Intermountain Stories

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Synopsis

Stories bring people together and have the power to heal. We want to share with you the stories that drive our patients and caregivers to live the healthiest lives possible.

Episodes

  • "My surgery started at midnight. I got my new liver." Peter and Jennylyn Hammond

    27/03/2019 Duration: 03min

    When Peter Hammond was in end-stage liver failure and in dire need of a transplant, he was among the first patients in the nation to accept a healthy liver infected with hepatitis C and undergo a high-risk liver transplant. He was later cured of the disease.

  • "I heard wonderful piano music, and my soul was filled." Jerry Harrop and Lowell Harrop

    27/03/2019 Duration: 03min

    Jerry Harrop and Lowell Harrop are brothers who serve as volunteers at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah. For many years, they—along with other pianists—have shared their musical talents playing beautiful music on the grand piano in the four-story hospital lobby, bringing peace and joy to hospital patients and guests.

  • Politics is a sewer…that’s why we need good plumbers

    06/02/2019 Duration: 03min

    Walt Brooks comes from a line of respected educators and historians in the southern Utah city of St. George. When he was young, Walt got into trouble a time or two, and finally his father took him down to the courthouse and told him to pick out another name because he wasn’t worthy of his grandfather’s. Walt shaped up, is currently serving as a Utah State Representative, and is passing along the importance of personal accountability to his daughter, Meli. “What you do in life does affect other people, especially people you care about.”

  • I had a hole in my heart…I worried I’d never race again

    06/02/2019 Duration: 04min

    Exercise physiologist Tiffany Gust’s mantra, “Play big—because you can and because you're worth it,” is reflected in her passion for triathlons and even a full-distance ironman. Then Tiffany had a series of mini-strokes and learned she had a hole in her heart. She was devastated, but came back strong, continuing her commitment to fitness and to inspiring others. Tiffany says to fellow caregiver Christy Lawson, “I know you would like to do a triathlon, and I would love to help you reach that goal.”

  • It's important to recognize the humanity in everybody

    06/02/2019 Duration: 04min

    Surgeon Shane Lewis, MD, finds that listening to patients and learning more about who they are makes his work more effective and more satisfying. He and his wife, Dixie, share memories of one surgery patient, an 80-year-old Vietnam vet, who was worried about his wife at home alone. Dr. Lewis and other clinicians personally checked on his wife and made sure she had what she needed, which helped the patient have a better outcome. “If we operate from a space of empathy, I think we give far better care.” 

  • Every one of these babies I've taken care of is a legacy

    06/02/2019 Duration: 02min

    Neonatologist Erick Ridout, MD, has helped care for hundreds of preemies needing critical care. His work with other clinicians and caregivers to reduce “POKES” (reducing needle draws in preemies) has significantly improved care and outcomes, while saving millions of dollars. He shares his published POKE research with clinicians across the country. Here, Dr. Ridout reminisces with his own daughter, Marissa, about the babies that are “the reason for the passion, and for the work, and for the sacrifice it takes to do something really impactful.”

  • When you have a terminally ill child, every day becomes a gift

    06/02/2019 Duration: 03min

    Auni, Caitlin and Dallin Naulu's first baby, was diagnosed with a terminal illness—spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Over the next 14 months before Auni passed away, Primary Children’s Hospital clinicians and caregivers, the Naulu’s, and extended family and friends helped Auni live the best life she could. She brought joy and sunshine to all. Since Auni’s passing, Caitlin, a special education teacher, and Dallin have become strong advocates for families and children with SMA. “Every day they're here with you is a day to just be enjoyed and celebrated.”

  • Back in those days, we had one operating room

    06/02/2019 Duration: 03min

    Over several decades serving as family medicine doctors, Drs. Steven Van Norman and Craig Booth have seen St. George, Utah, grow from a sleepy town with a small hospital to one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the nation with world-class health services. “I do miss the small hospital,” says Dr. Booth, “We’d go in on Tuesdays to do surgery, and there would be a beautiful lemon-cream pie waiting for us.

  • My right leg was almost completely torn off

    06/02/2019 Duration: 04min

    Hiking in the Utah mountains, Casey Hunter slipped and fell down a steep snowy incline and boulder patch. With his leg hanging and patched together with a make-shift tourniquet, he crawled up the mountain, found the cell phone he had dropped in the fall, and called his wife, Amy. A Life Flight hoist team rescued him from the slope. In spite of multiple surgeries and an amputation, Casey says his life is better as a result of the experience. “I've been through a lot, a lot, and I don't feel there's anything I can't overcome. I feel like it's made me a better person. I wouldn't change what happened to me for anything.”

