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I've had a big pet peeve about IT hiring practices for several years now. I'll be perusing the IT job listings on a board, and typically I always find at least one position with an absurd set of requirements.
Today, I received an email from an unknown IT recruiter about a java position in Plano. One of their core requirements for the position was 9/10 years of J2EE experience.
The J2EE 1.0 specification and reference implementation was released sometime in 1999, and as far as I know, the first full implementations weren't shipping from vendors until 2000. Wikipedia has a J2EE timeline here. If you started working with J2EE the very moment the 1.0 specification was released, you could at most have about 8 years experience.
I also think that requiring X number of years with a particular technology is a dumb way to look for competent people. I've seen plenty of developers who've been doing java for three or four years and still haven't figured out that the Collection interface has a built in iterator.
What hiring managers should be looking for is scope and breadth of experience. How many technologies have you worked with, and how many years have you been a developer overall? Do you write code on your own time, or do you just reluctantly churn out enough lines to keep your manager from frowning at you? I wouldn't ever hire someone who doesn't enjoy programming, but then again, nobody's asking me.
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DRAGIAN LEGACY (BOOK 1 OF TRILOGY)Will her first big discovery be herself?Ren and Axel are caught between two powerful magical races: one destined to end the bloodshed, the other out for vengeance.Seventeen-year-old Ren Pernell is prophesied to end the war between the Dracians and the Telalians. So when a Dracian, Axel Knight, is sent to find and bring back the prophesied one before she turns eighteen and Telalians discover of her existence, unexpected sparks start to fly between the two. Once Ren finds the truth behind Axel's arrival, she wants everything to do with him and nothing to do with his mission.Things prove to be difficult as Ren's life is constantly threatened by forces that are beyond her control, including the leader of the Telalians.
With the clock ticking and Ren's life in jeopardy, it is no longer just a mission for Axel. It becomes a personal endeavor to save the only one he's ever loved. In a heart racing ending, they must find a way to evade the preordained war that won't also end Ren's life.
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Decorate a magnetic dry erase board with sea glass, phrase buttons and pictures. A calendar is always handy and is decorative as well as functional. Use stickers and graffiti to mark important dates. Place a pencil box that you've decoupaged with your favourite beauty tips on your top shelf to hold make-up and grooming items. Don't forget to hang a mirror on the inside of your locker door to make sure that snack you enjoyed between classes isn't caught in your front teeth. Consider hot gluing animal print faux fur around your mirror for a zanier appearance.
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star Buenos Aires hotel in Recoleta, near Teatro Colon
Located in Recoleta, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of El Ateneo Grand Splendid and Praxis. Teatro Colon and Obelisco are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
A health club, a seasonal outdoor pool, and concierge services are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, dry cleaning, express check-in, and express check-out are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 12 individually decorated rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and pillowtop beds. Kitchenettes with refrigerators and microwaves are standard, and guests will also find TVs with cable channels and sofa beds. Limited housekeeping is available.
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Callao Plaza Suites features a health club and a seasonal outdoor pool. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Buenos Aires hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, concierge services, and dry cleaning/laundry services.
- Total number of rooms - 12
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include a health club and a seasonal outdoor pool.
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or health club without adult supervision.
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Minimum check-in age is 18
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Check out the newest item I have sewn with the Julita from Ikea! This fabric is pretty weird and abstract, but all over it are things that remind me of childhood dreams, so... I thought it was perfect to become a Toddler Sleep sack! I will share a tutorial soon with downloadable pattern pieces! (My first time trying that and I need my husband...aka the DBS website director to help with all of that!)
The top half if that green interlock that I'm sure you've seen before (Naomi's leggings and Cai's Knit pants). It's all used up now, so I promise the green interlock days are over! I added the Zzz.. embroidery by machine, just for another little something. Although, it's cute plain, too.
This is what happens when you stick a sleep sack on a toddler right in the middle of independent play... they just keep playing.
He started jumping around in it. Pretty hilarious. We honestly don't even wear sleep sacks around here, or haven't since he was teeny tiny, but I've seen that leg try to get up and out of the crib already on our video monitor... I'm hoping this will slow that child down just a tad!
Probably not.
He wasn't so sure when I stuck him in his crib for a quick picture... lol
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An old friend of Dr. Auschlander returns from Africa to locate a kidney donor for a young African; Helen celebrates her birthday; removing a bullet in E.R. proves risky to both the patient and the doctor; and Mrs. Hufnagle returns to the hospital. |
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Now past the 10,000-mile mark with our 2014 Infiniti Q50S, we're enjoying the luxury touches and the car's performance. What really stands out is the array of technology, especially the safety and self-driving tech that we talked about in our last update.
But at the edges of the user experience, we've found some frustrations and things you might even call silly. Infiniti wouldn't be alone in including superfluous programming — we hammered on BMW for years for the seemingly jillions of combinations of drive settings possible in some of its cars, let alone the complexity of the company's launch control, and Hyundai has its steering settings with difficult-to-feel effects.
The waiting game
For the most part, people no longer start their cars, then wait around for a minute before taking off. We want to get in and go. And by "go," we also mean find a radio station, program the nav, or call up an appropriate commuting song on Bluetooth.
Not gonna happen in the Q50S. It's as if the software that runs the head unit is being loaded from a data cassette (kids, they were really slow) to a TI-99/4A (also really slow). To gain complete control of all the functions consistently takes between 30 and 40 seconds. If you've got somewhere to be, that can feel like an eternity.
It's not a secret. Internet forums are littered with people mentioning the wait. The InTouch manual itself says that due to the number of apps, the system can take "up to a minute" to fully load.
The question is, why? If it's that the CPU or data transfer is so slow, surely faster options exist for a 2014 car.
The good news is that all relevant safety functions boot up first and quickly. So if you're the sort who starts the car and immediately throws it in reverse, it's only a very minor delay before the rearview camera takes over the 8-inch top display screen.
Fuel-economy fun? Hardly.
My plan was to drive an entire week, or tank of gas (whichever came first), in Eco Mode, one of five drive modes on the Q50S (Snow, Eco, Normal, Sport, Personal) Again, not gonna happen. Though the previous section may have reduced my credentials as a patient man, I tried.
Eco mode basically kills the throttle response to encourage you to drive more economically. Additionally, a small green "eco" indicator is illuminated when the computer judges you to be appropriately frugal. It flashes at you, then turns off completely if you're not saving anything.
