McKay-Dee Hospital opens Surgery Center and Orthopedics in Northern Utah
Under the direction of athletic trainer Logan Parish, left, Jada Sheets, in blue, and Aunsty Coria work on some agility and strength training drills to rehabilitate their knee injuries at the McKay Dee Sports Medicine and Orthopedics center in Ogden on Oct. 24.
Jada Sheets works on some agility and strength training drills to rehabilitate a knee injury on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at the McKay Dee Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Center in Ogden.
Jada Sheets works on some agility and strength training drills to rehabilitate a knee injury on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at the McKay Dee Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Center in Ogden.
Athletic trainer Logan Parish directs Jada Sheets on some agility and strength training drills to rehabilitate a knee injury at the McKay Dee Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Center in Ogden on Oct. 24.
Using a high tech machine thaat is air-pressure-controlled, Jada Sheets works on some agility and strength training drills to rehabilitate a knee injury at the McKay Dee Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Center in Ogden Tuesday, Oct. 24.
Jada Sheets works on some agility and strength training drills to rehabilitate a knee injury at the McKay Dee Sports Medicine and Orthopedics center in Ogden on Oct. 24, 2016.
Jada Sheets works on some agility and strength training drills to rehabilitate a knee injury at the McKay Dee Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Center in Ogden on Oct. 24.
OGDEN — McKay-Dee Hospital’s new Surgery Center and Orthopedics is a lot like a Smart Home with its integrated surgical suites, a pool that lowers you from the surface to a moving floor at the bottom, high-speed treadmills, high-definition cameras and monitors and a state-of-the art program that helps athletes get back on their feet more quickly.
“This has been 20 years in the planning, and it’s going to be great for both patients and physicians. Our old facility was outdated and needed to be redone,” said Dr. Jeffrey Harrison, a surgeon with Calton/Harrison Orthopedic Clinic. “Everything is state-of-the art and could be compared to a Smart Home with all the latest electronics and surgical equipment.”
Harrison said the center, at 3895 Harrison Blvd., brings several health-care providers together under one roof, which makes it much easier for everyone. They include physicians, surgeons, physical therapists, hand specialists and athletic trainers.
“Instead of sending a patient off to therapy at another campus, I can walk them over, introduce them to a therapist and check on them at any time,” Harrison said. “In the past, I was only able to check on them maybe three times after surgery. With the new flow of the building and such close access to other providers, I can see a post-operative patient six to 10 times.”
In addition, Harrison said, instead of putting an X-ray up in a light box, he can now download everything onto a computer. That allows him to view the picture on a high-definition TV screen in the operating room.
“We now have six different screens in the operating room. Everyone can see what’s going on before, during and after surgery,” he said. “Everything is now digital and prewired to retrofit any operating room. The operating rooms are also much bigger and far more standardized with very clean and precise engineering.”
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Under the direction of athletic trainer Logan Parish, Jada Sheets works on some agility and strength training drills to rehabilitate a knee injury on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at the McKay Dee Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Center in Ogden.
The center also boasts a large waiting room for patients and their families, radiology, aquatic therapy, a hand specialty clinic, pharmacy, six fully integrated operative suites, 22 pre- and post-operative bays, a Bike Fit program, strength and wellness program, and a bistro.
“We don’t typically disclose the cost of our buildings, but we would like to share publicly that the Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Foundation donated $2 million to rehab services and have naming rights on the interior wall,” said spokeswoman Melissa Call.
Physical therapy manager Scott Wesche said the facility allows his staff to do more things than they were able to do before.
“For one thing, we have two very modern pools,” he said. “One of the pools is a hydro-works pool and has a zero drop floor where the floor cuts into the surface of the water and lowers the patient down. The entire floor of the pool is also a treadmill, so we can get the patient moving at any depth we want, from three to six feet. It also has jets installed for resistance and cameras that view all four sides of the body which allows us to see how they’re walking. The pools are great for people with severe arthritis, post surgical recovery, limited mobility, those with neurological problems such as stroke, traumatic brain injuries, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.”
The other pool, Wesche said, has a smaller treadmill built in, with adjustable speed and jets for resistance.
Return to Sports is a new program designed to help athletes get back on their feet faster than ever before. The program includes a rubber turf running track, an artificial turf running track, half-court basketball, comprehensive testing and ImPACT concussion testing.
Ogden High School senior Jada Sheets suffered an injury during a competitive soccer tournament. She plays for both Ogden High School and the competitive team, La Roca in Ogden, and has already earned a scholarship to Dixie University.
“She’s been playing soccer since she was 4 years old and competitive soccer since she was 7 years old,” said her father, Troy Sheets. “She’s always been healthy and strong, but the statistics for girls injuring their ACL (anterior cruciate ligament )is six times higher than boys, so it’s almost bound to happen.”
And happen, it did. During the last three minutes of a competitive game last May, Jada went down. She landed in surgery with an ACL and meniscus repair.
“Dr. Harrison performed the surgery and sent her on to physical therapy,” Sheets said. “Then the new facility opened and she went to the Return to Sports program and it made all the difference.”
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Jada Sheets works on some agility and strength training drills to rehabilitate a knee injury at the McKay Dee Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Center in Ogden on Oct. 24.
Jada said she is impressed with the interaction of staff members and the modernized equipment and testing. She said she hopes to be back on the soccer field in two months.
“It’s crazy, some of the high-tech things they have. They have these new treadmills that are huge and super padded. They’re faster than normal treadmills and the incline can go crazy high,” she said. “The testing is really state-of-the-art, too. Just the way they do it and the equipment they use. You really can see your improvement. In fact, my bad leg is actually performing better than my good leg now.”
The center is open Monday through Friday. For further information, call 801-38-SPORTS.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jack Lampros, chairman of the Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Foundation, is Jamie Lampros’ father.