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A Firelands Regional Health System Blog

Your experiences matter. The goal of this blog is to empower people to make the most important health decisions of their lives. Contact us by sending an email to marketinggeneralinfo@firelands.com to share your story and empower others today.

Challenge Yourself With These 4 Quick Tips to Unplug & Improve Health

Being “plugged in” to technology has benefits. But there are times that technology can become an overpowering part of our lives. Follow these quick tips to unplug.

Firelands Offers Financial Assistance to Those Who are Underinsured

According to The Commonwealth Fund, roughly 31 million people in the U.S. are considered underinsured – meaning they have high out-of-pocket healthcare costs. Firelands offers financial assistance.

Is Too Much Touchscreen Use in Infants Bad for Sleep & Health?

Can too much touchscreen use among infants and toddlers cause health problems? Studies say yes. Read what Firelands Regional Medical Center has to say.

Becoming a Stroke Survivor: Mike Wanagat's Patient Story

Mike was on the phone with his wife when he abruptly said he was seeing double and had to pull over. Then the phone went dead. Read Mike’s stroke survivor story here.

Placental Abruption and a Birth to Remember

Until that morning Brandy's pregnancy had been perfectly normal. There was no indication of a potential emergency like placental abruption. Read Brandy's amazing birth story here.

Corporate Activities to Improve the Health of Your Employees

Health and wellness corporate solutions can directly relate to workplace injury outcomes. Injuries may be preventable with improved workforce health, and the benefits of handwashing are numerous for employee health.

Collaboration for a Cure

It is no secret that treatment for breast cancer requires collaboration. No one entity can do it alone. For breast cancer, Komen is at the forefront of this fight.

BioFire: A New System to Detect Infections

By utilizing the BioFire syndromic diagnostic approach, we can identify actual causative agents within one to two hours. Read more about BioFire here.

Comforting Patients One Stitch at a Time

Two local women took the initiative volunteering in Sandusky OH to bring comfort to patients at Firelands Regional Medical Center by making Knitted Knockers and Prayer Quilts.

What Does an Occupational Therapist Do? Allison Blakeley's Story

What does an occupational therapist do that can be relevant to mission trips? For Allison Blakeley, occupational therapist at Firelands hospital, it was much more.

How Inpatient Rehabilitation Helped Mike Learn to Walk Again

When Mike Drumm was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, he would end up needing inpatient rehabilitation for the autoimmune disease to learn to walk again. Read his story.

A Neighbor, Not a Number: Joni's Pregnancy & Birth Story

Joni was expecting her first child when she moved from Cleveland to Sandusky. She planned to go back to the “big city” for the pregnancy and birth. See why she didn't.

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