About that throttle response: It's painful. Even in stop-and-go Los Angeles traffic, there's sort of a minimum standard of "go." And Eco mode prevents it, unless you really stomp on the gas. It basically provides the opposite performance from what you expect from the Q50S sports sedan.
The setting can save between 5 and 10 percent. If we end up averaging about 20 mpg, that would save maybe between $150 and $200 per year. I'm doubting somebody who forks over $50,000-plus for a car is going to sweat $200.
A better approach to gas savings on luxury sports sedans is the engine stop-start technology employed by Mercedes, BMW, Acura (on the TLX V-6 AWD), and others. It saves without creating a driving experience only a milquetoast would mind.
Note: Infiniti recently modified pricing and packaging for the Q50. The beautiful performance wheel package that adorns our long-termer is still available as a factory-installed option, only on the Q50S, for $1800.
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Bung Hatta Conservation Forest is located on a high ground, from 400 meters to 1,300 meters above the sea level. This conservation forest has various interesting plants, such as Raflesia Gaduansi, Balangphora sp, Amorphopalus ("bunga bangkai"), wild orchids ("anggrek alam") and protected wildlife, such as the siamang monkeys, forest goats, tapirs, Sumatrans bears, harimau Sumatra (Sumatran tigers), kuau birds, and so on.
Click the picture above for bigger photos of Bung Hatta Conservation Forest.
There are a few trekking routes in Bung Hatta Conservation Forest, where visitors can enjoy the rainforest, the plants or even to see the wild animals. Visitors can also relax on a spot, where everybody can see the panorama of Padang with the Indian Ocean in the background. Approximate temperature here is around 13°C to 26°C. There are camping grounds, guest houses and a research site too.
If you would like to explore the rainforest here, it is suggested to have a professional guide with you. The arrangement can be done in advance at the Padang Tourism Department Office or at any local travel agent.
Location | : | 18 kilometers to the east of Padang |
How to get there | : | By own transportation or car rental By taxi By public buses: Take a bus that goes to "Solok " and get off at Bung Hatta Conversation Forest (fare: about Rp. 5,000) |
Remarks | : | smoking is not allowed in the rainforest. |
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New Hampshire's Highland Games- September 17-19, Loon Mountain
Yours Truly, with my distant clan cousins!
This coming weekend is the Highland Games, set at beautiful Loon Mountain in Lincoln, New Hampshire. The official website
describes the New Hampshire Gathering of the Scottish Clans as an annual event to perpetuate "dance, music, athletics and customs of the Scottish people and to the continuance of the Gaelic culture." I've attended the Games in the past, and greatly enjoyed the heavy athletics competitions (tossing of the caber, etc), genealogy workshops and the sheepdog competitions very much. I even heard Diane Rapaport give a great lecture on the Scots prisoners of war who came to America from Scotland in 1650, where she mentioned my ancestor, William Munroe of Lexington, Massachusetts.
Don't miss this delightful event! You might even want to sign up for the photo contest, scotch whiskey tasting, or the Grand Tartan Dinner and Dance.
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Letterpress designs are usually seen on high-end cards and wedding invitations. Letterpress used to be an expensive undertaking, involving hiring an expert to do the job. You can inexpensively create letterpress designs on cards and invitations yourself. To do this task successfully, you will need a handheld letterpress machine that is available at your nearest arts and crafts store.
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Purchase a handheld letterpress machine. You can purchase a letterpress machine from your local arts and crafts store or from an online retailer. A letterpress machine such as, Quickutz L Letterpress allows individuals to create letterpress designs on cards and invitations.
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Use thick card stock that can withstand the letterpress machine. The letterpress machine should come with a supply of paper for your first use. The machine will also come with your first supply of ink.
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Apply a thin coating of ink on to the letterpress plate. You can use the brush or small rolling pin that is included in the package. You can purchase different ink colours that specifically work with the machine at the arts and crafts store. A letterpress plate is what creates the design or the lettering onto the card or invitation. Insert the letterpress plates in the machine.
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Place a sheet of paper into the letterpress machine. The machine will have a tray where the paper should be placed. Turn the crank on the letterpress machine until the tray comes out the other end. Release the paper from the tray and examine the letterpress design.
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As we prepare to move into a new Children's Hospital, it is important that we develop a strategic plan in order to achieve excellence in our clinical and academic missions.
In a joint and shared vision, the Department of Pediatrics is striving to improve the health of children in the best family-centered environment, while focusing on training the next generation of pediatricians and creating groundbreaking research.
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These patient care handouts have been peer-reviewed by the division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and serve as helpful guides to common pediatric complaints.
The division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient consultative & follow-up care for the children of Saskatchewan with all forms of diabetes and numerous hormonal conditions and concerns.
Our multidisciplinary Pediatric Diabetes team cares for over 500 children in the province of Saskatchewan with Diabetes Mellitus. This team, supported by the LiveWell program, includes: Diabetes Nurse Educators, Diabetes Dietitian Educators and Social Work with referral to Clinical Health Psychology as needed. There are currently 3 physicians providing pediatric diabetes care in Saskatoon, including Dr. Au-Yeung (pediatrics), Dr. Inman (endocrine) and Dr. Nour (endocrine). Our program works closely with diabetes education centres throughout the province in order to provide unified and consistent pediatric diabetes care. This team manages the complex medical and educational needs of children affected by Diabetes Mellitus, including Type 1, Type 2 and others. The team provides teaching, resources and ongoing follow-up for a rapidly evolving host of treatment options in Diabetes including insulin injections, insulin pumps, monitoring devices and other medical therapies. The staff is also involved in the yearly Diabetes Canada Saskatchewan Children's Camp for children with diabetes. Additionally, staff provide diabetes related education services to schools. Clinical resources for patients and families followed by the pediatric diabetes clinic are available online.
Our Endocrinology clinics are provided by Drs. Inman and Nour and are supported by a Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse. This team provides expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of a host of endocrine disorders, including: growth, pituitary, thyroid, pubertal, calcium/bone, adrenal, and hypoglycemic disorders. Functional endocrine testing is conducted by our experienced Endocrine Nurse. Comprehensive endocrine treatment and teaching is provided by the endocrine team.
By the summer of 2017, under the leadership of Dr. Inman, the Pediatric Health and Lifestyle Clinic will offer an interdisciplinary approach to the assessment and follow-up of children affected by obesity in the Saskatoon Health Region. This team will include: physician, nurse, dietitian, exercise therapist, and psychologist. This clinic will be a consultative approach with intermittent follow-up and will help to provide patients and families with further connections within their local community. Additionally, throughout the province, families are encouraged to participate in the free, self-referral MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do-it!) program.
