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00:00 Narrator: We invite you to champion for Catalina
00:03 Island medical center to help protect
00:04 the health and wellness of our residents
00:07 and safeguard critical care access for
00:10 all who live work and visit the island
00:12 you deserve access to quality care in a
00:15 safe environment
00:16 CIMC wants that for you and we are the
00:19 home where people care for other people
00:21 we want to care for you the way you want
00:23 to be cared for and it all begins with
00:25 you support quality health care and join
00:28 us fight for your health
00:29 fight for the island volunteer advocate
00:32 lead or donate champion for CIMC
00:36 [Music]
CHAMPION FOR CIMC
Meeting Catalina Island's Needs in Times of Crisis
In 2020, the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic darkened our lives: confining us, shutting down business and tourism, and taking the lives of over 550,000 Americans. During this challenging time, Catalina Island Medical Center worked with community leaders to protect public health and safety. By working together, Catalina Island pulled through the pandemic — as a community — and now looks forward to the new normal that is emerging as summer approaches.
CIMC met the challenges of the public health crisis head on, not only with our excellent medical team, but through a robust program of testing, education, and outreach that left no one behind. We published real-time updates and broadly promoted public health protocols everywhere from social media to grocery stores, putting our trusted providers at the center of this messaging. Overnight, CIMC expanded our telemedicine services and reconfigured our space so that we could take care of patients more safely. CIMC kept abreast of the strict requirements from the CDC and LA County Public Health to continue to provide care in an unprecedented time.
As soon as the FDA authorized the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines, CIMC deployed a comprehensive vaccine strategy following LA County Public Health guidelines. Since December 2020, CIMC has organized over 40 vaccine clinics, delivering vaccines to healthcare workers, emergency medical service providers, and law enforcement. In following the tiers laid out by the county, CIMC vaccinated essential workers and those most vulnerable to the ravages of the virus. We now offer vaccines weekly in the CIMC clinic as part of what will be a permanent strategy to protect this community against COVID-19. CIMC’s timely response to this challenge contributed to the reduced spread of COVID-19 infections and saved lives.
A Bright Future with Your Help
While we’re starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, we aren’t out of the woods yet. Education and outreach remain incredibly important, and the threat of a COVID-19 resurgence, or another public health crisis, is real.
Even before the appearance of COVID-19, Critical Access Hospitals like CIMC were under financial stress. The pandemic brought many costly changes to health care to protect patients and staff from exposure to COVID-19 — and further costs are likely as new public health guidelines are issued. Your generous financial support will aid CIMC’s efforts to prevent a COVID-19 resurgence in our community and strengthen our capacity to respond to the next crisis.
Throughout the pandemic, CIMC continued to provide its regular clinical and long-term care services, including our 24/7 emergency room service — despite financial and logistical hurdles. The medical center is integral to Catalina’s recovery and future plans. Now more than ever, we need your help to continue our mission of ensuring the health of those who call Catalina Island home — and providing care to our beloved Island visitors when they need it.
CIMC BATTLES COVID-19
Catalina Island’s Public Health Leader
260+ Critical Alerts
Unprecedented communication through video broadcasts, news posts, social alerts and more.
2,900+ Tests
Coordinated antigen and antibody testing, advocated for tests.
40+ Vaccine Clinics
In December 2020, CIMC immediately launched vaccine planning and distribution for Catalina Island. Since April 2021, vaccinations are provided weekly at the CIMC clinic.
00:00 Hi there my name is Dr. Amy Warren I'm a
00:03 family practice physician and the chief
00:06 of staff at Catalina Island Medical
00:08 Center a strong health care organization
00:12 is so vital to the health and wellness
00:14 of our community and now more than ever
00:18 we've seen the value of strong
00:20 leadership and health care delivery and
00:23 I am so incredibly proud to be a part of
00:26 this organization since the start of the
00:30 kovat pandemic I've seen our team just
00:33 rally around and be come leaders in the
00:37 community with regard to the
00:40 organizational changes that have had to
00:41 occur both here at the hospital and in
00:44 the community so I am just so incredibly
00:47 blessed to be a part of this
00:48 organization and I feel that it is so
00:53 incredibly even more so now so vital
00:56 that we maintain our presence here on
00:59 the island and we support the hospital
01:02 and this organization so that we can
01:04 continue to provide health care well
01:07 into the future I am A champion for
01:10 Catalina Island Medical Center and I
01:12 hope you will join me in becoming a
01:14 champion as well to keep healthcare
01:17 delivery on the island and keep our
01:19 community well and thriving
00:00 Hi my name is Santana Maria Dominguez
00:02 I've been here on the island on off
00:04 since 1986 right now I'm working here at
00:08 the Catalina Medical Center as a family
00:09 nurse practitioner I have my master's in
00:12 public health and my masters in nursing
00:14 and I've been here at the hospital
00:16 working as a nurse for 30 plus years
00:18 before I went back to school to become a
00:20 nurse practitioner so I've been here
