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Ankle sprains and broken bones from playground injuries are a couple of the most common reasons children end up in the ER. This April as #PlaygroundSafetyWeek approaches, learn more about playground safety tips with Dr. Gartzman.
In honor of National #PoliceWeek and #EMSWeek this May, Victoria ER is opening our snack bar to all on duty law enforcement and emergency service providers. Come grab a coffee or snack, day or night
Many of our local families were out and about this weekend, taking part in the Easter Eggstravaganza, organized by Townsquare Media and The Plug Magazine and presented by Victoria ER. This event was a blast, and we here at Victoria ER are so happy to have been a part of it. For anyone who couldn’t make it out, we have a recap of the event, so everyone can get a taste for what Easter fun we’ll have next year.
At this Saturday’s Eggstravaganza, Victoria ER had a booth where we handed out prizes to children who found our special eggs during the 3 Easter Egg Hunts. Our eggs gave kids a chance to get prizes from our booth, as well as learn some great tips to help them stay healthy this spring.
Egg hunting wasn’t the only activity, though. Potato-sack racing, a hula-hoop contest, and live animals were all there! Between the many family-friendly activities and the delicious food trucks, it’s no wonder we had so many excited families with us this weekend.
Last year, Victoria ER hosted a community Easter Egg hunt as well, and we’re proud to have hosted our second one in 2018. This Easter, we hid over 2000 eggs, 180 of them being Victoria ER prize eggs. We also had special guests from PAW Patrols, Minnie Mouse, the Easter Bunny, Andy Armadillo from Texas Roadhouse, and real chicks and bunnies from Northside Ranch Pet & Garden Center. Some of our community members had this to say about Eggstravaganza—
“My grandchildren had a wonderful time at the Easter Egg Hunt. Thank you, Victoria ER, for sponsoring this event for our community!” – Rosie Hernandez
“The multiple activities at this event allowed both of my kids to have a great time. My eight-year old’s favorite part was not the eggs, but actually being able to pet real bunnies!” – Kelly Torrance
Victoria ER is your community emergency room, and we are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help your family with all of your emergency health needs. We want every member of our community to remember that we’re here to support you with our extensive clinical services and our passion for family wellness. Spending Easter with so many members of the Victoria community was wonderful, and we hope to see more families at our future events.
Nutex Health, Inc. supports you and your family’s health. Come visit Victoria ER or any one of our concierge-level freestanding facilities for the emergency care you deserve, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
March 30th is National Doctor’s Day, and Victoria ER wants to shine the spotlight on one of our amazing physicians. Dr. Joseph Hathorn is an emergency physician at Victoria ER and has been practicing emergency medicine in Texas for over 15 years.
To learn more about Dr. Hathorn and his experience, we were able to ask him some questions about why working at an emergency facility like Victoria ER is so special.
“I generally start the day by checking the patient log from the previous day. These are patients that I will need to do call backs on for that day. We call back all of our patients to follow-up with them and see how they are doing. I generally start calling patients from the previous day during the late morning or early afternoon hours.
“After checking the patient log, I will eat breakfast and mentally prepare myself for the shift. Throughout the day, when there is down time, I will generally catch up on anything that I wasn’t able to take care of on the previous day.”
“I enjoy the early morning and late shifts the most, as strange as that might sound. Those are quieter times of day, when I can catch up on my patient files and make sure we’re ready for the rest of the day and night. It is relaxing!”
“I knew in high school. I had a Physics teacher during my junior year, who told me to consider medicine as a career. Having that kind of encouragement had an effect on me, and early on gave me some direction. I found my passion for it in medical school when I got to connect with patients and start to really practice medicine, instead of just studying it.”
“Our goal is to make the ER more accessible for patients, and to focus on giving them the treatment they deserve. The idea is to place the highest value on their time by getting them treated quickly, and value them as individuals by giving them respect and dignity. Patients generally don’t get this in the hospital environment because of the overcrowding and sometimes inadequate resources.”
“Medicine has made me appreciate things that most people may take for granted. This may be because of what I have seen over my almost 18 years of ER practice. The little day-to-day mishaps that may be trivial for some are having a bigger impact on others as I continue practicing emergency medicine. The importance of healthy living and taking care of yourself has become clear to me as a must for balance and success in life.”
Victoria ER is proud to have Dr. Hathorn practicing on our medical team. This National Doctor’s Day we appreciate and honor all that he does at our facility.
Dr Hathorn obtained his medical degree from the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. He completed his Emergency Medicine Residency from the King Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. Dr Hathorn has been in Emergency Medicine clinical practice for the past 17 years.
Dr Hathorn is Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He currently resides in Houston, TX. His wife is a Board Certified Ob-Gyn practicing in Houston, TX. They both have 2 children, ages 4 and 7.
Nutex Health, Inc. supports you and your family’s health. Come visit Victoria ER or any one of our concierge-level freestanding facilities for the emergency care you deserve, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
This week is Brain Awareness Week, and we wanted to share one of Victoria ER’s favorite Mind Diet recipes to celebrate. The Mind Diet is a series of guidelines for your family’s diet that promote brain health and help to prevent conditions like Alzheimer’s later in life. Incorporating some of these techniques into your meal prep can do wonders to improve your brain’s health.
