A 43-year-old Steamboat Springs man was pronounced dead Wednesday night at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center following a single-vehicle crash at the northeast corner of the intersection at Pine Grove Road and Central Park Drive.
The second pregnancy for Craig resident Ashley Russell turned out to be fraught with several health complications, leading to time in and out of the hospital for a month. With her medical difficulties, Russell was…
Hospitals give out doses of antidote to fight opioid crisis
The project already has 47 hospitals committed to dispensing the overdose antidote to at-risk patients as they are discharged from the emergency department. Author: Associated Press Updated: 9:54 AM CDT May 8, 2021
When doctors write a prescription for the life-saving antidote to an opioid overdose, patients only bother to fill them about 5% of the time.
But what if hospital physicians simply handed a vial of naloxone to the patients they worry are most likely to die, particularly those who were just rushed to the emergency room after overdosing on fentanyl, prescription opioids or heroin?
Hans Geier and his wife Roberta have great views of the slopes of Steamboat Resort from the deck of their home in Steamboat Springs. Geier was president of Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. from 1981 to 1990 and was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2013. (Photo by John F. Russell)
Hans Geier speaks with a soft voice. His face blushes when asked about his life accomplishments. When asked what his role at Steamboat Resort once was, he quietly utters, “President.”
One wouldn’t know it based on talking to Geier, but he is responsible for much of the growth and progress at Steamboat Resort.