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		<title>First Choice Emergency Room Employee Spotlight Dr. Derrick Mitchell</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Nestled in the northwest corner of Houston, on the 249 corridor, is one of our older locations off of Louetta and Cutten. We recently ran into facility medical director, Dr. Derrick Mitchell and thought it was a great time to highlight his role with First Choice ER. Below are his answers to some questions we [...]]]></description>
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<p>Nestled in the northwest corner of Houston, on the 249 corridor, is one of our older locations off of Louetta and Cutten. We recently ran into facility medical director, Dr. Derrick Mitchell and thought it was a great time to highlight his role with First Choice ER. Below are his answers to some questions we were able to ask him. Please feel free to stop by the Louetta location anytime for a free tour from the rest of the Louetta team.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. <strong>How long have you worked at FCER?</strong><br />
Five years, four years as the Facility Medical Director at Louetta.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. <strong>What made you want to work at FCER?</strong><br />
FCER represented a new and exciting way to practice emergency medicine with an authentic focus on patient care. I was impressed with the mission statement of FCER. At FCER, I practice emergency medicine in a small team and develop trust and relationships with patients and staff.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. <strong>When did you decide you wanted to be a doctor?</strong><br />
I decided I wanted to be a doctor as a kid in the 80s watching the Cosby Show, MASH and Trapper John M.D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">4. <strong>Why Emergency Medicine?</strong><br />
While I was in medical school at Johns Hopkins, I was sure I was going to be a urologist. I was doing prostate cancer research and the like. When I did my emergency medicine clerkship, I was exposed to the excitement, complexity and fast pace of the ER. I was attracted to being on the frontline, the adrenaline rush and quick thinking required. I called the chairman of urology and told him I was going into emergency medicine.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5. <strong>Favorite pastimes?</strong><br />
In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my amazing wife and 4 children. I spend a lot of time practicing the trumpet and performing jazz music at jam sessions and 2 orchestras (one secular). I also enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">6. <strong>Favorite sports team? </strong><br />
I don’t have a favorite sports team but my favorite band is the Ohio Players.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">7. <strong>Life-Saver Story:</strong><br />
Guy calls EMS complaining of shortness of breath and coughing fit. EMS arrived and the patient gasped last breath. No time to intubate so patient was transported while getting assisted breaths by bag-valve-mask apparatus. The guy had no breath sounds, bilateral spontaneous pneumothoraces (both lungs collapsed). I intubated the patient, placed two chest tubes and thankfully the patient walked out of the hospital after 1 week.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">8. <strong>Fun Facts:</strong><br />
- I delivered my daughter Laylah at GBMC hospital in Baltimore MD.<br />
- All my children play musical instruments.<br />
- My high school sweetie and I were married in 1994 in a small chapel in Reno, NV by   the honorable Reverend Rick Rickard.<br />
- I love chocolate chip cookies.<br />
- I was an All-American track athlete in college and in medical school I chased down<br />
a patient who was trying to steal a defibrillator.</p>
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		<title>Official Nurses Week First Choice Emergency Room Employee Spotlight RN Erica Miller</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our first venture outside of Texas we were very excited to open our Colorado Springs facility in March of this year! We know great service doesn&#8217;t happen without great employees and we think the Colorado Springs team exemplifies the culture of customer service and compassion that we have developed in Texas including the fantastic [...]]]></description>
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<p>In our first venture outside of Texas we were very excited to open our Colorado Springs facility in March of this year! We know great service doesn&#8217;t happen without great employees and we think the Colorado Springs team exemplifies the culture of customer service and compassion that we have developed in Texas including the fantastic nurse manager highlighted in this employee spotlight, RN Erica Miller. We recently ran into Erica and with it being Nurses week we thought it was a great time to highlight her role with First Choice ER, below are her answers to some questions we were able to ask her and please feel free to stop by the Colorado Springs location anytime for a free tour with the rest of Erica’s team.</p>
