The Kathryn Weil Center for Education is hosting a Breathe Easier lung event on Thursday, Nov. 12 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth East. Breathe Easier: Understanding your lungs and how to keep them healthy from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Registration and educational booths with educators from the Franciscan Healthy Living Center, Respiratory Department and Pulmonary Rehab will be located in the North Entrance from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Facilitators will be giving tours of the Cardiopulmonary Rehab department. The Radiology department will demonstrate how lung scans are performed.
Becky Cutchin, RN, ANP-BC, OCN, will present the function of healthy lungs, warning signs of when to seek medical advice and technology used to detect problems. The presentation will be begin at 6:30.
Franciscan St. Elizabeth East is located at 1701 S. Creasy Lane, Lafayette. The event is free and registration is encourage, please call (765) 449-5133 to reserve your space.
About Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health
Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health is a member of Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Alliance, one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the Midwest with 14 growing hospitals, approximately 20,000 employees and a number of nationally recognized Centers of Healthcare Excellence. Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health includes Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health – Lafayette East and Lafayette Central, as well as Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health – Crawfordsville and Franciscan Health – Rensselaer, Franciscan Physician Network with offices in Lafayette, West Lafayette, Monticello and Crawfordsville, and Woman's Clinic, Lafayette OB/GYN and Premier Healthcare for Women in Lafayette.
Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health is accredited by Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, the Community Health Accreditation Program, the College of American Pathologists, the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care for Heart Failure and the Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology. Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health is also a recipient of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Silver Performance Achievement Award, and its paramedic program has received programmatic accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). For more information, please visit FranciscanStE.org and FranciscanAlliance.org.
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