{"id":4399,"date":"2011-01-19T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2011-01-19T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T18:59:11","slug":"june-matthews-recognized-by-erlanger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/01\/june-matthews-recognized-by-erlanger\/","title":{"rendered":"June Matthews recognized by Erlanger"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal\"><\/p>\n<p>When Baroness Erlanger Hospital acquired one of the first heart-lung machines designed to keep patients alive during open-heart surgery in 1960, it was not long before it was used to successfully correct a defective heart valve in a male teen born with a congenital heart condition.\u00a0 It was the region\u2019s first open-heart surgery.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/01\/BrexlerJim-MatthewsJune-2010.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"240\" data-attachment-id=\"4400\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/01\/june-matthews-recognized-by-erlanger\/brexlerjim-matthewsjune-2010\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/01\/BrexlerJim-MatthewsJune-2010.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"295,240\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BrexlerJim-MatthewsJune-2010\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jim Brexler, Erlanger Health System President and CEO, and June Matthews.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jim Brexler, Erlanger Health System President and CEO, and June Matthews.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/01\/BrexlerJim-MatthewsJune-2010.jpeg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/01\/BrexlerJim-MatthewsJune-2010.jpeg\" alt=\"June Matthews\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/a>\n<p>During a recent celebration of \u201c50 Years of Firsts in Heart Care at Erlanger,\u201d a UTC employee was among the honorees recognized with a commemorative award.\u00a0 June Matthews, RN, BSN, University Health Services, earned the award for her good work in helping save a life.<\/p>\n<p>Matthews took a call in fall semester from a person who was experiencing chest pain.\u00a0 She convinced the person to immediately seek medical assistance.\u00a0 With a co-worker at the wheel, the person quickly arrived at the Erlanger Emergency Room. Though a major heart attack followed, physicians declared survival would have been impossible if the person had remained at work or anywhere else besides the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJune, you are the perfect example of how Erlanger continues to serve the region with excellent heart care,\u201d\u00a0said Jim Brexler, Erlanger Health System President and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Along with recognizing honorees, the celebration featured displays of historic and current medical equipment for heart care, and the introduction of the region\u2019s first academic cardiology practice, UT Erlanger Cardiology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Baroness Erlanger Hospital acquired one of the first heart-lung machines designed to keep patients alive during open-heart surgery in 1960, it was not long before it was used to successfully correct a defective heart valve in a male teen born with a congenital heart condition.\u00a0 It was the region\u2019s first open-heart surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/01\/june-matthews-recognized-by-erlanger\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8244,64],"tags":[7296,7297,7295,7298],"class_list":{"0":"post-4399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-community","7":"category-honors-and-awards","8":"category-news","9":"tag-erlanger-hospital","10":"tag-heart-care","11":"tag-june-matthews","12":"tag-open-heart-surgery","13":"entry","14":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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