<p>1.How long have you worked for FCER?<br />
Three months.</p>
<p>2. What made you want to work at FCER?<br />
I was intrigued by the opportunity to be part of something so new and different to Colorado, and thrilled at the prospect of being able to provide the kind of compassionate, efficient emergency nursing care patients deserve.  It seemed like the perfect environment to do the part of my job I love. </p>
<p>3. When did you decide you wanted to be a nurse?<br />
I knew I wanted to work in healthcare from the time I was just a little girl &#8211; I decided on nursing shortly after I became a mom.</p>
<p>4. Why Emergency Medicine?<br />
I&#8217;m the poster child for ADD, and the random and varied nature of emergency medicine suits that perfectly. No shift is ever the same, and not a day goes by that I don&#8217;t learn something new &#8211; it&#8217;s the coolest job I can imagine!</p>
<p>5. Favorite thing to do in your free time?<br />
I enjoy spending time on the motorcycle with my husband Scott; we like to spend time and go camping with our five kids. I love to cook and bake; I enjoy reading, writing, and blogging (http://blissfulentropy.blogspot.com). I’m notorious for starting projects that I don’t *really* have time for but can’t abandon completely ( I’ve got a crocheted afghan that’s been in progress for about 5 years, a postage-stamp quilt I’ve been working on for 2 years…and my kids’ scrapbooks are a disaster).</p>
<p>6. Favorite sports team?<br />
Any of the teams my kids play on: Doherty Soccer, Timberview Softball &#038; Volleyball, Pride &#8220;Force&#8221; Soccer.</p>
<p>7. Life-Saver Story<br />
Several years ago, I was taking care of a young girl whose chief complaint was abdominal pain.  She was quiet and polite, sometimes deferring answers to the family member that accompanied her.  Her basic workup was unremarkable, just like any other kiddo with a bellyache &#8211; but there was something that just wasn’t right.  I couldn’t put a finger on what it was, but I had an uneasy feeling about this little girl.  The doctor was ready to discharge the patient with a diagnosis of constipation, so I asked him whether he had noticed anything that made him uncomfortable sending the patient home.  He said that he hadn’t.<br />
I continued working toward discharging this little girl, and when I moved her hair to check her temperature, I noticed the bruising behind her ear.  I notified the physician, and he immediately performed an in-depth examination to assess for more signs of abuse and ordered a CT scan of her abdomen and pelvis.  At that point, my shift was over, so I turned over care of the patient to a colleague and went home, but she was on my mind all night.<br />
The next day when I arrived for my shift, that physician hurried up to me and said “Great catch, Erica.  That little girl had a ruptured bladder.  If we’d have sent her home, she would have died last night.”<br />
That’s when I learned to trust my instinct, to listen to that little voice, to pay attention when the hair on the back of my neck stands up.</p>
<p>8. Fun Facts<br />
-	I worked my way through college as a heavy equipment operator at a phosphate mine.<br />
-	I’ve written a novel; it’s sitting in my desk drawer in first-draft form on a stack of legal pads.  I’m afraid to pull it out to revise it, because then I might have to admit to myself that it’s not as good as I think it is.<br />
-	I’m an absolute nut about spelling and grammar; I’m the annoying one who corrects people for butchering the English language.  To indulge that, I own and operate a small editorial consulting firm.</p>
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		<title>Official Nurses Week First Choice Emergency Room Employee Spotlight RN Debra Belk</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the north side of Houston in the community of Spring on one of the famously mispronounced streets in town, Kuykendahl (pronounced by the locals as Kirk-in-doll), is where we find this nurse that knows to never say never, RN Debra Belk. We recently ran into Debra and with it being Nurses week we thought [...]]]></description>
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<p>On the north side of Houston in the community of Spring on one of the famously mispronounced streets in town, Kuykendahl (pronounced by the locals as Kirk-in-doll), is where we find this nurse that knows to never say never, RN Debra Belk. We recently ran into Debra and with it being Nurses week we thought it was a great time to highlight her role with First Choice ER, below are her answers to some questions we were able to ask her and please feel free to stop by the Spring location anytime for a free tour with the rest of Debra’s team.</p>
