Please call Marketing to arrange all interviews. Advance notice for on-site interviews is necessary so staff can arrange for a room for media interviews or shoots, notify the patient care areas involved and line up the appropriate patients, families and staff. To protect the privacy of all Stormont-Vail patients and families, a Marketing representative must accompany all reporters, film crews and photographers on the hospital campus or clinics. The following one-word descriptions will be used by the Communications staff member on call when releasing a patient's condition. Under no circumstances is information given unless the media has the full name of the patient.
Vital signs are stable and within normal limits.
Patient is conscious and may be up and about. Patient is conscious. Patient may be uncomfortable. May be in Critical Care Department. Seriously ill with one or more body systems effected.