Our division is actively involved in medical teaching and research within the University of Saskatchewan. Current research projects have included both diabetes and endocrine related diseases. Currently, our centre is actively recruiting family members of those affected by Type 1 Diabetes to participate in the multicentre TrialNet pathway to prevention study. Those interested in participating can contact the coordinating research nurse, Joan at 306-844-1224.
Pediatric Endocrine:
Referrals can be sent by a family physician, pediatrician or nurse practitioner. Referrals can be faxed to: 306-844-1536. Our endocrinology administrative assistant is available at 306-655-2048
Pediatric Diabetes:
Non-urgent Referrals can be faxed to: 306-655-6758
Urgent Referrals: **NOTE REFERRALS FOR SUSPECTED NEW ONSET TYPE 1 DIABETES FROM PHYSICIANS SHOULD NOT BE FAXED AND DIRECT PHONE REFERRAL TO THE PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGIST ON-CALL THROUGH ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SWITCHBOARD IS RECOMMENDED ** RUH Switchboard: 306-655-1000
Our diabetes administrative assistant is available at 306-655-2199
Pediatric Health and Lifestyle Clinic:
Referrals to the Pediatric Health and Lifestyle Clinic can be sent to: 306-844-1536
**Note: At this time, this clinic is only able to accommodate patients within the Saskatoon Health Region.
General/Community Pediatrics
Members of the Division of General/Community Pediatrics are based in the Saskatoon Health Region and provide consultative services to pediatric patients from across the province.
The Division members staff two clinical teaching units on Acute Care Pediatrics, Royal University Hospital. Members provide outpaitent consultative services at the Pediatric Outpatient Department, Royal University Hospital and the Saskatoon Pediatric Consultants' office.
Specialized multi-disciplinary clinics are available for children and youth with cleft lip and palate, cystic fibrosis, complex pain and eating disorders.
Saskatoon Pediatric Consultants Members
- Dr. C. Krochak, Division Head
- Dr. E. Woods
Central & Northern Saskatchewan Cleft Lip & Palate Clinic (CNSCP)
Cleft lip and palate clinics are held once a month (except February, July and August) in the Audiology Department, Ellis Hall and the Pediatric Outpatient Department at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.
Medical Director/Pediatrician: Dr. M. Garner T: 306-844-1226 F: 306-844-1531 |
Clerical Assistant: Donna McLean T: 306-844-1226 F: 306-844-1531 |
Nurse Coordinator: Kathy Nelson T: 306-655-2331 F: 306-844-1531 |
Speech Language Pathology T: 306-655-2434 |
Audiology T: 306-655-1320 |
ENT/Otolaryngologist Dr. N. Shoman T: 306-655-2425 F: 306-655-1634 |
Plastic Surgeon Dr. C. Gendron T: 306-653-7766 F: 306-653-7768 |
Dentist Dr. A. Koneru T: 306-374-7111 F: 306-374-7112 |
Oral Surgeon Dr. C. Humber/Dr. D. Lanigan T: 306-652-9454 F: 306-665-8778 |
Orthodontist Dr. D. Anholt T: 306-974-5111 |
Canadian Pediatric Chronic ITP Registry
Chronic ITP Database
Passwords are required with the final site database. Access can be obtained by clicking the following link. Once a username and password has been inputted, registered users may log into their reporting centre.
Please contact Dr. Kaiser Ali via email or telephone 306-655-2744 for details.
- To provide a forum to discuss group data as equal partners with other National/International ITP Registries.
- To update management practices of childhood ITP through collaboration.
- To promote education and awareness of chronic ITP.
Purpose of the Registry
Phase I
1.1 To study the natural history of chronic ITP based on
- age groups
- prodroma
- clinical features
- platelet count at diagnosis
1.2 To assess bleeding manifestations and analyses of their responses to therapies (possible identification of "outliers" with common response to a particular type of treatment, e.g., IVIG, or of unusual responses)
1.3 To examine the initial response to therapy (within first 6 months) as a possible predictor of response to future treatments
1.4 To develop guidelines for management of chronic ITP
1.5 To review splenectomised patients to detect common features that may be predictive of outcome
Phase II
2.1 To assess the impact of disease on quality of life
2.2 To research the role of Helicobacter pylori
2.3 To transition into, and examine commonalities with, adult chronic ITP
Phase III
To enable & facilitate clinical trials, e.g. innovative therapies
Belletrutti M, Ali K, Barnard D, Blanchette V, Chan A, David M, Luke B, Price V, Ritchie B, Wu J. Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Children: A Survey of the Canadian Experience and Review of the Literature. Submitted for publication May 2005.Members of the Canadian Pediatric Chronic ITP Working Group
- Kaiser Ali, MBBS (Chair)
- Dorothy Barnard, MD
- Mark Belletrutti, MD
- Victor Blanchette, MD
- Anthony Chan, MD
- Michèle David, MD
- Brian Luke, MD
- Gregg Parchomchuk, B.A (Hons), B.Comm
- Bruce Ritchie, MD
- John Wu, MD
Mailing Address
Canadian Pediatric Chronic ITP Working Group
Kaiser Ali, MBBS (Chair)
University of Saskatchewan
20 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 4H4
Our division provides the following clinical services:
For inpatients – on-call consultation service for patients admitted with challenging and/or severe infections, as requested by general pediatricians and other subspecialists.
For outpatients – providing follow-up of patients originally seen as inpatients with a wide variety of acute infections, as well as patients with chronic infections such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, infections occurring in patients with HIV/AIDS or other underlying immunodeficiency disorders. We also assess, and provide care for infections and other medical issues seen in new immigrants, refugees or adoptees. We provide recommendations for routine or special immunizations for children with a variety of medical disorders or international travel-related needs.
The division is active in pediatric research, including:
- Collaboration with the Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group (CPARG) – surveillance for the effectiveness of perinatal measures to prevent maternal to child transmission of HIV.
- Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive (IMPACT) – surveillance of hospital admissions with vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD), as well as those with severe or unexpected adverse events following immunization (AEFI).
- The Special Immunization Clinic (SIC) – assessing children with previous AEFI, providing immunization to those deemed safe to revaccinate, and monitoring for follow-up adverse event(s). Specific immunization studies have also been added to SIC, including the effectiveness of revaccinating after treatment for leukemia. Other projects may also be added.
- Infectious disease outbreak studies (e.g. trichinellosis in northern Saskatchewan), retrospective outcome studies (e.g. children admitted with respiratory syncytial virus) and others.
