Times Union: SEEN — St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation Catherine McAuley Reception

In recognition of EMS Week, St. Peter’s Health Partners would like to honor EMS providers with a gourmet dinner and a free educational seminar designed specifically for providers in the field. The seminar, titled “2019 Updates on Marijuana Use, Mental Status and Stroke” and dinner will be held: Monday, May 13 at 6 pm  Albany Room, Albany Country Club  300 Wormer Road, Voorheesville, NY Presentation topics include: EMS Protocol Updates Marijuana: Emerging Topics in Use and Abuse Picking Apart Altered Mental Status Stroke: An Update on Current Treatment Presentations will be followed by a question and answer session. Attendees can receive 2.0 Contact Hours of Continuing Education Through REMO. This program is open to all emergency medical personnel. Registration is required by May 9. Please call (518) 525-2227 to register.

The Times Union published a story on a new treatment for chronic reflux, now being offered at St. Peter’s Hospital. The LINX device helps control GERD, and was approved by the FDA in 2011.

Multiple groundbreaking therapies to treat the sickest COVID-positive patients in the Capital Region are being employed at St. Peter’s Health Partners’ (SPHP) acute care hospitals in Albany and Troy. They include the antiviral drug remdesivir; IL-6 inhibitor drugs; macrophage inhibitors; and convalescent blood plasma therapy.