The team roping industry is packed full of heroes, who step up to the front line when they’re called. During the COVID-19 crisis that brought the nation to a screeching halt, ropers in the healthcare field jumped at the chance to help those in crisis, and we honor their contribution here.
What if you break a hip (or leg, or whatever) during a pandemic?
People still get hurt. Orthopedic Trauma and other UCHealth trauma services have taken steps to be able to put patients back together and keep coronavirus out of the picture.
By: Todd Neff, for UCHealth
Colten Fritzlan in action at the Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding Tour competition in El Paso, Texas on Feb. 8, 2020, after limb-restoration surgeries helped preserve his rodeo career. Photo courtesy Todd Brewer Photography.
University of Colorado Boulder Director of Sports Medicine Dr. Eric McCarty conducts a telemedicine appointment with Gerald Thurston in his office on Thursday on the CU campus in Boulder. Thurston is suffering from a torn rotator cuff and had the telemedicine appointment instead of an in-person appointment in response to the current coronavirus pandemic. (Jeremy Papasso/Staff Photographer)
As a way to limit patient risk of exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS expanded Medicare telehealth coverage, enabling beneficiaries to receive a wider range of health care services from their doctors without having to travel to a health care facility.
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