There are currently two faculty members in the division:
- Ben Tan, MD, FRCPC
- Athena McConnell, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Our division appreciates the support from our administrative assistant, Jennifer as well as the nurses, social worker, pharmacist and other members of the Positive Living Program (PLP, who serve our patients with HIV). We wish to acknowledge the faculty members of the adult infectious diseases division, who also provide on-call services for pediatric patients throughout the years.
Genetic Counsellors
- Janet Lucas, MS, CCGC, CGC
- Melanie Paterson, MSc, CCGC, CGC
- Candice Jackel-Cram, MSc, Phd, CCGC
- Lacey Benoit, MS, CCGC, CGC
- Tara Scriver, MS, CCGC, CGC
Genetic Services in Saskatchewan
Below is some information on Genetic Services in Saskatchewan in PDF format.
Royal University Hospital serves as the tertiary referral centre in obstetrics and neonatology for central and northern Saskatchewan, and cares for approximately 12,000 births per year. The Neonative Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is located at the Royal University Hospital along with all pediatric subspecialties and general pediatrics. The NICU has 29 beds as well as an 8 bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)--the only one in the province.
The Division of neonatology includes four GFT neonatologists, one intensivist, research staff, staff dedicated to neonatal transport and neonatal follow-up, as well as administrative personnel. The faculty demonstrates an unusually strong commitment to the education of residents as well as to a rapidly expanding research program. The research interests of the neonatologists are diverse but with particular concentration in the area of clinical care, randomized control trials, and basic science. Research activity is enhanced by laboratory space dedicated to neonatology in Royal University Hospital.
Neonatal Intensive Care Continuity Program
- Dr. N. Wonko, Director
- Dr. L. Givelichian
Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Residency Training Program
- Dr. L. Givelichian
Research Activities
- Multi-centered, Multinational randomized Control Trials
- RSV Risk Factors in Neonates of All Gestational Ages
- Prevention of RSV Infection in Congential Heart Defects
- Surfactant Research
- Evidence-based medical Research on Clinical Practice for Quality Improvement
The Pediatric Pulmonary Division at Royal University Hospital provides comprehensive and coordinated healthcare to manage respiratory health concerns for the children of Saskatchewan.
Our service deals with diagnosis and management of most breathing disorders including obstructive airways disorders like asthma or cystic fibrosis, sleeping disorders, premature lung disorders, and congential airway anomalies. We provide the services of a full pulmonary function lab, sleep monitoring, sweat testing, immune/allergy testing, and examination of the airway with flexible bronchoscopy.
Our Cystic Fibrosis clinic supports more than 40 children and their families. Our physicians and nurses work with a multidisciplinary team of Respiratory Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietary and Social Work. This team manages the intense, complex medical needs and education of these brave children.
Our Division strongly supports education and research. Dr. Darryl Adamko, Division Head, is an Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist within the University of Saskatchewan. We have a dedicated staff of nurses and respiratory therapists to help children and their familes understand and manage their illness. This includes asthma educators, certified through the Lung Association of Saskatchewan Resp Trec-Respiratory Training and Educator course.
No service is able to function optimally without administrative support. The Pediatric Pulmonary Division is fortunate to have exceptional administrative support to assist our patients and families, and ensure the smooth and efficient management of our clinic.
Referral to our Pulmonary Clinic, or request for Pulmonary Function testing, can be requested by a family physician or pediatrican. Referrals can be faxed to 306-844-1531.
Request for Asthma Education by a Certified Asthma Educator does not require a physician referral. Requests may be directed to:
- Crystal Spehar, RN at 306-655-2265
- Elizabeth Ochitwa, RT at 306-655-2850
The Department of Pediatrics is committed to developing programs that provide the highest standards of education for undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare trainees, as well as for practicing physicians and affiliated pediatric healthcare providers.
Educational programming is provided by members of the Department of Pediatrics in the following categories:
- Undergraduate Medical Students (Clinical Sciences)
- Final Year Medical Students - Junior Undergraduate Rotating Students Interns (JURSIs)
- Pediatric Residents and Residents from other medical disciplines
- Community Physicians and Nurses through Continuing Medical and Nursing Education Programs
Please contact us if you would like further information about the educational programming that we offer. In order to send you more information, be sure to provide the following:
- name
- title
- affiliation
- mailing address
- telephone number
- fax number (if applicable)
Thank you for your interest in the Department of Pediatrics Educational Programming.
Our Pediatric Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) program is designed to be fun, interesting, challenging and to prepare you with the professional attitudes and skills that will benefit you throughout your career - no matter what area of medicine you choose to practice in.
Our program is structured around two principal parts of your curriculum:
- the Professional Skills program
- the Clinical Clerkship program
We offer body system oriented didactic and small group session instruction to medical students in their pre-clinical years. Final year medical students (JURSIs) rotate through in-patient and out-patient services during a 6-week rotation.
Pediatric UGME Chair - Dr. Pat Blakley
Pediatric ProSkills Chair - Dr. Pat Blakley
UGME Program Assistant - Tara Duxbury
Professional Skills II
Professional Skills II builds on professional and clinical skills acquired in Phase A to allow students to become increasingly proficient at establishing diagnoses and planning therapeutic interventions. Because of the degree of student / patient interaction during this course, the values and attitudes pertaining to the physician/patient relationship will also be stressed.
