Stay Safe This July 4th: What You Need to Know About Fireworks
If you or your family celebrate Independence Day with Fireworks, here's some tips to do so safely. Keep yourself and Klamath Falls safe.
[gtranslate]
Top Picks
Quinzhees and Cold-Water Rescues: Inside Sky Lakes’ Wilderness Course
What happens when a group of doctors heads into the snowy wilderness for three days with scarce resources? They learn to think like MacGyver.
Golf Like a Hero at the Sky Lakes Foundation Golf Tournament
The 7th annual Foundation Golf tournament is on June 26, 2026. This year’s theme: Golf Like a Hero.
The Latest
-
Family Birth Center Unveils Memorial Garden
The Family Birth Center recently unveiled the Austin Staub Memorial Garden. The garden is located at the Family Birth Center and is accessible to patients and staff. This garden is dedicated in memorial to Austin Staub, who was born with a genetic abnormality and...
-
Meet some of our student employees!
We have a 24/7 cafeteria at Sky Lakes and staffing our food service department is incredibly important for patients, staff, and visitors. Everyone in the hospital relies on our food services employees to make, serve, and deliver meals every day. Sky Lakes values growth...
-
Daisy Awardee: Andrew Pritchett
Andrew, RN is our latest Daisy Awardee! Andrew works in our Emergency Department, and he was nominated for and awarded the Daisy Award because of his compassion and attentiveness in his work for his patients and their families.
-
Meet our Latest Bee awardee, Kelly!
Our latest Bee Awardee is Kelly, CNA-II! Kelly is a member of Flex Team so she spends her time working where she is needed most. She may be in the COVID-19 unit one day and the Emergency Department the next. Kelly’s diligent care for...
-
What is Flex Team?
Flex Team is a group of employees who move around multiple areas of the hospital where they are needed to fill vacancies or provide support when there are more patients than staff to care for them. There are RNs, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), Patient...
-
What is a Trauma and Stroke Registrar?
Kalissa is our Trauma and Stroke Registrar. Kalissa can answer questions like “how fast are stroke patients seeing a doctor?” or “how many trauma cases require transfer to higher level of care?” From the time a patient rolls through the Emergency Department doors, data...
-
Ron Woita, CNO on leadership, community, and accessibility at Sky Lakes
I arrived at Sky Lakes in June 2011 and accepted the position of Emergency Department Director. I am now the Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services. I came here from Lincoln, Nebraska, where I had been a clinical manager for...
-
Sky Lakes Nurse featured at Global Citizen’s Vax Live event
Sky Lakes ICU nurse Julie Bowen starred in a short video about how Sky Lakes uses Cisco technology to navigate the pandemic that was featured in the Global Citizen Vax Live event that happened May 2, 2021! Julie and fellow ICU nurse Nicole also...
-
Caring Hands Donates More Fidget Mats to Patients’ Hands
The Caring Hands Women’s Ministry at Bonanza Community Church made and donated another set of fidget mats to Sky Lakes Medical Center. These fidget mats, or sensory blankets, are for patients who need something to do with their hands while receiving care at the...
-
Sky Lakes Volunteers awarded 2021’s public safety volunteers of the year!
Volunteers like Skip (pictured), play an integral role at Sky Lakes Medical Center. Our wonderful volunteers staff our information desks; sponsor and host Red Cross events; deliver books, magazines, mail and flowers to patients; help visitors and patients find their way around the medical...