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In February 2017 when walking into a clinic for a doctor’s appointment, Kelsey Roberts collapsed and stopped breathing. Clinic staff resuscitated her with an automated external defibrillator (AED). Roberts was pregnant at the time and delivered a healthy baby girl later that year. She named her daughter Heartlee and said the name holds special value for her for its connection to a family name and to the life-saving efforts made to restart her heart.
Living with a grateful heart
“She was gone.” That’s how Dee Dee Gilmore described Kelsey Roberts when she and others rushed to her aid in the parking lot of Katy Trail Community Health nearly six years ago. … more
Fourth annual Wear Red for Women Feb. 24
Thanks to the work of the Wear Red for Women committee and the Bothwell Foundation, 47 area parks, event centers, churches and more have life-saving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to help … more
Bothwell Foundation Special Prospects Committee Cochair Lindsey Benbrook chats with Foundation President Jim White at the committee’s first social event. The committee’s next event is a “Bite-Size Bothwell” Lunch and Learn in February.
Bothwell Foundation poised for growth
When the Bothwell Foundation was created in 2005, its mission was to assist Bothwell Regional Health Center by providing money and resources to keep health care local, state-of-the-art and close to … more
Seminar speakers included Dr. Robynne Lute, Bothwell behavioral health consultant; Sarah Price, Bothwell TLC Pediatrics nurse practitioner; Carolyn Gibson, doctoral psychology intern; and October Zhang, MU medical student.
Community Relations committee aims to educate
While the foundation’s Special Prospects, Annual Support and Employee Giving committees are focused on growing the number of supporters and donors to the foundation, the Community Relations … more
Public invited to free community fitness event
The medical staff at Bothwell Regional Health Center will host a free community fitness night from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 29 at Heckart Community Center. The public is invited to attend to use the facility … more
While the death rate for falls in older adults is increasing, falls are avoidable with proper care and attention to personal health and environmental conditions.
Staying safe from falls
Falls can happen to anyone at any time, from children to athletes to the elderly. In the last six months, over 360 people have gone to Bothwell Regional Health Center’s Emergency Department for … more
Plan ahead to avoid cold-weather injuries
It’s December in Missouri, so it’s only a matter of time before we experience our first bout of winter weather that may include freezing temperatures, snow, ice or all three at … more
Kathy Woolery, left, is a registered nurse and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist in Bothwell Regional Health Center’s Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation program. Woolery has supported Sedalian Kelly Anspaugh since he joined the program after receiving a battery-operated heart pump in 2017 and again after a heart and kidney transplant in 2022.
Cardiac rehab helps double transplant patient thrive
When Sedalia resident Kelly Anspaugh left for the hospital on March 18, 2022, he didn’t think he’d be coming home.  “That’s how bad I was,” Anspaugh said in a … more
Ambulance district to add station in 2023
When the Pettis County Ambulance District was formed in 2013, leaders projected the service would respond to 3,700 calls a year. Nine years later, that call volume has more than doubled and continues … more
The Sedalia Fire Department has free carbon monoxide alarms available to the public through its fire prevention and education program. Department members also visit schools and businesses to provide education and training. From left, Firefighter Brennan Akeson, Battalion Chief Ken Schlesselman, Firefighter Matt Kowalski, Chief Matt Irwin and Inspector Jamie Volk.
Carbon monoxide: The silent killer
Carbon monoxide is a gas produced when ordinary fuels like gasoline, kerosene, wood, propane and natural gas burn. When you breathe it in, the gas prevents your blood cells from carrying enough … more
Bothwell Family Medicine Associates and Bothwell Eldenburg Family Practice are planned to move to Bothwell Healing Arts Center at 3700 W. 10th Street and join Bothwell Family Health and become a single family medicine practice. The merger will mean more space for patient care and physician growth as well as for medical student and resident teaching.
Federal grant to help fund clinic moves
Bothwell Regional Health Center has received a nearly $1.1 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Residency Planning and Development Program. Funds … more
RSV season hits Pettis County
As Pettis County approaches the winter season, residents are beginning to see cases of RSV spike across the area.  Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a contagious yet common virus that … more
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Charlotte Edwards was diagnosed with cancer one year ago. Family support and community well-wishers kept her spirits high through months of treatments.
Edwards back at work after cancer
Charlotte Edwards owns The Country Ruffle, a unique gift shop at 200 W. Third St. in Sedalia. She has been operating the boutique for almost 35 years, and her customers make the hard work … more
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The American Red Cross is preparing for several blood drives across the area ahead of the holiday season.
Red Cross gears up for fall blood drives
The American Red Cross is preparing for a drop in blood donations during the holidays by offering several blood drive donation sites across Missouri in the next few weeks. In addition, those who give … more
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Donna Barnes, 67, of Sedalia, is a breast cancer survivor. Her small but aggressive cancer was found with a mammogram in 2021. After treatments, Banes is now cancer free.
Barnes: mammogram finds small, aggressive cancer
  Cancer was the furthest thing from Donna Barnes’ mind when she made an appointment with her doctor for a well-woman visit in 2021. Barnes, 67, of Sedalia, who has no breast cancer … more
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Dr. Jonathan Beary
Brain and spinal cord specialist joins Bothwell team
On Aug. 1, Jonathan Beary, DO, became Bothwell Regional Health Center’s first full-time neurologist who can diagnose, treat and manage disorders of the brain and nervous system.  Beary … more
Lindsey Graham, certified physician assistant at Bothwell Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, performs a demo on the new EyeBOX concussion assessment device with an attendee at Bothwell’s Athletic Injury Conference recently held at State Fair Community College.
Moving beyond ‘follow my finger’
Last summer, Bothwell Regional Health Center became the first health system in Missouri to have an EyeBOX, an FDA-cleared device that aids specifically in the diagnosis of concussion by measuring … more
Buyer beware: Medicare Advantage plans have red flags
A recent report by the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed a trend among some Medicare Advantage plans of inappropriately denying or delaying … more
Dr. Stuart Braverman, right, performs surgery recently at Bothwell Regional Health Center with Cheri Gorrell, scrub nurse. Medical students are often able to assume the role of “first assistant” working across from surgeons, where they learn by helping select equipment, hold open incisions, stop bleeding or close incisions.
The power of mentorship
Dr. Stuart Braverman was 12 years old when he donned a gown and gloves and scrubbed into a surgery to watch his dad, Dr. Elliot Braverman, fix a broken ankle in the operating room. Nearly 40 years … more
October Zhang
Learning rural health care in real time
In July, Bothwell Family Medicine Associates welcomed two new University of Missouri medical students for a year-long training program.  October Zhang and Abby Beach are participants in … more
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