| Teddy Bear Clinic Prepares Children for the Great Outdoors
Who: Parkview Medical Center and numerous community sponsors and partners
What: Hosting 9th Annual “Teddy Bear Clinic”
Where: Dillard’s Courtyard and parking lot, Pueblo Mall, 3429 Dillon Drive
When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, August 7, 2010
PUEBLO, Colo. (July 19, 2010)--- Parkview Medical Center is proud to host the 9th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic on Saturday, August 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pueblo Mall. Each year, the focus of the Teddy Bear Clinic is to create awareness about injury prevention and to help parents improve children’s health and safety. This year the Teddy Bear Clinic will be themed “The Great Outdoors” and focus on precautions for outdoor activities. Parkview together with this year’s sponsors: Kiwanis Club of Pueblo; Crime Stoppers of Pueblo; Pueblo Community Health Center; Comcast Spotlight; Pueblo Alliance for Healthy Teens; and Sam’s Club are proud to present southern Colorado’s largest free injury prevention and safety fair.
Injury is the number one cause of death and disability among children in the United States. According to the World Health Organization, everyday around the world, more than 2,000 children die as a result of accidents that could have been prevented. Once a child reaches the age of five, unintentional injuries are the biggest threat to their survival.
“Parkview Medical Center created the Teddy Bear Clinic as a proactive, yet entertaining way to educate children and their families on how to protect themselves against injury,” explained Jana Ortiz-Misiaszek, Parkview Health Initiatives Coordinator. “This event was designed to fill the health and safety informational needs of our community.”
Children are encouraged to bring a teddy bear or other “injured” stuffed animal to the event. Then, the “patient” (stuffed animal) will undergo a triage evaluation by a team of emergency room professionals. Children will learn about the most commonly seen injuries and their treatment. Following the “discharge” of their animal from the “triage” area, kids will make their way through Dillard’s Courtyard and hallway in the Pueblo Mall, visiting the health and safety-related exhibits that will focus on outdoor activities. While visiting the numerous community safety advocates in the mall, attendees will have a chance to meet a Nickelodeon favorite, Dora the Explorer, presented by Comcast Spotlight.
Families are also encouraged to head outside to the Dillard’s parking lot for the bike rodeo. Children attending the Teddy Bear Clinic will receive a complementary bike helmet provided by funding from Kiwanis of Pueblo and Pueblo Crime Stoppers. Also located in the mall parking lot, Drive Smart Pueblo will have a free, drive-up car seat safety check-point.
“We invite everyone to attend the free, 9th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic and hope families will have a great day while learning to stay safe and healthy!” Ortiz-Misiaszek said.
Parkview Medical Center’s
9th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic
Community Partners
- American Red Cross
- Catholic Charities
- Children First
- Comcast Spotlight
- CSU-Extension
- Dillard’s
- Drive Smart Pueblo
- NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Pueblo Alliance for Healthy Teens
- Pueblo Boys and Girls Club
- Pueblo City-County Health Department
- Pueblo Community Health Center
- Pueblo Crime Stoppers
- Pueblo Fire Department
- Pueblo Mall
- Pueblo Police Department
- Rocky Mountain Eye Center
- Young at Heart Dentistry for Kids
- YMCA
Parkview Medical Center Departments participating in
9th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic Kidsville® Pediatric Unit
Emergency Services
Health Initiatives
Respiratory
Behavioral Health
For more information about Parkview’s Teddy Bear Clinic, please call Parkview Health Initiatives at (719) 584-4760.
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Founded in 1923, Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, Colorado, offers general acute healthcare and behavioral health specialty services. As a private, non-profit organization, Parkview is licensed for 350 beds and provides a full range of healthcare services including the region’s only certified and verified Level II Trauma Center as well as the region’s first certified Stroke Center. Parkview Medical Center is the leader in cardiac, women’s, emergency, and neurological services as well as behavioral health programs. As a vital healthcare source, Parkview’s service area includes Pueblo County and 14 surrounding counties, which together represent 350,000 total lives.
Parkview Medical Center is the largest non-government, nonprofit, private sector employer in Pueblo County with nearly 2,300 employees and provides a skilled medical staff of over 300 physicians. The impact of our workforce triggers a strong impact on the community as Parkview’s annual payroll contributes $84.5 million to the economy.
For more details, please visit www.parkviewmc.org.
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