Health

Free sport physicals will be offered at the Veterans Memorial Hospital Clinic-Waukon for all junior high and high school students who need the physical for participating in school sporting events. These will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon Clinic on the following dates and times:

• Wednesday, July 12: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, July 19: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
 
These clinics will include all necessary documentation, including a concussion screening, for participation in all school activities.  Physicals are scheduled in one-hour segments. The clinic staff will not be administering vaccines during this time. If vaccinations are needed for students, be sure to call the clinic at 563-568-5530 to schedule an appointment.

The Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, June 15, at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at VMH in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital. Dr. Kristina Thompson, VMH Podiatrist (foot doctor) will be back to review healthy foot care and appropriate summer footwear as well as the importance of keeping  feet healthy for maintaining independence.

This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or who has a friend or loved one who has diabetes.  For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, call  Angie Mettille, RN, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon at 563-568-3411.
 

Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH), together with Helping Services of Northeast Iowa, will begin offering the ‘Baby and Me: The Basics’ class Tuesday evening, July 11 from 5-8 p.m. in the hospital’s Large Conference Room.

Helping Services’ Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians Barb Fjelstul and Rachel Weber will teach the basics of how to correctly secure children in their car seat and getting the seat secured in the vehicle. Fjelstul, also a breast-feeding educator, will guide participants through the challenges and rewards of breast-feeding and provide techniques to ensure baby is getting the most benefit from nursing.

Rachel Stone, RN is a labor and delivery nurse and will give expecting mothers education on breathing techniques and coping with pain during labor.

Memorials were recently received by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation in memory of  Connie Mettille by Brandon Bohlen, Denise Becker, Sandra Bresnahan, Jeff and Pam Christianson, Marilyn Clark, Wayne and Tammy Cooper, Mary Cunningham, Richard and Bettina Dibert, Gordon and Louise Ellingson, James and Deborah Frick, David and Angela Gibbs, Leo Hawes, Gary and Tony Kolsrud, Mark and Marcia Kruse, Dale and Sue Lansing, Lyle and Cindy Leikvold, Joann Larson, Dave and Laurie Martin, Dave and Renee Martin, Robert and Jeanine Mathis, Russ and Mary Jo Meyer, Maury Mooney, Brad and Erin Berns, Elizabeth Regan, Rusty Berger Masonry, Inc, Joshua and Cindy Staggemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. James Thies, Linda Thompson, Betty Troendle, Chuck and Lois Votsmier, Dave and Penny Wheeler, Leola Wettstein, Ron and Kim Winters and Mary Ann Hager.

The Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation’s 30th annual Three Person Best-Shot Golf Tournament will be held Monday, June 19 at the Waukon Golf and Country Club beginning with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m.

Thanks to Wade Bucknell, Andy Moore and Caitlin Mahoney, agents of Farm Bureau Financial Services, Waukon, the first person hitting a hole-in-one during the first round at the tournament will be awarded a new Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Also, thanks to Waukon Implement, anyone hitting a hole-in-one during the second round at the tournament will be awarded a new John Deere riding lawn mower.  As always, many other gifts and prizes will be awarded to all the golfers participating.

Teams of three will play 18 holes of golf. Breakfast rolls, lunch and dinner and prizes for everyone are all provided for the donation of just $75. All those interested are asked to pre-register their team by calling the Waukon Golf and Country Club at 563-568-9939.

Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Community and Home Care Allamakee Public Health has scheduled monthly free blood pressure check clinics all around Allamakee County, beginning in June. Nurses from Allamakee County Public Health will be on-site to take a blood pressure reading. Blood pressure results will be recorded on a log card given to all visitors to bring back each month so their next results can be logged.

A monthly schedule has been established for these free blood pressure clinics which are being held at all city libraries in Allamakee County on the following recurring days:

- Lansing: 1st Monday of the month, 9:45-11:45 a.m.
- Postville: 3rd Monday of the month, 9-11 a.m.
- Harpers Ferry: 3rd Wednesday of the month      9-11 a.m.
- New Albin: 4th Monday of the month, 2-4 p.m.
- Waterville: 2nd Tuesday of the month, 2-4 p.m.
- Waukon: 4th Monday of the month, 10 a.m. to Noon

Free sport physicals will be offered at the Veterans Memorial Hospital Clinic-Waukon for all junior high and high school students who need the physical for participating in school sporting events. These will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon Clinic on the following dates and times:

• Wednesday, July 12: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, July 19: 5:30-8:30 p.m.

These clinics will include all necessary documentation, including a concussion screening, for participation in all school activities.  Physicals are scheduled in one-hour segments. The clinic staff will not be administering vaccines during this time. If those are needed for students, be sure to call the clinic at 563-568-5530 to schedule an appointment.

Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH), together with Helping Services of Northeast Iowa, will begin offering the ‘Baby and Me: The Basics’ class Tuesday evening, July 11 from 5-8 p.m. in the hospital’s Large Conference Room.

Helping Services’ Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians, Barb Fjelstul and Rachel Weber, will teach the basics of how to correctly secure children in their car seat and getting the seat secured in the vehicle. Fjelstul, also a breast-feeding educator, will guide participants through the challenges and rewards of breast-feeding and provide techniques to ensure baby is getting the most benefit from nursing.

Rachel Stone, RN, is a labor and delivery nurse and will give expecting mothers education on breathing techniques and coping with pain during labor.

by Sheryl Darling Mooney, RN, Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care Public Health Supervisor

It’s great to get out and enjoy the outdoors here in Allamakee and Clayton counties, but remember to be vigilant about checking yourself and others with you for ticks. Examine your skin as best you can and use a hand held mirror if available. Fine toothed combs can also be used in helping to check your scalp. “I’d Like to Check You for Ticks”, isn’t just the catchy title to a country song, but a good idea to have someone else check the areas you can’t easily see.

There are ways to help decrease the likelihood of a tick bite or attachment:

The Veterans Memorial Hospital Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, June 15 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference Room, on the lower level of the hospital.

This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or who has a friend or loved one with diabetes.  For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, call  Angie Mettille, RN, at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.