- Demonstrate how to obtain a patient-centered pediatric history including focused questions that would assist in differentiating etiologies (Medical Expert; Communicator)Demonstrate a complete pediatric physical examination (Medical Expert)
- Synthesize the information, using data gathered from the history and physical examination, into an assessment of the presenting problem, including the most likely diagnosis and a differential diagnosis (Medical Expert, Communicator)
- Develop a management plan appropriate for the patient (Medical Expert)
- Orally present the case, including history, physical examination, diagnosis and management plan, to the team (Medical Expert, Communicator)
- Compile a written case report (Medical Expert, Communicator)
- Collaborate effectively with peer group and the health care team (Collaborator)
- Demonstrate appropriate professionalism skills including respect for patients and health team personnel, timeliness, dress, honesty, appropriate boundaries, responsibility, integrity and confidentiality (Collaborator, Professional)
Learning methods
The objectives will be achieved using the clinical learning methods listed below:
- Interaction with patients and pediatricians in clinics and on wards
- Histories and physical examinations on patients (inpatients / outpatients)
- Case presentations on histories and physical examinations
- Participation in small group discussions with regards to:
- differential diagnosis formulation with respect to system or symptom based complaints
- generation of appropriate initial investigations with respect to system or symptom based complaints
- Verification of physical findings at the bedside in small groups
Clinical Clerkship
Duration: 6 weeks
Call: 1 in 4
Vacation/Leave: 5 working days and either the weekend before OR the weekend after; cannot be during the last week of the rotation
By the end of the rotation, students will be expected to:
- Demonstrate competency (perform an appropriate history and physical examination, synthesize data to arrive at a differential diagnosis, use relevant diagnostic tests, participate in patient care) in the management and treatment of patients with the following conditions (Expert, Communicator, Manager):
- Anemia
- Respiratory symptom - cough, wheeze, stridor
- Fever
- Heart murmur
- Fluid and electrolyte abnormalities
- Head and neck symptom - otalgia, pharyngitis
- Rash
- GI symptom - vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea
- Acute CNS symptom - altered level of consciousness, seizures, meningitis
- Acute respiratory distress
- Sepsis
- Child with a chronic illness
- Identify and practice elements of anticipatory guidance for patients in the following age categories (Expert, Communicator):
- Newborn/infant/toddler
- School age/adolescent
- Describe the elements of well child care, including (Expert, Communicator):
- Stages of normal development
- Nutritional issues including appropriate diet and sequencing of infant nutrition
- Recognize and provide theclinical conditions in a patient that result in a differential diagnosis, microbial etiology where related, and provide an initial treatment/management plan when possible, for the following (Expert, Communicator):
- Failure to thrive
- Obesity
- Isolated motor/language/social delay
- Gross developmental delay
- CNS headache
- Leukemia
- Purpura
- Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis
- Demonstrate competency in the following procedures and skills (Expert):
- Otoscopy
- Interpret a chest radiograph
- Interpret a complete set of vital signs
- Perform a complete newborn examination
- Perform an assessment of hydration status
- Plot and interpret a growth curve
- Discuss advantages and disadvantages of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities based upon the patient's context and issues (Expert, Communicator)
- Identify the elements of informed consent (Expert, Communicator)
- Maintain clear, accurate, and appropriate records of clinical encounters (Expert, Communicator)
- Communicate in a language easily understood by patients and family members (Communicator)
- Demonstrate an awareness of cultural and socio-economic issues that impact patient and population health (Expert, Communicator, Professional)
- Demonstrate an understanding of and practice evidence-based medicine (Expert, Scholar, Communicator)
- Identify and appropriately use resources to improve knowledge base (Scholar)
- Demonstrate insight into one's own limitations and methods to improve (Professional, Scholar)
- Demonstrate application of an ethical framework in the clinical decision-making process, including patient confidentiality, privacy and autonomy (Expert, Communicator, Professional)
- Participate with a team of allied health professionals, respecting individual roles, in the care and treatment of a patient (Collaborator, Communicator)
- Demonstrate appropriate professionalism skills including respect for patients and health team personnel, honesty, integrity, altruism, appropriate boundaries, responsibility, timeliness, and striving for personal balance (Prefessional)
- Practice the art of comforting patients and alleviating suffering (Communicator, Professional)
- Promptly identify emergency situations and respond appropriately (Expert)
Aims of the Course
This course is designed to give the fourth year students instruction in providing care for the pediatric and adolescent patient and to enable the student to recognize the need for referral, when necessary.
The instructional methods used include: informal bedside teaching, formal lectures, outpatient teaching, experience in doctors' offices, experience in special clinics, participation in various academic rounds, and taking part in patient care activities under supervision. This will be supplemented by individual reading about important topics in the pediatric core material. While on the wards, students are expected to take responsibility, under supervision, of the day-to-day care of their assigned patients.
The instructional objectives of the rotation include general pediatric objectives with regard to knowledge, skills and attitudes, and specific objectives related to particular topics and organ systems.
The student will develop clinical skills which include: interviewing the parent and the patient, the taking of a complete history, the performance of a proper physical examination, and the completion of medical records in approved style. The student will also be taught to communicate these facts to other members of the health team at the bedside, during seminar hours, or in the classroom and will be taught to correlate the information obtained into a problem list and make appropriate plans for managing them.
The student will be made aware of the value and application of specialized help from other health personnel and community resources. He/she will be encouraged to make use of the reference library, textbooks, journals, tapes and other resources dealing with clinical pediatrics.
Students are expected to read around their cases and to expand their general pediatric knowledge by independent learning to supplement academic half-day, JURSI seminars and clinical teaching.
- Four-week rotation on one of two pediatric inpatient units (Orange, Purple) at Royal University Hospital
- Two weeks in Pediatric Outpatient Clinics attending general and subspecialist pediatric clinics as well as Pediatric Emergency shifts and one day in the NICU. Subspecialist pediatric clinics include those that are on-site at the Royal University Hospital, as well as Social Pediatrics and Developmental Pediatrics Clinics. Social Pediatrics are run out of school-based clinics. Developmental Pediatrics clinics are based at the Kinsmen Children's Centre.
The Department of Pediatrics offers funding for 4 years within our core General Pediatric Residency program.
Residents may choose to do 3 core years, and then go on to pursue a fellowship at an institution elsewhere; or stay on to complete their 4th year at the University of Saskatchewan. The Pediatric Residency Program is fully accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
The Department offers accredited subspecialty fellowship training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Neurology.
Core Pediatric Residency Program:
The program endeavours to ensure that residents, upon completion of their training, are well equipped to provide comprehensive Pediatric care to all patients – from consultative Pediatric services to management of the critically ill patient.
Quick Facts:
- We have 26-28 residents within our program
- Most of the Pediatric subspecialties are represented. For those that are currently not offered, residents may do an away selective in each of years 2-4, in addition to their elective time
- Our Social Pediatrics division provides trainees with the opportunity to learn about access to care through school-based clinics
- Dynamic growing Pediatric Faculty dedicated to teaching
- Childrens Hospital of Saskatchewan is underway
Objectives for the Pediatric Training Program:
- During the 3 or 4 years of training, residents gain competency through comprehensive exposure to a diverse Pediatric population.
- At completion of their training, residents are expected to demonstrate competency to practice as a General Pediatric Consultant.
- Residents must have met the requirements in all of the 7 CanMEDs Roles.
- Residents must demonstrate professionalism; have good communication skills; understand and demonstrate how to collaboratively work within a health care team; advocate for patients and families at various levels; demonstrate the ability to be a self-directed learner.