This recipe comes just in time for the spring crawfish season. Following in the footsteps of famous Cajun chefs like Susan Spicer, Emeril Lagasse, and Leah Chase, Gumbo Z’herbes is a great way to celebrate this Gulf Coast tradition, with significantly less sodium and fat than other kinds of gumbos. By using vegetable stock and turnips, you can get the same hearty taste, but with all the vitamins your brain could ask for! You can even add in some sautéed mushrooms if you feel adventurous.
Bring this great twist on a creole classic to your next crawfish boil to help promote brain health with all your family and friends.
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients:
Seasoning mix:
Heat oil in a large, heavy pot over medium heat until almost smoking. Carefully whisk in the flour to make your roux and continue stirring until the roux has a caramel color.
Add the onions, bell peppers, celery, turnips and garlic. Stir to coat vegetables with the roux, about 5 minutes. Stir in ½ of the seasoning mix and add the stock. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, bring to a boil then reduce the heat to low and let it simmer. Cover and cook for about one hour, or longer if you want the flavors to have more time to come together.
Add the turnip greens, spinach, and scallions and cook for about 10 – 15 minutes until wilted. Add more of the seasoning mix to suit your taste and preferred spice level.
Serve over brown rice, with a few splashes of hot sauce, if you want an extra kick.
This blog post was written by Maggie Berardo, Content Writer at Nutex Health. Maggie has a passion for food writing and is excited to share some of her recipes with our facility.
Nutex Health, Inc. supports you and your family’s health. Come visit Victoria Emergency Room or any one of our concierge-level freestanding facilities for the emergency care you deserve, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Watch this video to hear from some of our real patients about their experienced at Victoria ER. We value all of our patients!
Know what symptoms to watch out for this flu season. Victoria ER has made a video to help you and your family stay healthy and know what to look for when it comes to the flu.
This weekend, we here at Victoria ER were overjoyed to be a part of not one, but two Victoria community events! Between the Citizens Medical Center Run Against Cancer and the Victoria Livestock Show, we had a Saturday packed full of exciting parade floats and inspiring runners. We want to share what makes Victoria so special, so here is a look back at some of the highlights from this weekend’s events.
This month is National Cancer Prevention Month, and to help fight against this disease, Victoria ER was a proud sponsor of the 2nd Annual Citizen’s Run Against Cancer. This fundraising event consisted of a half-marathon and 5K in downtown Victoria, where runners showed up in droves to raise funds for local cancer-patients in need. Victoria ER was more than just a sponsor, though. Some of our own facility employees took part in the run!
Victoria Livestock ShowOn the very same day as the Citizen’s Run Against Cancer, the Victoria Livestock Show kicked off its annual parade. This event was another great one to take part in, because it gave Victoria ER the chance to see our community come together for fun and local pride. We got to see beautiful floats made by local organizations, including this year’s Miss Victoria float and the Hermann Sons Life float.
Victoria ER was happy to take part with our very own ER car featured in the parade.
Victoria is a truly unique town, and there is nothing more rewarding than being a part of our close-knit community. Getting to participate in local fundraisers and parades makes Victoria ER more than just a concierge-level medical facility. We’re your neighbors, always ready to lend a helping hand when you’re in need.
Nutex Health, Inc supports you and your family’s health. You can depend on Victoria Emergency Room or any one of our concierge-level, freestanding emergency facilities to deliver the emergency care you deserve, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Our hearts might all be fluttering this Valentine’s Day, but February is also American Heart Month. At Victoria ER, we want to make sure that the only reason your heart skips a beat is because your sweetheart has given you the best Valentine’s gift ever. Heart disease should never play a part.
This year, the CDC Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, in conjuncture with Million Hearts, is focusing American Heart Month on younger adults. National trends are showing that heart disease death rates are declining more slowly than they have in past years. This means that heart disease related deaths in adults age 35-64 are not going down as much as they should. More adults are dying from heart disease, compared to past years and statistics.
What can we do to prevent heart disease, then? How can we all work to keep our hearts in top condition?
First, it is always important to stay physically active. We hear it all the time, how much working out does for our bodies. But let’s take a closer look.
Our hearts need good fuel, and to maintain good heart health, we have to make sure we eat the right foods. Avoid high sodium and trans fats to help you maintain your cholesterol. Then look for foods that promote good heart health such as:
All of these ingredients can help to promote heart health and incorporating more of them into your diets can be a tasty way to stay healthy.
No, we don’t mean stop binge-watching Netflix original series on the weekends. The kinds of bad habits that affect your heart are habits like smoking and heavy drinking.
Smoking cigarettes or other tobacco products can affect nearly every organ in your body including the heart. Quitting smoking for good can add years of health back to your heart. The same goes for heavy drinking. Both of these unhealthy habits can be difficult to quit on your own, so Victoria ER recommends calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) if you or your loved one needs help and support to quit these addictive habits.
Our emergency room is open 24/7 and always available for observation care if you go into a medical emergency while you are getting clean.
These three steps might seem basic, but these everyday health habits can have major affects on your heart. Stay healthy this month by making a few healthier diet choices throughout the year while you’re at it. If you combine that with some regular exercise, your heart will be thanking you for the rest of your life!
Nutex Health, Inc supports you and your family’s health. You can depend on Victoria Emergency Room or any one of our concierge-level, freestanding emergency facilities to deliver the emergency care you deserve, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.