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Family Turns Tragedy Into Lifesaving Indoor Swim Facility

To Ensure Others Don’t Endure What They Experienced

Premier Pediatrics Steps Up reached a major milestone – opening a new indoor swim

To Sponsor Pool For ISR facility to host Infant Swim Resource (ISR) Self-Rescue
swim lessons year-round. The lessons will be available for
Lessons For Community the entire community with a goal to work towards stronger
infant water safety and less tragedies.
They say that when you endure a devastating event you “ISR techniques form the bedrock of safe swimming
can let it take over or you can somehow find it in you to turn skills,” shared Dr. Jeanmarie Connor of Premier Pediatrics
it into something positive. That is what the Morrison Family of Palm Beach, sponsor of the pool. “ISR lessons align with
has done. Keri Morrison, mother to Jake who passed away the foundation’s mission to promote childhood drowning
after a drowning accident, turned their devastation into awareness and water safety and are now available to
what is now the Live Like Jake Foundation, an organization children year-round. We are proud to support Live Like
dedicated to raising awareness about childhood drowning Jake and all they do.”
prevention, support for self-rescue swim lessons and In addition to Premier Pediatrics of Palm Beach, the
emotional and financial support to families who have facility was made possible by the generous support of
experienced a drowning tragedy. donors, volunteers, event participants, and community
Now, and even amid a global pandemic, the organization partners. Deana Angel, A.R.N.P.; J. Christie Goodwin, M.D.;
Jeanmarie Connor, M.D.; Sarrie Katz, M.D. in the new pool
inside Live Like Jake Foundation’s facility

Live Like Jake’s new indoor swim facility is located at
10311 Ironwood Road. Those interested in participating in
ISR lessons should visit livelikejake.com/pool/. Instructors
are available for both morning and afternoon lessons.
“We work each day to make ISR self-rescue swim lessons
accessible for all families, especially those who cannot afford
them. We are grateful to the ISR instructors who do so much
to help instruct families and help them to gain these essential,
lifesaving, swim lessons,” adds Morrison. “I know tragedy
struck our family. It doesn’t have to happen to others though.
We will not rest until we know we’ve done all we can.”
For additional information, including the facility, ISR
lessons, future events, scholarships, sponsorships or the
foundation, please contact livelikejake@gmail.com or call
(561) 441-7611. For additional information, please visit
www.livelikejake.com.
About The Live Like Jake Foundation
Committed to honoring the life and joy of Jake Roarke
Morrison, our foundation’s mission is to raise awareness
for drowning prevention. We achieve this by providing ISR
infant self-rescue swim lesson scholarships to those who
cannot afford them and also by providing financial assistance
to those families who have lost a child or have a child with
critical care needs. Visit livelikejake.com and facebook.com/
livelikejake and @livelikejake3939 on Instagram.

Is Telehealth

Here To Stay?

The question confronting most patients these days:
are telehealth visits the future of medicine? Interviews
with a number of patients show their main concern about
telehealth visits is they feel they’re not getting a proper
examination, it’s simply a conversation between the
physician and patient. The physician asks the patient how
he or she is feeling and has no idea what their vital signs
are (oxygen level, blood pressure, glucose reading, heart
rate, etc.).
American Telemedicine has the ability to provide
physicians with all of the patient’s data in real time.
The Link+ by LiveCare is the key to providing this
information. The patient does not have to know how to
operate a computer, cell phone, or tablet. Vital signs are
taken and the data immediately sent to your physician.
The Link+ is HIPAA and FDA approved so Medicare and
Medicare Advantage patients can be billed for telehealth
visits.
The Link+ is like having a wellness center in your
own home. Physicians can use the Link+ for remote
patient monitoring as well as telehealth visits. All patients,
but especially those who live alone or with underlying
conditions, should have a Link+ unit to monitor their
vital signs. It also has an emergency response button and
can be worn outside the home. The Link+ is now being
offered to any individual for a small monthly fee.
Telehealth is here to stay because physicians enjoy the
benefits it offers so it should be done the right way using
the Link+.
If you are a physician, healthcare provider, or individual
who would like a free demonstration, please call (561)
278-2222. American Telemedicine’s management and staff
would like to wish everyone a healthy and prosperous
new year. Stay safe and wear your mask. Louis Biasi is
the CEO of American Telemedicine.
Reprinted from South Florida Hospital News.