Knowledge and skills acquired include:
- Recognition of normal/variations in normal growth and development of infants, children and youth
- Recognition and management of a wide range of Pediatric problems and diagnoses; both common presentations of common problems/uncommon presentations of common problems
- Recognition and management of the acutely ill child
- Resuscitation of the sick newborn
- Critical appraisal, research methodology and application of evidence-based medicine
- Teaching and supervisory skills
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: Applying competency-based practices to residency education To contribute to the success of Canadian physicians and the delivery of high-quality patient care, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has embarked upon an initiative to introduce competency-based medical education (CBME) in Canadian postgraduate specialty training and in professional practice in Canada. This initiative, called Competence by Design (CBD), aims to enhance patient care by aligning medical education and lifelong learning with evolving patient needs and empowering learners to more fully engage in their education process. CBD will use time as a framework rather than the basis for progression. It is not anticipated that the duration of training will change for the majority of trainees. Residency programs will be broken down into stages, and each stage will have a series of milestones based on required competencies. These milestones will create more targeted learning outcomes and involve more frequent, formative assessments within the clinical workplace to ensure residents are developing and receiving feedback on the skills they need. The Royal College anticipates that all specialty and subspecialty programs in Canada will adopt CBD in gradual phases. All disciplines have been divided into seven cohort groups, each of which will adopt CBD at different times. It is anticipated that national implementation of CBD within certain, individual programs could begin as early as July 2017 - with more disciplines to following in subsequent years.
All programs implementing CBD will continue to undergo the same rigorous accreditation processes as traditional programs. All CBD programs (and traditional programs) will continue to lead to Royal College approved certification. Certification for trainees in both CBD and traditional programs will include the completion of a Royal College examination; however, residents in CBD programs will also be assessed against program milestones throughout their training. Within a CBD program, all milestones (documented within an electronic portfolio) and the Royal College examination must be successfully completed to achieve certification. For more information, please contact the Royal College. |
Training Sites:
- Royal University Hospital - Acute Care, subspecialty training
- Alvin Buckwold Child Development Center- Developmental Pediatrics
- General Pediatric Consultant Practice
- Pediatric School-Based Clinics - Social Pediatrics
Prince Albert
- Community Pediatrics
- Junior Ward Consultant Pediatrics/Child Maltreatment - Pediatric Teaching Unit
- Wascana Rehabilitation Center - Developmental Pediatrics
- Community Pediatric
Administrative Office: | |
PGME Program director | Dr. Maryam Mehtar |
PGME Co-director | Dr. Ayisha Kurji |
PGME Program Administrative assistants | Colleen Sopatyk Jenelle Lohneis |
Patient and Family Advisory Council
The Patient and Family Advisory Council is chaired by Mrs. Brielle Lepp and works closely with the Department Head of Pediatrics, Dr. Laurence Givelichian. The Council strives to make positive changes by cultivating respectful empowering partnerships between patients, families, leadership and staff. It advocates for changes that enhance the delivery of high quality compassionate patient and family centred care.
• Promote improved relationships between patients, family and staff.
• Provide input into policy and program development, implementation and evaluation.
• Participate in the development and planning of new facilities and facility renovations.
• Channel information, ideas, needs and concerns of patients and families to hospital administration and staff.
• Review issues referred to the council and provide feedback.
• Help to develop or review informational materials for patients or families.
• Participate in education regarding Patient and Family Centered Care throughout the organization.
• Function as a liaison for patients and families serving in a variety of advisory roles.
Guiding Principles, Values, and Philosophy
• Our overriding guiding principles are those at the foundation of patient and family-centred care: respect participation, information-sharing and collaboration.
• The PFAC will act in congruence with the MCHS Strategic Plan and the SHR Strategic Plan and values: respect, compassion, excellence, stewardship and collaboration.
• The Council will use collaborative dialogue and decision making processes that balance and respect the knowledge and expertise of the patients/families and the care providers.
• SHR will encourage participation of physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary care team in activities of the Council.
• The Council's role is to deal with comprehensive range of issues and ideas regarding family-centred care. While stories of personal or individual experiences with MCHS are welcome as examples, the role of the Council is not to be a support group or to resolve individual issues or concerns.
• The Council values diversity and promotes understanding and sensitivity towards diverse cultural and lifestyle practices and beliefs.
SPRING, the Saskatchewan Pediatric Research and Innovation Group, is a consortium comprising a diverse group of University of Saskatchewan researchers all of whom are engaged in child health research. This group is trans-disciplinary with representation from the Colleges of Medicine, Arts and Science, Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture, Kinesiology, Pharmacy and Nutrition, Nursing, and more.
The SPRING Administrative Office facilitates research within the Department of Pediatrics and aims to forge transdisciplinary collaborations. The SPRING Administrative Office is based in the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.
SPRING Vision and Mission
SPRING's vision is to improve the health and well-being of children now and into their long term futures through collaborative, visionary, translational research
To advance the intensity and productivity of Child Health Research in the Department of Pediatrics and the University of Saskatchewan by through multidisciplinary collaboration.
SPRING Services Offered Within the Department of Pediatrics
The primary role of the SPRING Administrative Office within the Department is to assist the faculty with administrative aspects of their research programs, to explore and facilitate transdisciplinary collaborations and to help to secure infrastructure and financial resources.
Development of Research Programs
SPRING invites researchers and trainees to discuss research interests with the office's administrative personnel. The office can help to define specific research questions, assess feasibility, find potential collaborators, and identify resources required to effectively address the research questions.
Identification of Funding Opportunities
We can search for and identify suitable funding options.
Formation and Editing of Grant Applications
Once an appropriate funding opportunity is identified, the SPRING office can assist preparing funding applications and to assist with the grant preparation process.
Submission of Grant Applications
Grant submission involves several administrative steps with which the SPRING office can assist including obtaining signatures, requesting and drafting Letters of Support, and delivering the grant package.
Development of Ethics Applications
We can assist in determining to which Research Ethics Board (REB) the application should be submitted and assist with completing and submitting ethics forms.
SPRING Activities
Introductory Meeting
Our first meeting was held on September 19th, 2013. We had a great turnout and lots of interest in continuing to build the group's identity, form smaller working groups, and identifying potential funding opportunities.
Inaugural Workshop
Our second meeting and first workshop will take place on May 22, 2014. At this meeting we plan to identify common research themes within the group, and then break out into working groups based on these themes. The smaller groups can then begin to discuss potential projects and possibly funding opportunities as well.
The SPRING Office can offer researchers and trainees the services of a committed Research Director and Research Coordinator who share a well-defined vision of success.
