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  • Power shutoff threat could disrupt some outpatient services at CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood

    LAKEWOOD, Colo. — CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood is preparing for potential public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) that could affect hundreds of patients.

    On Tuesday, hospital president Kevin Cullinan showed Denver7 the massive generators that would keep the emergency room and core hospital services up and running during a power outage.

    However, Cullinan said these backup systems will not supply power to the outpatient clinics. These are the locations where most CommonSpirit patients receive care for routine or specialized medical needs.

    “I think some people are assuming that just because the hospital has a generator, that everything here is going to be fine,” he said. “That’s not the case.”

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    In a back room at St. Anthony Hospital, Denver7 got to see the two generators that would keep the emergency room and core hospital services up and running in the case of a power outage.

    The generators won’t power the clinics that offer services such as physical therapy, primary care, and even radiation treatments.

    Cullinan explained that hundreds of patients would have their appointments canceled if Xcel Energy triggers the PSPS in this part of Jefferson County.

    “We’ll get them rescheduled as soon as we possibly can. But the impact will be dramatic,” he said.

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    Denver7’s Claire Lavezzorio speaking with President of St. Anthony Hospital Kevin Cullinan.

    Xcel Energy’s latest update indicates that 50,000 customers in Boulder, Clear Creek, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld counties are likely to be affected by potential shutoffs.

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    Despite significant disruption to patient care, Cullinan expressed support for the utility company’s safety measures, saying his staff will do their best to reschedule and support patients.

    “If they believe that the risk is high enough, that this is the right thing to do, then we’re going to try and be good community partners…,” he said.

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  • The Rapid Response Unit, RED DOT, Is Made Up of Temporary Nursing Staff That Respond to Incidents Due to Natural Disasters, FEMA Preparations, and Other Emergencies

    The Rapid Response Unit, RED DOT, Is Made Up of Temporary Nursing Staff That Respond to Incidents Due to Natural Disasters, FEMA Preparations, and Other Emergencies

    RED DOT nursing teams arrive within a rapid response time to augment a facility’s existing healthcare staff and assist in caring for patients until the emergency is clear and the crisis is over.

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    updated: Aug 18, 2021


    LAS VEGAS, August 18, 2021 (Newswire.com)
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    SpectrumACS, the company specializing in medical services for correctional facilities and state and county institutions, provides healthcare solutions in the form of temporary nursing staff, specialty physicians, digital radiology, and their unique rapid response unit. RED DOT, the emergency response team named from an incident where designated medical staff were identified by a red dot on their ID badge and locked down until the emergency cleared, is made up of Temporary Nurses that respond to incidents due to natural disasters, FEMA preparations, and other emergencies.

    Today viruses and civil unrest are posing a unique threat to correctional and secured facilities, forcing lock-downs for the safety of staff and inmates. But something that can never be compromised no matter the emergency is an institution’s ongoing medical care. Barry Goldstein, President of SpectrumACS notes, “Our staff are truly on the front lines in every state and facility we serve. The pandemic and civil unrest has changed and increased demand in a number of ways which has given us the opportunity to dispatch teams like RED DOT to respond to any emergency.”

    Led by SpectrumACS, a healthcare organization with more than 30 years of experience in this space, the highly specialized RED DOT team provides temporary relief nurses to psychiatric hospitals, correctional institutions, and Public Health Facilities. A RED DOT team arrives within a rapid response time and augments the facility’s existing healthcare staff to assist in caring for patients. SpectrumACS’s experienced Nurses stay inside the institution until the emergency is clear and the crisis is over. 

    By providing response teams nationwide, including travel nurses to vaccination clinics, SpectrumACS has been managing provider pools of more than 100 nurses in Colorado alone. Willette Stringer, Staffing Manager for SpectrumACS, says she’s grateful for the work that their nurses have been doing to assist Colorado with the vaccine administration. “They all take pride in the fact that they are making a difference in the fight against COVID-19 and other variants by helping to put an end to the pandemic,” Stringer says.

    About Spectrum ACS

    Under American Correctional Solutions, Inc, SpectrumACS was launched in 2013 with a singular focus on nurse staffing and registry services. Led by a team with decades of experience in healthcare staffing and recruiting, SpectrumACS provides nursing services to vaccination clinics, mental health hospitals, correctional facilities, medical centers, and Public Health Departments across the country, with operations overseen by their corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada. American Correctional Solutions, Inc. has supplied specialty medical services and staffing to county jails, and state and federal prisons for more than three decades.

    Source: SpectrumACS

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