Check out the Take Back Your Meds PSA on KIRO 97.3. Jim Williams, executive director of Washington Poison Center speaks to KIRO radio on the Take Back Your Meds program. The program, proposed as Senate bill 5234, would require the pharmacy industry to devise a plan to safely dispose of drugs, keeping prescription pills out […]
The Seattle Times published an opinion piece about the Take Back Your Meds program written by supporter Jim Williams, Executive Director of the Washington Poison Center. Williams believes a comprehensive, statewide system is needed to ensure that all Washington residents have easy access to a place to take their unused drugs. To read the full […]
Retired astronaut Dr. Bonnie Dunbar traveled to the Tri-Cities on February 16 to outline the efforts of Seattle’s Museum of Flight to bring one of NASA’s three retiring space shuttles to Washington state. In addition to interviewing with KNDU/KNDO-TV, KVEW/KAPP-TV, and KONA Radio, Dunbar had a chance to speak to the Pasco-Kennewick Rotary club. She […]
The Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ) recently featured Overlake Hospital Medical Center in an article about “culinary surprises” in the Puget Sound. The PSBJ recognized Overlake for its “seasons dining” in-room service, in which they give their patients “the best,” according to Chris Linaman, executive chef. To read the full story, click here.
KOMO Radio’s Ian Sterling experienced first-hand the life-saving capabilities of local paramedics when he rode along in a Medic One ambulance on Tuesday. The ambulance responded to a few calls and Sterling had the chance to interview paramedic-in-training Justin Clouse, who said the rigorous paramedic training, offered largely in part because of the funds the […]
Enterprise Washington has received the STAR Award from the national business organization BIPAC for its efforts in engaging employees and voters in the public policy and elections processes in Washington state. The award recognizes Enterprise Washington for outstanding integration of grassroots programming in its statewide election efforts. “We are extremely proud of G.R.O.W., the grassroots […]
Listen to the Museum of Flight’s new PSA! It features the voice of Patti Payne, and Lee Keller’s son Jacob!
The Seattle Times recently published an editorial encouraging the public to continue to support the Medic One Foundation. The public can donate to help fund the top paramedic training program in the state, maybe even the nation, as evidenced by our region’s sudden cardiac arrest survival rates. The Times reminded its readers that, while we […]
Overlake Hospital Medical Center is the first hospital in King County to use a blood vending machine called a HemoSafe that stores up to 150 units of blood which can then be used for patients. The new technology significantly cuts down the time it takes to get blood for life-saving transfusions. According to the blood […]
The Take Back Your Meds campaign is in full swing and gaining some attention for the issues at hand. The Tacoma News Tribune published this article which notes that the Health Department and local law enforcement agencies are putting steel drop boxes at police stations in Pierce County so people can anonymously drop off their […]