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As 988 crisis line turns 1, Utah health groups stress continued assistance

During its first year in operation, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline received nearly 87,000 calls from Utahns desperate for help. “Our goal is to answer those calls within 120 seconds or less, and if they go past that, the calls are routed to the national backup center,” said Rachel ...

McKay-Dee hospital traumatologists focus on most severe injuries

OGDEN - Dr. Jeffrey Walker doesn’t seek out his patients. They show up unannounced — with the worst imaginable injuries. “This job can be hours of boredom followed by hours of sheer terror,” Walker said. “You don't try to find people to come to your practice, but when your pager goes ...

Classes training ‘Super Sitters’ to prep for child care emergencies

OGDEN — So far, Sunday Hansen hasn’t had to perform CPR on any of the kids she babysits. But if something ever goes wrong, she’s trained to jump in and administer the lifesaving skill. The 11 year-old Mountain Green resident recently took a babysitting course at McKay-Dee Hospital ...

Intermountain Health using AI to influence ICU treatments

Intermountain Health is participating in a national effort to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop better ways of treating three of the most common conditions that land people in the intensive care unit. Pneumonia, sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome, also ...

Utah childhood obesity rate among lowest in US

Utah youth have some of the lowest rates of obesity in the country. According to data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the 2023 Kids Count data book from 2020-2021, one-third of kids aged 10 to 17 across the country are overweight or obese. The highest rates come from Kentucky, ...