<p>1. How long have you worked for FCER?<br />
I have worked for FCER since October of 2007.</p>
<p>2. What made you want to work at FCER?<br />
I enjoy the culture of teamwork and cooperation at FCER. Working at a free standing ER has provided me with the opportunity to give emergency nursing care in a much less stressful work environment than in the hospital ER where I spent the previous 26 years. I am privileged to share my work experience with a great group of coworkers, and it is refreshing to be able to spend the time that is needed interacting with the patients.</p>
<p>3. When did you decide you wanted to be a nurse?<br />
Since I grew up with a fear of “shots” and fainted with the sight of blood, nursing is the only profession I said I would never do! But, at the age of 18, I began working in a small rural hospital in Respiratory Therapy and started nursing school when I was 20. I have learned to never say never.</p>
<p>4. Why Emergency Medicine?<br />
Emergency Medicine is challenging and ever changing. It prevents boredom and stagnation.</p>
<p>5. Favorite thing to do in your free time?<br />
My favorite thing to do in my free time is to spend time with my family. The older I get, the more precious they become.</p>
<p>6. Favorite sports team?<br />
My favorite sports team is the Texas A&amp;M Aggies…of course!</p>
<p>7. Life-Saver Story<br />
As a young ER nurse working triage, a mother ran into the ER lobby and literally threw her infant into my arms and said, “My baby is not breathing!” The child was blue and listless, and she indeed was apneic. As much as I wanted to “throw” the baby into the arms of someone else, the steps of BLS really did come to light. I started rescue breathing from the hospital lobby to the code room. The baby was successfully resuscitated and left the hospital after a brief stay.</p>
<p>8. Fun Facts<br />
I love to dance, and I once led family and friends in “Soulja Boy” at my oldest son’s wedding. I am expecting my first grandbaby in July, and I can’t wait to be a grandmother! My grandchild will call me “Lolly” and my husband “Pop”.</p>
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		<title>Official Nurses Week First Choice Emergency Room Employee Spotlight RN Peggy Dubroca</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just South of Round Rock Texas on the Interstate 35 corridor is the quiet community of Pflugerville as well as an important nurse getting ready to celebrate her 1 year anniversary with First Choice, RN Peggy Dubroca. We recently ran into Peggy and with it being Nurses week we thought it was a great time [...]]]></description>
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<p>Just South of Round Rock Texas on the Interstate 35 corridor is the quiet community of Pflugerville as well as an important nurse getting ready to celebrate her 1 year anniversary with First Choice, RN Peggy Dubroca. We recently ran into Peggy and with it being Nurses week we thought it was a great time to highlight her role with First Choice ER, below are her answers to some questions we were able to ask her and please feel free to stop by the Pflugerville location anytime for a free tour with the rest of Peggy’s team.</p>
<p>1.	How long have you worked for FCER? My one year anniversary will be on May 17th when we opened the Pflugerville location.</p>
<p>2.	What made you want to work at FCER?  I wanted to experience the free standing ER world.</p>
<p>3.	When did you decide you wanted to be a nurse? I had a younger brother with Cerebral Palsy and helped my mom take care of him. </p>
<p>4.	Why Emergency Medicine? I thrive on the “Controlled Chaos” environment.</p>
<p>5.	Favorite thing to do in your free time?  Roller skate with my granddaughters Ava and Lila.</p>
<p>6.	Favorite sports team?  New Orleans Saints!! Who Dat?</p>
<p>7.	Life-Saver Story: I was in the lobby of a hotel, and a railroad worker was sitting on a chair with chest pain, and his coworkers could not convince him to go to the hospital. I assessed him and called 911. The patient had a heart attack with stent placement and after his discharge from the hospital; the railroad company gave me a watch to thank me.</p>
<p>8.	Fun Facts  I worked in Barrow, Alaska and experienced 24 hours of sunlight</p>
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		<title>Official Nurses Week First Choice Emergency Room Employee Spotlight RN Letemia Medina</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tucked away between Plano and Wylie on the Northeast side of Dallas is the Suburb of Murphy and also home to one of our five DFW locations where you will find the fun and compassionate Nurse Manager, RN Letemia Medina. We recently ran into Letemia and with it being Nurses week we thought it was [...]]]></description>
