{"id":24924,"date":"2019-06-15T21:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T03:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=24924"},"modified":"2021-11-22T09:05:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:05:28","slug":"hospital-team-fixes-hundreds-of-pretend-teddy-bear-boo-boos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/hospital-team-fixes-hundreds-of-pretend-teddy-bear-boo-boos\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital team fixes hundreds of pretend teddy bear boo-boos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_24932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24932\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24932 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204730\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear8.webp\" alt=\"Two girls hug their stuffed animals as a nurse pretends to tend to the stuffed animals' injuries.\" width=\"1366\" height=\"911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204730\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear8.webp 1366w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204730\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear8-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204730\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear8-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204730\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear8-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204730\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear8-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204730\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear8-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emily Garner, left, the emergency nurse manger at UCHealth Greeley Hospital, looks over Aspen, Paige and Regan Fogo&#8217;s stuffed animals during the Teddy Bear Hospital event held at the UCHealth Greeley Hospital on Saturday morning. Photo by Joel Blocker, for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>GREELEY, Colo. (June 15, 2019) \u2013\u00a0More than 500 stuffed animals and dolls were treated with a little TLC \u2013 tender loving care \u2013 at the Teddy Bear Hospital event today at the soon-to-open\u00a0<a id=\"LPlnk205753\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-greeley-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">UCHealth Greeley Hospital.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24931\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24931 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204728\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear7.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204728\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear7.webp 1366w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204728\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear7-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204728\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear7-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204728\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear7-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204728\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear7-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204728\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear7-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clayton Giggy, left, and his brother, Cooper, wait to be treated during the Teddy Bear Hospital event held at the UCHealth Greeley Hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cpatients\u201d ranged from teddy bears and stuffed unicorns to dolls and even a stuffed Incredible Hulk. Their \u201cailments\u201d ranged from tummy aches and broken legs to bumps on the heads and shark bites.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Easing children&#8217;s fears of hospitals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>From the check-in to the exam with a provider and even receiving discharge instructions, about 800 parents and children got to experience what goes on during a hospital visit without the anxiety of an actual medical emergency.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24927\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24927 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204716\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204716\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear2.webp 1366w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204716\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204716\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear2-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204716\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear2-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204716\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear2-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204716\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear2-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexandra Hernadez, left, receives treatment on her teddy bear from Greeley Hospital Emergency Department Medical Director and Chief of Staff Dr. Jim Campain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe love putting on the Teddy Bear Hospital,\u201d said Emily Garner, emergency nurse manager at the hospital. \u201cThe kids seem to really enjoy this experience. When they come in, they use their imaginations to make up a story about what happened to their \u2018stuffie.\u2019 Then, we treat that patient according to what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do this to give kids a chance to see an emergency room without having to be in an actual emergency situation,\u201d said Dr. Jim Campain, medical director of the emergency department at UCHealth Greeley Hospital. \u201cIf any of these kids ever has a real medical emergency, I hope they\u2019ll remember this day and feel more comfortable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24935\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24935 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204917\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear4.webp\" alt=\"Child reaches for teddy bear.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204917\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear4.webp 1366w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204917\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear4-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204917\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear4-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204917\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear4-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204917\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear4-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204917\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear4-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chloe Rae, left, places a sticker on her teddy bear after it was treated by Angela Farrington, a house supervisor at UCHealth Greeley Hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Children also got a chance to check out an ambulance and sit in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCHLifeLine\">UCHealth\u2019s LifeLine<\/a> medical helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday afternoon, the hospital also hosted a Community Open House to give area residents an opportunity to take tours of the hospital and get to meet some of the providers and care teams who will work there. The afternoon event attracted more than 1,900 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled by the wonderful, warm welcome we received from the community today,\u201d said Marilyn Schock, the hospital\u2019s president. \u201cWe are excited to start caring for our patients here and loved getting to show everyone what\u2019s in store.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24926\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24926 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204711\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear1.webp\" alt=\"Boy reaches for a roll of medical tape\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204711\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear1.webp 1366w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204711\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204711\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204711\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204711\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear1-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204711\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear1-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isaiah Huang picks out medical tape for his Mickey Mouse doll.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The events were part of a full day of activities to give the community a sneak peek at Greeley Hospital, which will open this summer. The 212,000-square-foot facility is set to open with 50 inpatient beds and room to grow. The full-service hospital will feature an intensive care unit, operating rooms, a Level III trauma center and emergency department, a birth center with a Level II special care nursery, a cardiac catheterization lab and 24-hour retail pharmacy, laboratory and imaging services.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24934\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24934 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204737\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear10.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204737\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear10.webp 1366w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204737\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear10-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204737\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear10-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204737\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear10-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204737\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear10-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/15204737\/UCHealth_Greeley_TeddyBear10-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emergency physician Dr. Jamie Teumer reassures Isabel Bashor that her doll is okay during the Teddy Bear Hospital event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREELEY, Colo. (June 15, 2019) \u2013\u00a0More than 500 stuffed animals and dolls were treated with a little TLC \u2013 tender loving care \u2013 at the Teddy Bear Hospital event today at the soon-to-open\u00a0UCHealth Greeley Hospital. The \u201cpatients\u201d ranged from teddy bears and stuffed unicorns to dolls and even a stuffed Incredible Hulk. 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