Even Minutes Matter It’s important for the NICU to collaborate with the High-Risk Obstetrics program to determine the right moment to deliver the baby. “We know that the interval between 25 and 28 weeks is crucially important for these small babies,” Dr. Mari says. “For each week that we can keep the baby in [...]
Home to the High-Risk Obstetrics Program, multiple births are not uncommon at Regional Medical Center. But quadruplets? That's a little more rare. In the last two years, staff at Regional Medical Center has delivered one set of quadruplets, compared to five triplets and 150 twins. Erica Moering was surprised when she learned she was [...]
Participants visiting Regional One Health, part of the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) meeting. Regional One Health recently hosted a group of visiting health professionals from hospitals across the country as part of a Vermont Oxford Network (VON) meeting in Memphis. Regional Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is an active member [...]
Shelmonie and baby Chase were the first to use the new transition room at Regional Medical Center. The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Regional Medical Center is a home away from home for some of this community's tiniest new citizens. For days, weeks and sometimes months, parents wait with anticipation for the [...]
Regional One Health employees attending March of Dimes event. Regional One Health is a strong supporter of the March of Dimes. The staff at Regional Medical Center, particularly in the neonatal intensive care unit, know first hand the value of March of Dimes' efforts to help moms have healthier babies. The March [...]
How the High-Risk Obstetrics Program at Regional One Health Delivered Two Miracles Do you believe in miracles? BJ and Mark Mazurkiewicz of Corinth, Mississippi certainly do. After a long struggle with infertility issues, the couple received the first of several miracles when they learned they were going to be the parents of not just [...]
Having a newborn hospitalized due to premature birth or medical issues can be frightening and overwhelming for parents. The March of Dimes’ NICU Family Support Program at Regional Medical Center has been easing that fear and anxiety for 10 years. This successful partnership was celebrated at the Night of Purple, held on November 21. [...]
Kelley Smith, Nurse Manager in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Regional Medical Center, was profiled in the May 2014 issue of Memphis Medical News. The publication typically profiles a physician each month but is spotlighting a nurse this month in honor of Nurse's Week. Click here to read the full article in Memphis Medical [...]
Starr is one of the tiniest patients to be born in Regional One Health's NICU at 14 ounces. One of the tiniest babies ever born at Regional One Health is truly a star of the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Starr Farris weighed an astonishing 14 ounces, or roughly the weight [...]
Mark and BJ were overjoyed when they learned they were having twins, who were delivered in the High-Risk Obstetrics Program at Regional One Health. Do you believe in miracles? BJ and Mark Mazurkiewicz of Corinth, Mississippi, certainly do. After a long struggle with infertility issues, the couple received the first of several [...]