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<p>Tucked away between Plano and Wylie on the Northeast side of Dallas is the Suburb of Murphy and also home to one of our five DFW locations where you will find the fun and compassionate Nurse Manager, RN Letemia Medina. We recently ran into Letemia and with it being Nurses week we thought it was a great time to highlight her role with First Choice ER, below are her answers to some questions we were able to ask her and please feel free to stop by the Murphy location anytime for a free tour from the rest of Letemia’s team.</p>
<p>1. How long have you worked for FCER?<br />
5yrs as of May!</p>
<p>2. What made you want to work at FCER?<br />
The fact that it’s based outside of a hospital, I remember those days of “holding” multiple patients in the ER when I worked in a hospital setting.</p>
<p>3. When did you decide you wanted to be a nurse?<br />
High School. I showed the most interest in all my health courses.</p>
<p>4. Why Emergency Medicine?<br />
Why Not? It’s interesting and has a great “flow” to it. I can help provide care continuously while acting autonomously in a team atmosphere.</p>
<p>5. Favorite thing to do in your free time?<br />
Spend time with my family. I love when we all get together, especially when there’s food!</p>
<p>6. Favorite sports team?<br />
Little league players on Saturday mornings! They are so cute.</p>
<p>7. Life-Saver Story<br />
I recall coding a patient in the hospital ED who was conscious on arrival and complaining of chest pain, but he then began to decline. As we began CPR, everyone rushed the room and I began chest compressions while the other nurses were giving meds. We checked for a pulse, he didn’t have one but he had a rhythm. The next time I compressed his chest, his eyes opened, and he exclaimed “Ow, that hurts!” He startled me and I exclaimed to the nurse “I thought you said he didn’t have a pulse!” She said “he didn’t.” All was well, another life saved…</p>
<p>8. Fun Facts<br />
My nickname is Luckie and I went through all of high school with everyone thinking that was my actual first name. I like purple and love, love, love chocolate cake!</p>
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		<title>Official Nurses Week First Choice Emergency Room Employee Spotlight RN Rachel Schaffer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you ever make it to our location in The Woodlands Texas it is likely you have spent time with the focus of today&#8217;s employee spotlight RN &#038; BSN Rachel Schaffer. Starting with First Choice back in 2006 Rachel has accumulated a number of happy patients during her tenure with our team and we are [...]]]></description>
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<p>If you ever make it to our location in The Woodlands Texas it is likely you have spent time with the focus of today&#8217;s employee spotlight RN &#038; BSN Rachel Schaffer. Starting with First Choice back in 2006 Rachel has accumulated a number of happy patients during her tenure with our team and we are very lucky to have her! We recently ran into Rachel and thought it was a great time to highlight her role with First Choice ER, below are her answers to some questions we were able to ask her and please feel free to stop by The Woodlands location anytime for a free tour from the rest of Rachel’s team.</p>
<p>1. How long have you worked for FCER? I joined the FCER team in March of 2006</p>
<p>2. What made you want to work at FCER? Exciting new opportunity. The concept of free standing ERs was brand new at the time and to me it presented a challenge, I love a challenge.</p>
<p>3. When did you decide you wanted to be a nurse? I was in high school when my mother decided to change careers, after years of being an elementary school teacher she chose to become a nurse. Everyday, she would come home and talk to us about everything she learned that day. By the time she graduated, I felt like nursing would be a good fit for me.</p>
<p>4. Why Emergency Medicine? I am all about solving the puzzle. I love being part of the team that gets to solve the medical puzzle for clients. People come to us, often times scared, not knowing what is going on and we not only get to the root of dilemma, we provide them with peace of mind.</p>
<p>5. Favorite thing to do in your free time? I love to cook and often do cooking demonstrations both in my home and in the homes of my clients. I am also a jewelry designer and love to spend time in my studio creating jewelry that was mere moments before just a thought. But most of all I love traveling with my husband and family.</p>
