursing office
is staffed by' four public health
nurses and a secretary. This office is
the center through which the out
reach activities of the clinic are co
ordinated. It is responsible for a va
riety of specialized services. The of
fice makes arrangements for Well
Child Clinic.
The public health have disease
prevention and health promotion as
their main focus and provide health
education and screening, including
family planning services both in the
clinic and in the community. Com
municable disease surveillance,
childhood and adult immunizations
and hospital follow-up are also func
tions, of this office.
'., Diabetes Program
This program is staffed by a pro
gram coordinaor, a nurse educator,."
family nurse practitioner, program
- secretary and a registered dietitian.
The goal of this program is to help
patients and the community learn
about diabetes. Through education
and appropriate treatment, it the t to give prompt and full considcr
hope to reduce the number of people ation to every complaint or griev-
,who develop diabetes and its com
plications. The program offers one-on-one,
family or group education
services.
Education topics are presented at
the Diabetes breakfast which are
held every 2nd and 4,h Tuesday of
each month from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at
for this type of activity because
winds are light, air temperatures are
cool, and the fuels contain a moder
ate amount of moisture.
Under these conditions, experi
enced fire crews can burn potentially
hazardous fuels such as brush, fallen
limbs and annual grasses without
much risk of the fire escaping. The
crews are hoping to avoid the far
greater danger of having to battle a
heavily fueled and wind-dnven wild
fire during the summer, whin the
Photos and story compiled by Tina Aguilar, Spilyay Tymoo -;
the Community Heath Conference
room.
It also participates in low impact
aerobics class at the community cen
ter every Monday and Friday from
8 to 9 a.m. and water aerobics classes
at Kah-Nee-Ta on Wednesdays from
9 to 10 a.m. with transportation.
CHR's are available after classes to
assist patients in checking blood
sugar. The program also schedules
blood sugar at various sites each
month.
Managed Care Program
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs operated this program
formerly known as the Contract
Health program. It is now called the
Managed Care Program because the '
Tribe has built in its efforts to as
sume the quality of care that is pur
chased and to control its cost.
Environmental Health
This program is Tribally run 638
staffed by a sanitarian. It is respon
sible for planning and developing
various environmental health pro
grams on the reservation.
Rights and Responsibilities
Everyone has rights as a patient
as well as responsibilities. Rights and
responsibilities are posted beside the
clinic entrance. The Service Unit
Director or a representative' canf ex
plain them, to anyone with questions
about the Patient's Bill of Rights.
Brochures are available 'throughout
the facility.
Grievance Policy
It is the policy of the Warm
Springs Health and Wellness Center
ance appropriately expressed by a
patient. Every effort will be made
to settle unwritten complaints infor
mally. However, if the patient is not
satisfied at this level, the complaint
should be put in writing and will be
handled by the formal grievance pro
cess. Formal complaints may be sub
threat of catastrophe is much greater.
All of the underburning that is
currently taking place is in the pon
derosa pine plant community, which
.evolved over thousands of years with
frequent fire return intervals. Natu
ral fires in prehistoric times pro
duced open stands of timber with
scattered shrubs and bunchgrasscs.
The controlled burn program,
which reintroduced fire to some fire
dependent plant communities,
started in 1982 The goal this spring
mitted through the Warm Springs
Service Unit Director, the Director
of the Warm Springs Human Service
Department, or the Warm Springs
' Health and Welfare Committee.
Eligibility ' 1,1
. To be eligible for services, one
must provide proof of Indian descent
from a federally recognized Indian
tribe. Non-Indians married to an
eligible Indian, are not eligible for
services except in certain situations
(during pregnancy or with certain
infections diseases) Federal law now
allows health care for dependant
non-Indian children of an eligible
Indian (including foster children).
Treatment of Minors
The following guidelines have
been established for minors:
1. Children under 14 years old
or younger are to accompanied by a
parent, guardian or other respon
sible adult.
2. If it is not possible? for a
parent or guardian to accompany a
child, the parent may contact the ,
clinic to make special arrangements
prior to treatment.
3. Children requiring emer
gency treatment prior to arrival of
parent or guardian will be seen and
treated while efforts are made to lo-'
cate a parent or guardian. In such(
cases the" child will not bfi released
until a responsible adult is available. ,
Telephone Numbers
Warni Springs Health & Wellness i
Center (541) 553-1196 ;
: Toll free long distance (800) 336
7162 . Dental Office 553-2462
Optometry 553-2474
Pharmacy Hotline 553-2475
Public Heath Nurse 553-2450
Diabetes Program 553-2478
Managed Care Program (800) 880
2499 1270 Kot-Num Road
PO Box 1209
Warm Springs, OR 97761
is to burn approximately 1,000 acres.
While reductions in fuel loading
are a primary objective of the pro
gram, there are other benefits to
ponderosa pine plant communities.
Low intensity fire stimulates tree
growth, improves forage conditions
for wildlife and livestock, and helps
control some invasive plant species.
Underburning is expected to con
tinue until fire danger increases.
For more information call the
l ire Manafrcmcnt office at 553 2416.