Director of Pediatric Research Dr. Alan Rosenberg is a clinician (Rheumatology) and research scientist. Dr. Rosenberg has a very strong record of research productivity and is extremely dedicated to translating research findings into useful applications to improve the health of our children.
Research Coordinator Dr. Erin Prosser-Loose received her PhD in Nutrition in 2010 and completed Post-Doctoral training in Veterinary Biomedical Sciences in 2013. She has experience with grant applications, editing, ethics applications, and several other research-related administrative tasks.
The Children's Health Research Trust Fund exists to promote and facilitate the highest standards of scientific research, to ensure the long-term health and well-being of Saskatchewan children.
Please see below for details on the General Funding Pool, as well as the Special Funds relating to specific pediatric health care concerns.
For more information please contact:
The Children's Health Research Trust Fund
c/o Department of Pediatrics
Royal University Hospital
103 Hospital Drive
Saskatoon SK S7N 0W8 Canada
Phone: 306-844-1229
The Children's Health Research Trust Fund is generously supported by tax-deductible contributions from:
• Individual Donors
• Community Sponsored Fund-Raising Projects
• Bequests
Donate to The Children's Health Research Trust Fund
CHRTF Special Funds
The Children's Health Research Trust Fund manages the following Special Funds:
The Adolf Polisiuk Research Fund
The Adolf Polisiuk Research Fund particularly encourages the submission of research proposals relating to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, perinatal and neonatal medicine as well as studies for which obstetrical and pediatric collaboration is required.
The Idy Leonoff Research Fund
The Idy Leonoff Research Fund encourages submission of proposals relating to childhood cancer.
The Kiera Goertz Research Fund
The Kiera Goertz Research Fund promotes studies relating to the care and treatment of children with heart disease. The Fund particularly encourages applications from researchers representing any of the health care disciplines concerned with the welfare of children with heart disease and their families.
The Ludwig, Olga and Constance Kaye Research Fund
The Ludwig, Olga and Constance Kaye Research Fund exists to support and encourage research relating to the effects on children of infectious disease during their mother's pregnancy, particularly diseases which affect eyesight and/or hearing.
The Tamara Esther Avivi Research Fund
The Tamara Esther Avivi Research Fund was established to promote and facilitate research relating to improving the understanding, treatment and prevention of childhood asthma and allergic disorders.
The Richardson Research Fund
The Richardson Research Fund was established to promote research relating to neurologic disorders. In particular, the Fund encourages research relating to spinocerebellar degeneration and other forms of cerebellar ataxia. The Fund encourages research that contributes to new insights into these disorders that would lead to new therapies or cures.
Donate to the CHRTF, and indicate which special fund you wish to donate to in the Comments box.
Residents, graduate students, undergraduate students, and post-doctoral fellows from any University of Saskatchewan College, who are engaged in child health research are invited to take this opportunity to present their work.
For further information please contact Erin Prosser-Loose.
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University of Saskatchewan
Royal University Hospital
103 Hospital Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8
F: 306-975-3767 (administrative)
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The latter words Kelsey Marlowe said out loud, as if hearing the reassuring echo about the car while she tore out of the school parking lot would somehow help her gather herself together.
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She was having trouble focusing, both on the road and on the thoughts firing through her brain like pellets from a shotgun.
Her mother's phone call a few minutes ago had really rattled her.
Kelsey had been more than halfway down the hall on her way to the exit before she remembered that she had to get someone to cover her class for her. She'd left twenty-eight highly charged eight- and nine-year-olds in the hands of the school secretary. She'd had to come running back, wasting precious minutes, to make the request.
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In all her twenty-six years, she couldn't remember ever being this scared, this nervous. Especially because her mother had begged her not to call any of her brothers and definitely not her father. Kate Marlowe didn't want any of them knowing that she was in the E.R. at Blair Memorial.
Her soft-spoken mother was her rock. Rocks didn't get sick. They didn't call from a hospital emergency room. Rocks were supposed to be just that: rocks, meant to go on forever until the end of time.
Dragging her hand through her wayward blond hair, Kelsey took in another deep breath, this time holding it to the count of fifteen before she released it. It didn't help.
Despite Kelsey's urgings, her mother told her that she didn't want to go into any kind of detail over the telephone. Instead, she just repeated her initial request for her to come to the hospital as quickly as possible.
That in and of itself made her extremely nervous. Her mother never asked for help. Petite, blonde and as quietly stubborn as all her Irish forbearers put together, Kate Llewellyn Marlowe believed in always handling her own emergencies. Not only that, but she insisted on taking on any and all emergencies that any family member or friend was going through.
As far back as Kelsey could remember, her mother had always been a dynamo who absolutely nothing, no matter how large, could rattle, sidetrack or damage. The woman had put multitasking on the map, doing it long before it ever had a label affixed to it.
Something was really, really wrong.
"I'm going to stay calm. I'm going to stay calm," Kelsey said over and over again under her breath as if it were some sort of soothing mantra.
Glancing at the speedometer, Kelsey realized that she was going fifteen miles over the speed limit. Instead of slowing down, she looked in her rearview mirror, searching for police. As far as she could see, not a single police car or motorcycle was in sight.
Thank God for small favors, she thought.
"Now if you only grant me one big one, I promise never to ask You for anything else again. Ever," she underscored. "And this time, I'll make it stick," Kelsey swore, remembering the short-lived duration of her last deal with God.
This was different.
She'd been younger then. And besides, ultimately, what she'd prayed for—begged for—hadn't been granted. Back then, the so-called "favor" she'd begged God for involved the man, a policeman, she'd fallen in love with. A man who hadn't made her his wife the way he'd promised because he already had one of those. He'd just failed to mention that little fact to her.
Why was she thinking about that now?
"C'mon, Kelse, slow down and focus." A minute later, she realized Blair Memorial was only two miles away now. Her heart continued hammering as she drove.
Getting there seemed to take forever.
When she finally reached the hospital, Kelsey made a right turn onto the street and went straight to the six-story parking structure. Once parked, Kelsey hurried out of the parking structure. She wove her way through the compound, impatiently darting around several slow-moving vehicles. Finally reaching the emergency-room entrance, she blew out a long breath. She still couldn't calm down.
The electronic doors sprang open the instant she approached them. Kelsey searched the immediate area for someone official who could point her in the direction of the emergency area.
She settled on an older, white-haired woman in a pink smock sitting behind a desk. Short, plump, pleasant and round-faced, at first glance the woman could have easily doubled as Cinderella's fairy godmother.