<p>6. Favorite sports team? I am originally from St. Louis, a die hard sports town and so by birthright I bleed Cardinal red and Blues blue.</p>
<p>7. Life-Saver Story: Sometimes it’s not a life or death situation; sometimes it’s how we touch people’s lives. Just the other day, I had an 8 year old boy who was sent by his primary care for poor Oxygen Saturation. He was newly diagnosed with asthma but no one had really educated the parents about his diagnosis. He was in pretty bad shape when he arrived and improved little after treatment. He was ultimately transferred to the Children’s Hospital, but in the time he was here, I had the opportunity to educate the parents and the child on his disease process and was able to listen to the parents’ concerns and address their questions. The parents soaked up the information we provided them and the patient left here saying “This is my favorite doctor’s office. Mom, I like this place.” his mother responded “me too.” When an ill 8 year old can come into a strange place and be poked and prodded and still leave with those sentiments, then we have truly made a difference.</p>
<p>8. Fun Facts: I am a Certified Death Investigator and worked for Harris County Medical Examiner’s office.</p>
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		<title>Official Nurses Week First Choice Emergency Room Employee Spotlight RN Aimee Gross</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another one of our long standing successful locations is on the North side of Fort Worth Texas, we call it NoFo and is held together by Nurse Manager, RN Aimee Gross. We recently ran into Aimee and thought it was a great time to highlight her role with First Choice ER, below are her answers [...]]]></description>
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<p>Another one of our long standing successful locations is on the North side of Fort Worth Texas, we call it NoFo and is held together by Nurse Manager, RN Aimee Gross. We recently ran into Aimee and thought it was a great time to highlight her role with First Choice ER, below are her answers to some questions we were able to ask her and please feel free to stop by the NoFo location anytime for a free tour from the rest of Aimee&#8217;s team.</p>
<p>1. How long have you worked for FCER?<br />
a. Since June of 2010</p>
<p>2. What made you want to work at FCER?<br />
a. I like FCER because it offered the opportunity for me to provide compassionate quality emergency care to my patients. I have worked in so many extremely busy ERs that do not allow for educating patients on adequate home care. FCER encourages this education and our patients love us.</p>
<p>3. When did you decide you wanted to be a nurse?<br />
a. I was 15 years old when I started to volunteer at my rural hospital back home as a candy striper. I saw how the nurses talked to the patients and took away their fears, comforted them. I wanted to help people the way they did. I put in over 200 hours that year and many years after that. One day the Charge Nurse asked if I wanted a job. I was only 18 when I gave my first bed bath. You should have seen that floor!!!</p>
<p>4. Why Emergency Medicine?<br />
a. The summer I started volunteering, I quickly found that I wanted to be in the ED everyday. I even signed up for July 4th, it was a Saturday that year, just in case I got to see something “cool”. I saw my first death that day. A 22 month old little boy who drowned in a swimming pool. I still remember his full name. He was so tiny and he never moved, never cried. I wondered for years why the doctors and nurses stopped working on that baby. He was still warm when I cleaned him up for his parents to hold him. I remember his father’s reaction like it was yesterday. I came back the next day and every day after that determined to make a difference, give hope. I have worked on the nursing units, in recovery, in doctors’ offices, camp nursing, ICU and CVICU and I still can’t leave the ER. It’s what I do. It’s what I love!! The sicker, the better! Where else in this world do you get the chance to help someone every day and get paid to do it? It’s my love!</p>
<p>5. Favorite thing to do in your free time?<br />
a. I enjoy hunting and spending time away from the city. Nothing relaxes me more than a little time in the woods and if I get to shoot something, clean it and eat it, I’m really happy!! I enjoy teaching my children about our heritage and how to take care of yourself. How to hunt, fish, build a fire, and respect the land, love of nature, and self independence.</p>
<p>6. Favorite sports team?<br />
a. University of Texas Longhorns. I love College Football!! The sound, colors, smells of a fall game ignites something deep inside. I’ll pull for any Texas team unless they play UT!</p>
<p>7. Life-Saver Story<br />
