Ogas earns fifth life-saving award from Ridgecrest Police Department
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Officer Michael Ogas received his fifth life-saving award from the Ridgecrest Police Department at the Ridgecrest City Council Meeting Wednesday.
Ogas previously worked as a paramedic for 9 years “so having that skill set has been invaluable to our community,” said RPD Chief Jed McLaughiln, who presented the award.
Ogas responded to a call about a possible overdose on Aug. 3, 2020 on West Church Avenue. He moved the woman, who appeared unconscious and unresponsive, from the couch to the floor and provided rescue breathing until the Kern County Fire Department and Liberty Ambulance arrived.
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Chooses Qualtrics CustomerXM to Elevate Patient Experience
California healthcare provider turning to Qualtrics to consolidate listening programs and differentiate their approach to patient experience
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PROVO, Utah and SEATTLE, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Qualtrics (NASDAQ: XM), the world s No. 1 Experience Management (XM) provider and creator of the XM category, today announced that Ridgecrest Regional Hospital, a statewide leader in California across patient care and wellness, has chosen Qualtrics CustomerXM
™ to enhance and simplify their patient experience program.
Ridgecrest will leverage Qualtrics to consolidate their existing listening programs, Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys, and assessments onto a single platform. Qualtrics is an approved vendor for HCAHPS, a 29-question survey instrument and data collection methodology used to measure
Sierra Sands high school students return to classrooms in Ridgecrest
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
April is not the typical month for a back to school event, but nothing during the COVID-19 pandemic is typical.
Some 555 Sierra Sands Unified School District students returned to school Thursday, making for a total of 2,118 students returning this week according to the SSUD Facebook page.
SSUSD high school students who elected to continue in-classroom learning returned to classrooms Thursday April 8.
Nearly half of Mesquite students chose to return according to Principal JoAnne McClelland, as quoted on Facebook.
Superintendent Dave Ostash reported earlier in the week that about half of BHS students in grades 9 through 12 had elected to return to in-person instruction as well.
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Businesses may start to reopen as soon as next week
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Kern County Health officials announced that stores may begin reopening as early as next week after Kern County met the state’s red tier requirements Tuesday.
Kern reported an adjusted case rate of 7.8 per 100,000 people, and a 3.7% positivity rate as well as a 4.9% health equity rate.
If over the next week the Kern County Public Health Department reports more than the state’s red tier threshold, Kern will remain in the purple tier and the countdown resets. However, if Kern County does meet red tier requirements again next week, it will officially move into the less restrictive tier on March 24.