"You have my mother here." Kelsey quickly realized that the statement had come out like an accusation. Nerves again, she thought. "I mean, my mother called me to say she was in the emergency room here." Words were colliding on her tongue. Was she even making any sense? "Please, I need to see her. She's in the emergency room," Kelsey prodded, surprised she wasn't shouting. "My guess is that she's still there. Otherwise, she would have called me again to say she was leaving. Her name is Kate Marlowe," Kelsey said.
The slightly perplexed look on the older woman's face dissolved into a smile. "And you'd be right. There she is, right there." The woman tapped the screen triumphantly. "She's in the emergency room all right." Turning from her desk, the woman pointed to the left. "You need to speak to that young lady sitting over there. She'll be able to help you."
Kelsey managed a "Thank you" before making her way over to the woman indicated.
"Maybe you can help me," Kelsey began. The nurse didn't look up from the keyboard. Her fingers flew across the keys. Kelsey suppressed the urge to grab the nurse's hands and still them. "My mother called me from your emergency room—"
Only the nurse's perfectly shaped eyebrows rose in a silent query. Her eyes remained on the screen as she continued typing.
"Kate Marlowe. My mother's name is Kate Marlowe," Kelsey elaborated, in case the nurse thought she was giving her own name.
"Marlowe," the nurse murmured under her breath, typing. "She's still here in the E.R.," the nurse confirmed. "Bed number fifteen." For the first time, the woman looked up. Kelsey noted that the nurse had kind eyes. "If you want to see her, I'll buzz you in," she offered.
"Bless you," Kelsey exhaled.
The nurse flashed her an understanding smile. The moment the buzzer sounded, Kelsey raced through the door.
Once inside the E.R., she stopped dead. There was a sea of beds in front of her. They ran along on both sides of the wall. Some were hidden behind white curtains that hung from the ceiling, and others were out in the open—and, for the most part, empty.
"Can I help you?" an orderly asked, coming up on Kelsey's right.
"I'm looking for bed number fifteen," she told him. "Which way would I go?"
He pointed to the rear of the wing. "Bed number fifteen's on the left. In the back," he added.
"Thank you." Kelsey was off and moving before the orderly finished speaking.
Please let her be all right, please let her be all right, she silently repeated, making a beeline for the bed the orderly had pointed out.
As she approached, Kelsey thought she saw someone standing by the bed. The next second she realized that it was a uniformed policeman.
The bed couldn't belong to her mother, she thought. There was no reason for a policeman to be talking to her mother.
Was there?
It was her mother's bed. Kelsey recognized the form before she had a clear view of the woman's face. Her mother had a way of tilting her head when she was listening to someone talk. It had always created a feeling of comfort and well-being for her, Kelsey thought.
Only her mother, lying flat on her back in a hospital emergency room, would be trying to be comfort another person.
Her stomach tied itself into a tight knot.
Keeping her eyes on bed number fifteen, Kelsey made her way around several of the hospital staff. She felt her shoulders stiffen and tension coursed through her body the way it always did whenever she saw a policeman these days.
Who was this man?
From the expression on her mother's face, it appeared that she knew the officer. Knew him and liked him. But then again, she'd never known her mother to meet anyone she didn't like. Kate Marlowe always looked for the good in a person and she had a huge heart.
But that still didn't answer her question, Kelsey thought.
What was a policeman doing here, talking to her mother? Granted, Kate Marlowe had always had the kind of face that drew words out of virtual strangers, but it would have been a far more likely scenario if her mother were on the receiving end of an orderly's life history. Or if one of the nurses was standing there, baring her soul to her mother. Not a policeman.
Oh God, was this worse than she thought?
The next moment, Kelsey felt the kind of surge that coursed through the veins of a lioness when she perceived that one of her cubs was being threatened. Kelsey might have been the youngest in the family, but she had always been fiercely protective, even though not a single one of her four brothers or her parents ever needed protecting.
Until now.
"Excuse me," she said, addressing the back of the police officer's head. "Is there a problem here?"
Whatever answer Officer Morgan Donnelly had at the ready vanished the moment he glimpsed the woman who belonged to the angry voice. His smile was slow, appreciative as he looked her over from head to toe. It occurred to him that she resembled the woman he was talking to. A kid sister perhaps?
"No, no problem at all," he told her.
Giving the sandy-haired patrolman with the X-ray eyes and unreadable expression a cold glare, Kelsey drew herself up to her full, rather unimposing five-foot-four height. The next second, she was Kate's shaken daughter, trying to hide just how upset she really was.
"Mom," she cried, "you scared me half to death." There didn't seem to be any bruises that she could see. Why was her mother here? And what did it have to do with the cop with the X-ray eyes? "Are you all right?"
"I am now," Kate told her, "thanks to Officer Donnelly." Smiling, her mother nodded at the young policeman.
Well, that snuffed out a good deal of Kelsey's animosity toward the officer. Because of her experience with Dan, her view of policemen in general was tainted. She'd just assumed that the young officer at her mother's bedside was somehow responsible. Maybe he'd cut her mother off and caused her to have an accident.
Still, her mother was grateful to him. Drawing herself up again, Kelsey nodded at him. "Thank you," she said stiffly.
Reaching up, Kate wove her fingers through her daughter's and squeezed her hand. "Honey, I didn't want to call and upset you, but the doctor said I had to call someone to take me home and I just couldn't call your father or your brothers."
"I offered to take your mother home," the officer said, his voice solemn but kind as he nodded at Kate, "but she refused."
"I couldn't impose on you any further," Kate protested. "You've already done enough for me."
Just what did her mother mean by "enough"? Kel-sey bit back the urge to ask her. "Not that I mind being the one you turn to, Mom, but why couldn't you call any of them?"
Kate didn't answer immediately. Instead, she raised her eyes to her daughter's face. "If I told you it's because they're all busy working, would you believe me?"
This was a tough one, Kelsey thought. Her gut told her something was going on. "Well, I've never known you to lie about anything, so I guess I'd have to." She paused, studying her mother. Kate Marlowe looked tired and worn. Tired she'd seen before, but in her experience, her mother had never looked worn. Something was wrong. "But you are lying, aren't you?"
To Kelsey's surprise, a hint of embarrassment colored her mother's cheeks. Another first. One that made her uneasy.
"I didn't want to upset them," her mother told her.
"But you're okay with upsetting me?"
Still dazed by what the doctor had told her, Kate chose her words carefully. "No, but I know I can count on you. You're a woman, too."
Kelsey stared at her, stunned. She'd fought most of her life to be thought of as anything other than "a little girl" or "the baby of the family."