a. On an extremely busy day a local EMS company called and said they were bringing in a woman who was experiencing female bleeding and was pale. When the lady arrived, she looked dead from across the nurses’ station. My colleagues and I went straight to her side only to find her in hypovolemic shock. I started an IV immediately and the “blood” that returned was pink tinged and clear. As my colleagues and physician worked to get information and fluids started on her, I ran to the lab for O NEG blood. As I ran down the stairs back to the ER I knew she would be dead before I got there. Thankfully she was not; I hung 4 units of blood on her in the first 30 minutes. In one of the communications I had with her I asked her if she prayed. She slowly and barely nodded yes. I started to pray with her. I told her she should pray constantly. I went back to doing what ED nurses do when we try to save someone’s life. We transferred her to the ICU with a Hgb of 1 and a HCT of 4. She had a tumor that had been bleeding slowly for 6 months. A year later, I entered a room of a male patient and started my assessment in the same ED. The woman in the chair next to the patient started to cry and her husband asked me if I recognized them. I apologized for not recognizing them as I meet so many people in the work that I do. She arose from the chair, grabbed my hand and asked me if I remembered asking a sick lady if she prayed. I immediately remembered her. She said that she had known that she was very ill but didn’t know how ill she was. At that moment she knew that if she didn’t pray for her life she would die. She said she had thought of me many times since then and hoped that I still was a nurse and that I still prayed with my patients. That day I made a difference.</p>
<p>8. Fun Facts<br />
a. I like fast cars. I have a mustang GT that I love to drive very fast. I also enjoy tinkering with it. For Christmas, I got a cold air intake and a throttle body spacer. For Mother’s Day, my family gave me stripes over the top of it. One year for my birthday, I got an exhaust system. My neighbor says she knows when I leave for work every morning!<br />
b. I wear cowboy boots almost everywhere I go. In the summer I wear them with shorts when I work in the yard just in case I need to step on a snake!</p>
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		<title>First Choice Emergency Room Employee Spotlight Dr. Ansohn</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; As we continue to grow and flourish in the respective communities we provide services we have also added key members to help with our success and that includes area medical director for DFW &#38; Austin, Dr. John Ansohn. We recently ran into Dr. Ansohn and thought it was a great time to highlight his [...]]]></description>
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<p>As we continue to grow and flourish in the respective communities we provide services we have also added key members to help with our success and that includes area medical director for DFW &amp; Austin, Dr. John Ansohn. We recently ran into Dr. Ansohn and thought it was a great time to highlight his role with First Choice ER, below are his answers to some questions we were able to ask him and please feel free to stop by any of the locations in DFW or Austin for a free tour from the rest of the North Texas regional teams.</p>
<p>1. How long have you worked at First Choice Emergency Room?</p>
<p>I started part time in December, 2011 and became a full time staff doctor by June, 2012. I think I was so enthusiastic about my new job that it led to me being offered my current position of Regional Medical Director, which gives me the opportunity to further help and promote our concept and growth of FCER’s culture in the DFW and Austin metro areas!</p>
<p>2.What made you want to work at FCER?</p>
<p>I saw a rare culture, better yet family of caring people, who put the patient first. Also I could once again practice medicine without patients building up in the waiting room, spending many hours waiting to be seen. Here at First Choice, I found a corporate organization, which does not think twice about cost, if it may interfere with patient care and satisfaction!  I can now spend the time I need with my patient’s in order to do a complete exam, answer all questions and to make a proper diagnosis!</p>
<p>3.When did you decide you wanted to be a doctor?</p>
<p>I became interested in medicine in the Military, after being trained as a Hospital Corpsman, “Medic”. The doctors I worked with were very encouraging, so I set out to get more education in this field. First, I was accepted into the Physician Assistants Program @ Baylor College of Medicine. After a few years in a rural practice, then teaching @ Galveston’s UT Medical Branch, I finished a Masters Degree in Psychology @ the University of Houston. Still, I was hungry for more medical knowledge, and this intellectual curiosity for medicine, finally led to admission to medical school at The University of North Texas Health Science Center, in Ft Worth.</p>
