By Jan Boal RN, CCN The definition of cancer is explained as a disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue. This can happen anywhere in the body. This…
Category: Health Care
Adventist Ambulance Service Concerns, Statements Continue: Average Response Time Not Accurate Measure, Ambulance Coverage Requirements Unmet for Decade
Summer time is vacation time … and many of our Pioneer contributors are sharing their travels this summer, and travels over the years. The season also brings LOTS of visitors to our…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Microplastics and Their Impact on Health
Join a Microplastics cleanup on Manzanita Beach on August 10th – see more information below. By Leanna Coy, FNP-C, Family Nurse Practitioner How microplastics are impacting you Microplastics have become pervasive in…
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION Let’s Talk About Safety: WTF – What the Fentanyl? Nachos & Narcan – Thursday July 27th at TBCC
Join us Thursday July 27th at 5:30 pm at Tillamook Bay Community College for “NACHOS & NARCAN” – the quarterly “Community Conversation – Let’s Talk About Safety” – focusing on fentanyl awareness,…
SIGN-UP TO DONATE BLOOD – Last-minute Red Cross Blood Drive in Tillamook July 18-19
We’re having a LAST MINUTE blood drive 07/18/23 In Tillamook! We really NEED your help! Please help us sign people up to donate blood so we can meet our patients needs tomorrow!!…
Adventist Ambulance Service Statement Inaccurate Regarding Staffing Levels, Available Ambulances, Response Times
The Pioneer has been following issues and concerns about the county’s ambulance service for several years prior to the pandemic, and more recently when the Fire Defense Board issued a statement of…
NEHALEM BAY HEALTH DISTRICT REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY: Health District Implements Plans for New Health Center Construction and Care Center Renovation
(June 26, 2023-Wheeler, OR) – The recent Tillamook County certification of the May 16, 2023 election allows the Nehalem Bay Health District to move forward with plans to implement the voter approved…
Adventist Health Tillamook Provides Update on Hiring Event, EMS Staffing and Housing
EDITOR’S NOTE: We have received several inquiries and there are rumors about the ambulance service and staffing. The Pioneer reached out to Adventist Health with these questions and received this press release…
Adventist Health Tillamook Hosts All-Candidate Job Fair on June 20th
(June 9, 2023 Tillamook, Ore.) – Adventist Health Tillamook will host a job fair on June 20 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the medical center for non-clinical and clinical positions….
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS SAFE SPACE FOR ALL
June is Pride month. Pride month is a celebration of the freedom to be who you are. Pride raises awareness of the issues facing the LGBTQIA2S+ community. John Hopkins Medicine reports that…
