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Stopping by Wyoming Medical Center during flu season? Be a good visitor

By Kristy Bleizeffer Dec 6, 2017

Each year, the flu contributes to more than 200,000 hospitalizations and as many as 49,000 deaths in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Visitors are asked to protect the health of their hospitalized friends and family by practicing the basic principles of infection prevention.

Wyoming Medical Center earns American Stroke Association’s highest honor for stroke care

By Kristy Bleizeffer Jun 6, 2017

For the third straight year, Wyoming Medical Center has won the American Stroke Association’s highest level of recognition for quick, expert treatment of stroke patients.

New advance in stroke treatment will benefit more Wyoming patients

By Kristy Bleizeffer May 30, 2017

The past five years have brought unprecedented advances in the treatment of stroke, including a major announcement two weeks ago that will improve care of Wyoming patients.

Wyoming Medical Center earns American Stroke Association’s highest honor for stroke care — again

By Kristy Bleizeffer May 24, 2016

Wyoming Medical Center has again won the American Stroke Association’s highest level of recognition for quick, expert treatment of stroke patients. For the second straight year, we achieved Target: Stroke Honor Roll —Elite Plus status. We also earned the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

Stroke Month | Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: A new era has dawned

By David B. Wheeler, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N. May 4, 2016

The past five years have seen unprecedented advances in acute stroke management. With more aggressive treatment parameters, revolutionary changes in interventional techniques and improvement in the organization of care, more and more people are walking away from stroke with little to no deficit.

My Stroke Story, Part 1 | From hockey player to stroke survivor, finding my power after a devastating illness

By Kendall Bays May 1, 2016

I wouldn’t wake up for four days. When I did, doctors would tell me that I suffered a pulmonary embolism causing a watershed stroke and three cardiac arrests. Lying in the hospital bed and facing a long recovery, I felt powerless – for a while. But over the next seven years, I found a strength I didn’t know I had. Never have I felt more powerful.

My Stroke Story, Part 2 | Waking up was the first step in a long road to recovery

By Kendall Bays May 1, 2016

When I woke up in Wyoming Medical Center three days after collapsing inside my house on April 3, 2008, I felt like a very different person. Before my stroke, I was a 20-year-old college student with dreams of becoming a sports caster on SportsCenter. I woke up nearly paralyzed.

My Stroke Story, Part 3 | What stroke gave me: A new normal and a mission to teach others

By Kendall Bays May 1, 2016

May is Stroke Month: Save the dates for these Casper events

By Kristy Bleizeffer Apr 26, 2016

May is American Stroke Month – and for good reason. Stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. One in every three strokes occur in people younger than 65.

Join Casper's Happy Neurons for local Epilepsy Walk April 16

By Kristy Bleizeffer Apr 5, 2016

One in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point in their lives. Casper's Happy Neurons are not OK with that.

WMC By the Numbers: 1,218 employees, 37,316 ER visits and 1,154 babies born

By Eric Valdez Mar 31, 2016

While you can’t measure a hospital by numbers alone, we’re pretty proud of those we put up in 2015.

Meet our Docs: Dr. Lee Warren is an inventor, author, podcaster and neurosurgeon

By Kristy Bleizeffer Feb 23, 2016

W. Lee Warren Jr., M.D., is a surgeon who wears many caps. He’s a neurosurgeon, sure, but it’s not all he is. Not by a long shot.

Stroke

'Like a miracle:' Douglas woman's stroke is case study for a fast, efficient system of care

By Kristy Bleizeffer Jan 4, 2016

By all measures, Sept. 29 began as a typical day. Rebecca L. Renstrom walked her dog, went to work and came home for lunch. She felt fine when she returned to the Douglas Chamber of Commerce, where she works one day a week, early that afternoon.