00:22 with Catalina Island when we had several
00:24 different names and I've just been a
00:26 longtime supporter and this is my home
00:28 and this is my community so I just want
00:31 to thank everyone you know here they add
00:33 the Medical Center we're just so honored
00:34 that you trust us with your care and I
00:37 don't know how many of you knew but just
00:39 recently I had a really bad accident and
00:41 I was so glad that I could come to our
00:43 emergency room to set all the
00:45 dislocations and start the healing
00:47 process and to be life-flighted our
00:49 hospitals here for you when you need us
00:51 when it's an emergency when it's your
00:53 primary care needs when it's your
00:55 chronic disease management when it's
00:57 your just not sure what's going on where
00:59 your partner's where are the ones that
01:01 are going to keep you well so I just
01:02 want to thank you for allowing us to do
01:04 that and I just now I think we just want
01:06 it we want to invite you to partner with
01:08 us we're looking for champions we're
01:10 looking for people with leadership with
01:11 giftings talents finances they can make
01:14 sure that the callee non-medical center
01:16 will be here for many years to come with
01:18 what's gone on with kovat we have taken
01:20 a leading role we've organized ourselves
01:22 we've made our self available to you to
01:24 help with information with decision
01:26 making and I feel like it's been a
01:29 hardship financially and economically
01:30 and so we need to pull together to make
01:34 sure that we survive this that we can
01:36 come out even stronger than when we
01:38 started
01:39 so I just again I want to thank you for
01:40 trusting us here at CI MC with your care
01:43 and please thank you for joining us the
01:46 fight to preserve us to keep us healthy
01:49 and strong I'm a champion for Cali I'm
01:52 gonna be center and inviting you to be a
01:53 champion with us it's important that we
01:56 pull together as a community to keep us
01:58 as a vile and intricate part of this
02:00 community thank you again for your
02:02 support
00:00 I'm Gary Johnson and I'm a champion of
00:02 the Catalina Island Medical Center and
00:04 you know I'm a champion because it's a
00:06 little Hospital on a little island and
00:08 I'm really really glad it's here hi I'm
00:11 Kelly Johnson I'm also a champion at the
00:13 Catalina Island Medical Center and I
00:16 think that this is a service that we can
00:17 provide not only to the community of
00:20 Catalina but also to the millions of
00:22 visitors that come here to hike and boat
00:25 and camp it's a very important and
00:28 valuable service that we have to offer
00:30 and we need to update it and make it
00:32 state-of-the-art so we hope that you
00:34 will become a champion whether you
00:36 volunteer donate advocate early we need
00:40 your support thank you so much for
00:43 supporting the Catalina Island Medical
00:46 Center
00:00 [Music]
00:04 Shannon Hill, Board Member, CIMC Foundation: join us and become a champion for CIMC
00:07 volunteer advocate lead or donate
00:10 Ariel Gout, Occupational Therapist, CIMC: we need the entire community support
00:13 champion for CIMC
00:14 David Hamlin, Chief Operating Officer, CIMC: be a champion for CIMC
00:19 Dr. Aimee Warren, Family Practice Physician, Chief of Staff, CIMC: I am a champion for Catalina Island
00:21 Medical Center and i hope you will join
00:23 me in becoming a champion as well
00:25 Kellie & Gary Johnson, CIMC Campaign Chairs: we are champions of the Catalina Island
00:28 Medical Center
00:29 Georges McCormick, Board Member, CIMC Foundation: be a champion for Catalina Island
00:31 Medical Center
00:32 John Lovrich, Chief Financial Officer, CIMC: be a champion for CIMC
00:36 Kathy Hamilton, Board Member, CIMC Foundation: please join me and become a champion for the Catalina
00:39 Island Medical Center
00:40 Mark Phelps, CIMC Foundation Volunteer: become a champion for
00:42 CIMC
00:43 Natalie Latshaw, Physical Therapist, CIMC: join us and volunteer advocate lead or
00:46 donate
00:47 become a champion for CIMC and
00:50 lead volunteer advocate or donate
00:54 Patrick Brayall, Physical Therapist, CIMC: let's go Ray McKewon, Board Member, CIMC Foundation CIMC: now it's up to us
00:57 to become champions of the medical
00:59 center
01:00 i know that i am and I'm proud to be one
01:03 if we all work together as champions
01:05 we'll raise the money it takes to build
01:07 the new hospital
01:08 that we need Ritch Haynes, Board Member, CIMC Foundation: be a champion for Catalina
01:11 Island Medical Center
01:13 Santa Dominquez, Family Nurse Practitioner, CIMC: I'm a champion for Catalina Medicine
01:15 Center Catalina Hooikaika, Clinic Receptionist, CIMC: I'm inviting you to be a champion
01:17 with us
01:17 Violeta Pedroza, Medical Assistant, CIMC: be a champion for CIMC champion for CIMC
01:21 Jason Paret, Chief Executive Officer, CIMC: we are honored to provide care to our
01:24 community
01:25 and our visitors that come to Catalina
01:28 be a champion for CIMC Dr. Daniel Davis, Public Health & Emergency Medicine Physician, CIMC: thank you very
01:31 much for entrusting us with your care
01:33 and I hope that you'll join us in our
01:34 efforts to keep Catalina island
01:36 happy and healthy
01:49 [Music]
FUNDING THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE...
AND SUPPORTING OUR FUTURE
Thank you to those who have supported CIMC in this time of need.
CIMC continues to need financial support. Your generous donation of any size enables us to swiftly address emerging public health needs like the pandemic – and to continue forging our path towards building a new hospital for Catalina Island.
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Help Fund CIMC's Emergency Response. Please make a gift today.
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