<p>4.Why Emergency Medicine?</p>
<p>I wanted to always be able to take care of all types of patients (children as well as the elderly) and in all conditions. In order to do this, I would have to gain experience in every specialty, from delivering those unexpected early babies, to treating heart attacks. I also had a passion for the Paramedics, and this path would, and did allow me for years to train and provide medical oversight to hundreds of paramedics.</p>
<p>5.Favorite thing to do in your free time?</p>
<p>What free time? Kidding! I like to ranch, fish, and hunt, anything outdoors except for golf, because it is not family oriented and takes you away too long from your family. By the way, my hunting has evolved into really more of a nature hick, unless the freezer is short on deer sausage!</p>
<p>6.Favorite sports team?</p>
<p>That’s an easy one, THE DALLAS COWBOYS! Despite Jerry Jones!7.</p>
<p>Life-Saver Story</p>
<p>That’s a hard one. I really don’t consider that when a life is saved, that I “the Doctor” did it, it is the amazing results of our nurses and other valuable team members! I don’t really remember the saves, but the losses stay with you forever! But to try and answer your question, there was a young 20 year old woman who was brought to me at a rural ER, when I first started ER Medicine. She had been in a head on collision at a high rate of speed. Upon seeing her, as the ambulance crew entered my ER’s doors, I felt my stomach turn up side down, and initially, what I saw scared me to near death! A beautiful girl, covered in blood from head to toe. Then, what all ER doctors do, my adrenaline kicked in and I went to work. I fortunately had some great nurse and ancillary staff that day on shift. After shouting, get Parkland and CareFlite on the phone, I never raised my voice again. Everyone seemed to calm down and follow my orders, now with less anxiety, and improved efficiency. We managed to stabilize her after multiple procedures and finally CareFlite arrived. She made it to the trauma center still stable, which allowed their trauma surgeons to do their magic and repair all the horribly damage organs and fix the associated major fractures. Well, as all good cases should fair, a few weeks later, she came to that rural ER, which in fact was a long ways from where she lived, just to thank everybody for giving her life back. Now with many years of experience behind me, this would not have been such a dramatic save, but the first year out of training, with no other physician back up, it was a major accomplishment to me and helped me develop confidence that would persist for years.</p>
<p>8. Fun Facts</p>
<p>An easy question! Dogs! Lots of them! Kids and grand kids! And lots of them! Our family loves our dogs and always laughs so hard at their hilarious clown acts! I like putting peanut butter on the roof of their mouths, and, probably a little mean, but if you put peanut butter on their nose, just out of reach, it’s too funny!</p>
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		<title>First Choice Emergency Room Employee Spotlight Dr. Deeb</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another one of our long standing successful locations is in Murphy Texas and is led by one of our emergency physicians that you may have seen before at our Western Center location or perhaps Flower Mound, Dr. Kenneth Deeb. We recently ran into facility medical director Dr. Deeb and thought it was a great time [...]]]></description>
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<p>Another one of our long standing successful locations is in Murphy Texas and is led by one of our emergency physicians that you may have seen before at our Western Center location or perhaps Flower Mound, Dr. Kenneth Deeb. We recently ran into facility medical director Dr. Deeb and thought it was a great time to highlight his role with First Choice ER, below are his answers to some questions we were able to ask him and please feel free to stop by the Murphy location anytime for a free tour from the rest of the Murphy team.</p>
<p>1. How long have you worked for FCER?<br />
About 6 years</p>
<p>2. What made you want to work at FCER<br />
I had practiced for almost 25 years in a hospital Emergency Department as well serving in several administrative roles over 11 of those years and was looking for a change and perhaps a little slower pace.</p>
<p>3. When did you decide you wanted to be a doctor?<br />
I knew I would either enter the Dental or Medical Profession when I was in high school. My family had friends that were both Physicians and Dentists and I developed an interest observing them I suppose.</p>
<p>4. Why Emergency Medicine?<br />