  • You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only thing you have left

    06/02/2019 Duration: 03min

    Four years and seven brain surgeries after a traumatic ATV accident, Britton Shipp is walking, driving, working, and inspiring others. Sommer remembers the key milestone for her, “I just couldn't wait to hear the words, ‘I love you mom,’ again.”

  • We were working in the fields, and I remember wanting education, college

    06/02/2019 Duration: 04min

    Alberto Vasquez—10 of 15 children—spent much of his youth working in the farm fields of Idaho and Oregon. His dream and plan for a better future was a college education. Today, with a master’s degree and decades of healthcare leadership experience, Alberto serves not only as a hospital administrator, but as a martial-arts teacher and mentor to pay it forward and inspire kids in his community.

  • That guy in the crowd was moving a machine gun to shoot me down.

    06/02/2019 Duration: 03min

    Adam Ellington knew as a child that he wanted to serve as a medic in the military, and he joined the Army at age 17. Today, Adam is a major with the U.S. Army Reserves 807th Medical Command Deployment Support, and also works full-time as a hospital quality and safety manager. Here, Adam talks with colleague Joel Thomas about his passion for his work as a medic and his service as a pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • What Anyone Would Do

    14/01/2019 Duration: 04min

    While driving home from her job at Riverton Hospital just after midnight in March 2018, Stephanie Dickey saw a car burning on the side of the road. She stopped and helped pull the driver out of the car, amid the flames. Here, she talks with her sister, Kiirsten Meng, about that night. "I don't consider myself a hero. I just did what you should do."

  • The Gift of Caring

    14/01/2019 Duration: 03min

    Stein Rosqvist, a Life Flight nurse medic, was the lone survivor of a Life Flight crash on January 10, 2003. At that time, Michele worked at LDS Hospital in the emergency room, and was on duty when Stein was brought into the ER. Stein began walking again 7 months after the accident. Today, Michele is a critical care nurse at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah.

  • Street Smarts Driving Passion for Better Patient Care

    14/01/2019 Duration: 03min

    Sean Talley reflects with fellow caregiver Brandy Lee on the intensity and rewards of serving as Shock-Trauma ICU manager at Intermountain medical Center in Murray, Utah. "Because I grew up in a rough part of Las Vegas, I can spot dangerous situations, and...I'm one of those guys that is only really happy when I feel like I'm helping someone."

  • The Gift of Gratitude and Nursing

    14/01/2019 Duration: 03min

    Michelle Evans and Shannon Tripp, mother and daughter, found very different paths to the nursing careers they love. "Through everything, through the very rock bottom, you can still find gratitude and hope." Michelle and Shannon are both caregivers at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

  • When a Game is No Longer a Game

    14/01/2019 Duration: 04min

    Mike Bleak has served as commissioner in Iron County, Utah, since 2016. He previously worked in public safety for more than two decades, most recently as a detective with the Cedar City Police Department. Here, Mike and his wife Amy talk about “the choking game,” a topic Mike is passionate about preventing and speaks about close to home and across the United States, as well as in Europe and South America. Mike is also open and candid about experiencing post-traumatic stress from his career in law enforcement.

  • Breaking the Ice With a Song

    14/01/2019 Duration: 04min

    Pediatrician Marty Nygaard, MD, and his wife, Louise live near St. George, Utah. Dr. Nygaard’s original songs have been making patients, doctors, and caregivers smile for more than two decades. "One thing that's amazing about you is that you can talk about serious spiritual things, and then end with a silly song."

  • Leading with Intent

    14/01/2019 Duration: 03min

    Marc Harrison, MD, Intermountain's president and CEO, and Katy Welkie, administrator at Primary Children's Hospital, first worked together at Primary Children's Hospital in the 1990s, when Dr. Harrison was completing an pediatric intensive care fellowship and Katy worked as a nursing director. The two shared - and continue to share - a passion for people, healing, and improving healthcare. "If the world is going to be cruel at times, I want to be part of something that tries to be the counterbalance to that."

  • Family Caregivers for Alzheimer's Disease - There is Help

    14/01/2019 Duration: 03min

    I think at some point in time, caregivers have to come to the reality that this is an awful disease, and at this point in time, you can't cure it. You can't get back who they were, and so you have to change your paradigm to you are a professional caregiver of somebody that needs the care, in my case, rather than I'm the daughter-in-law of this wonderful man that used to be a boss of so many things, and now I'm having to be the boss of him, which was so uncomfortable.

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