Fall/Winter 2024 3 In celebration of National Water Safety Month this past May, Yankton County Search and Rescue (YCSAR) teamed up with Yankton Medical Clinic (YMC) to provide youth life jackets to local families, free of charge. “The physicians at Yankton Medical Clinic care deeply about the health and safety of our community,” says Martha Holstein, MD, FACP, FAAP, an internal medicine–pediatrics physician at YMC. “We want to watch your families thrive and enjoy the beautiful waters around Yankton. There is an average of 11 fatal drownings per day and 22 nonfatal drownings per day nationwide. As local physicians, we understand the importance of teaching children water safety at an early age.” Becky McManus, CEO of YMC, agrees, Children’s life jackets giveaway promotes water safety adding, “When we learned of the Yankton County Search and Rescue event, our physicians immediately asked, ‘What can we do to help?’ as this is their community as well.” “We provided ‘water watcher’ cards and whistles to adults as a physical reminder of the responsibility to keep our families safe near the water,” Dr. Holstein says. In addition to picking up one of the 300 new life jackets, local families enjoyed a hot dog, chips and refreshments with Search and Rescue team members and staff from YMC. There were also educational activities, giving families an opportunity to learn more about water safety with YCSAR members; YMC staff; Missouri River National Park Service staff; South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department staff; and Gavins Point Dam staff. For your convenience, we’ve designed a new medical treatment card. This card can be completed for you and picked up at your Yankton Medical Clinic (YMC) primary care physician’s office. This is simply a card for you to carry that has your physician’s name and phone number for scheduling appointments and will soon include space to write in a current medications list. You can show this to any other medical personnel you may encounter if you’re traveling and need medical attention. It’s also important to present this card to medical personnel if you are in the hospital so they can contact your physician for NEW! Medical treatment card available any follow-up appointments. It’s always good practice to make sure your physician is notified if you are hospitalized. The physicians at YMC hope this card will help ensure that you continue to receive the highest continuity of care, to which you are accustomed at YMC. So much care, so close to home.® IMPORTANT MEDICAL TREATMENT CARD 1104 WEST EIGHTH YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 57078 My doctor is: ALL MEDICAL RECORDS SHOULD BE SENT TO, AND ANY FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT SHOULD BE MADE WITH DR. BY CALLING It’s important this protocol is followed for the continuity of my care. Martha Holstein, MD, FACP, FAAP, and Scott Kindle, MD, and his family were on hand to represent YMC physicians and distribute water watcher cards and whistles. Martha Holstein, MD, FACP, FAAP, internal medicine/ pediatrics, distributes information to a long line of community members.
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