I like the ability to make a difference, but at the same time still leave and reserve some undisturbed time for my family and myself.</p>
<p>5. Favorite thing to do in your free time?<br />
Spend time with my wife and kids.</p>
<p>6. Favorite sports team?<br />
I’ll have to say my Alma Mater, Louisville. I graduated from both College and Med School there. Back in those days we won 3 NCAA Basketball Championships and although we really weren’t known as a Football school, at least at that time, I had the opportunity to serve as a Student Trainer and that was an incredible experience.</p>
<p>7. Life-Saver Story<br />
I’ve been fortunate to have helped several folks over the years. I guess you remember the ones that end up coming back and thanking you. I had a young woman arrive, many years ago, in full cardiac arrest. At the time I was practicing in a small town in Kentucky. I was able to resuscitate her. About one and a half years later, I was walking in a shopping center and she seemed to come out of nowhere to thank me for her life. She was the mother of two small children. That one is definitely a stand out. There have been a few others over the years, but more recently I was on duty in a fairly large local suburban hospital Emergency Department and a Physician who was a transplant Nephrologist came in with a severe cardiac condition, which I was fortunate enough to be able to reverse and get him enough time to reach a Cardiac Cath Lab. Later he wrote a letter to the administration of the hospital where I was at, crediting me for his life. Not really sure if I can truly take that kind of credit, but I often wonder how many lives I may have impacted in a positive way by helping him return to his practice.</p>
<p>8. Fun Facts<br />
I like golf but my wife, despite the fact that I played in College, doesn’t believe I can actually play. She’s never seen me play. I just haven’t had the time in quite a while. I guess I’m a little nuts about movies I have a movie collection that’s so large my friends refer to it as Deebuster.</p>
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		<title>First Choice Emergency Room Executive Spotlight CFO Tim Fielding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we experience rapid growth of our free-standing emergency room system across the country we recently appointed a new CFO, Tim Fielding, to ensure our success. We recently ran into Tim at our corporate headquarters in Lewisville Texas and thought it would be a great time to highlight his role with First Choice ER in [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_4242" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://www.fcer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/FCER-ExecutiveSpotlight_TimFieldingCFO-e1365459828541.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-4242" alt="First Choice ER CFO Tim Fielding" src="http://www.fcer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/FCER-ExecutiveSpotlight_TimFieldingCFO-e1365459828541.jpg" width="600" height="600" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">First Choice ER CFO Tim Fielding</p></div>
<p>As we experience rapid growth of our free-standing emergency room system across the country we recently appointed a new CFO, Tim Fielding, to ensure our success. We recently ran into Tim at our corporate headquarters in Lewisville Texas and thought it would be a great time to highlight his role with First Choice ER in this week’s Executive Spotlight</p>
<p>Fielding is a seasoned financial executive with experience managing all aspects of financial operations. Fielding previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for Pacific Interpreters Incorporated and was responsible for establishing their financial direction.</p>
<p>Fielding’s prior experience also includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer at Solis Women’s Health as well as at Snelling Staffing Services. Additionally, he was the Chief Accounting Officer at Wyndham International for over 10 years. Fielding began his career at KPMG including three years as senior manager. Fielding received his MS and BBA in Accounting from Sam Houston State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.</p>
<p>Background: I’ve worked in accounting and finance for over 30 years &amp; served as the CFO at 3 other companies.</p>
<p>What made you want to work at FCER? High growth, fast paced environment</p>
<p>Favorite Pastimes? Any water sports but especially fishing and water skiing</p>
<p>Favorite Sports Team? Dallas Cowboys</p>
<p>Favorite Vacation Spot? Jumby Bay in the Caribbean</p>
<p>Fun Facts?<br />
I once burned a brand new tricked out suburban to the ground along with 80 acres of land.</p>
<p>Both my son and daughter are accountants so we actually talk to each other</p>
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