Two briefs from the Kenosha News document car accidents and crimes in the area: 1) A 21-year-old man was cited for fleeing the scene after his truck crashed, hitting trees and other vehicles. 2) A 15-year-old girl was cited for a hit-and-run crash and for intoxicated and reckless driving. 3) A pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint. 4) A man was arrested on domestic violence charges after a woman texted a friend for help. The document also provides information on ICU monitoring innovations at a local hospital that have improved patient outcomes.

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Man ticketed for
fleeing accident
A Kenosha man was cited
after fleeing a rollover crash
in the 7000 block of 22nd
Avenue early Monday.
According to Kenosha po-
lice, Brock Sluga-Meisel, 21,
was driving a truck around 4
a.m. which hit a snow bank,
a small tree and a utility pole
before hitting as many as
four nearby vehicles. It then
came to rest on its side.
Sluga-Meisel reportedly
was not injured and fled
the scene on foot.
Police were able to track
down Sluga-Meisel, who
was cited for failing to stop
after an accident.
Teen cited after
hit-and-run crash
A 15-year-old Kenosha
girl was issued multiple
citations Monday morning
after a car crash in the 5800
block of 14th Avenue.
According to Kenosha
police, the girl drove a car
into a concrete barrier
around 7:45 a.m. and then
fled the scene on foot.
Police were able to track
down the girl, who initially
denied any involvement
in the crash. Police said
her story changed multiple
times before she admitted
driving.
She was cited for operat-
ing a vehicle while intoxi-
cated, hit-and-run, operating
a vehicle without insurance,
operating a vehicle with a
suspended license, driv-
ing too fast for conditions,
operating an unregistered
vehicle, possession of ciga-
rettes by a minor, obstruct-
ing police and possession of
marijuana.
Pizza delivery driver
robbed at gunpoint
A pizza delivery driver
was reportedly robbed at
gunpoint Monday night
in the 5900 block of 16th
Avenue.
According to Kenosha
police, the driver was
delivering a pizza at about
8:30 p.m. when three young
men approached. One
reportedly pointed a gun at
him and demanded money
and the pizza.
No suspects have been
identified.
Text message for
help leads to arrest
Pleasant Prairie police on
Tuesday arrested a 31-year-
old man after a woman
texted an acquaintance for
help, but warned the friend
not to call her back.
The person who received
the text contacted police.
Officers went to the 12500
block of 41st Street and
arrested the man, who had
fled the residence on foot.
That man is being held
on domestic violence-relat-
ed charges.
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BY REX DAVENPORT
rdavenport@kenoshanews.com
They call it intensive care
for a good reason.
When hospital patients end
up in an Intensive Care Unit,
the attention and resources
dedicated to their survival and
recovery increase significantly.
And just as science and
technology have improved al-
most every aspect of our lives
— from automobile safety to
food manufacturing to com-
munication — the ICU has
leaped ahead in recent years,
shortening patient stays and
improving outcomes.
Since 2005, Aurora Medical
Center in Kenosha has added
an additional layer of patient
care in its ICU with the use
of remote 24-hour patient
monitoring.
Six of the hospital’s 12 ICU
rooms feature remote patient
observation. The eICU moni-
tors up to six ICU patients si-
multaneously from a remote
location. For patients meet-
ing ICU criteria, eICU nurses
and providers collaborate
with local hospital personnel
in assessing and providing
medical recommendations
for patient care.
Expansionplanned
“We’ll be expanding our
eICU capabilities in 2016 to
include all 12 rooms,” said Jill
LeCount, director of nursing
at the Aurora’s Medical Cen-
ter in Kenosha, 10400 75th St.
“The people who monitor the
eICU rooms are in a facility
near the airport in Milwau-
kee. There’s a team of nurses
and physicians who support
us from that facility.”
The eICU nurses “watch
the vital signs of the pa-
tients,” LeCount said. “They
are looking at the respiratory
rate, heart rhythm, and any
change in condition. If they
notice a change in condition,
they turn on the camera
and physically observe the
patient, and check to see if
there has been any change in
medication or other factors.
If there are any concerns,
they get in touch with the
nurse on site and report what
they noticed.”
Two-wayvideoadded
Two-way video communi-
cation between the on-site
ICU nurses with their eICU
counterparts in Milwaukee
came about last year.
“Before last year, I
couldn’t see the eICU
nurses,” explained Jane Gus-
tafson, manager of the ICU.
“I would come into the room,
look at the data and assess
my patient, then I would call
(Milwaukee) to give a report
and get a report. If I had any
more questions, I would call
and talk with the physician.”
Now she can go into the
room, establish a video con-
nection, “and ask the nurse
on duty if they are seeing
what I am seeing,” Gustafson
continued. “We can zoom in
with the camera and complete
our assessment together and
have a normal conversation.
It’s an improvement over just
talking on the phone.”
With the addition of two-
way video, the eICU nurse
is not only able to view the
patient’s vitals, but can
intermittently observe the
patient throughout the day
as an additional support to
the ICU nurse. Additionally,
the Kenosha nurse on duty
is able to contact the eICU
physician for orders during
situations where an on-site
physician may not be imme-
diately available.
Widespreadcoverage
On the day the Kenosha
News visited the Aurora Medi-
cal Center’s ICU, Carrie Sau-
erwein was an RN on duty at
the remote monitoring facility.
“Today, we have five nurses
and one physician working
here,” Sauerwein said. “We’re
monitoring all of Aurora’s hos-
pitals, from Kenosha to Green
Bay. I’ve been here since the
beginning, which has been
about 10 years.”
The addition of two-way
video was a change. “We still
do the same kind of monitor-
ing we have always done,”
said Sauerwein. “But the
two-way communication has
improved how we work.”
All of the the nurses agreed
that the quality of the video
image added an improved
level of patient monitoring.
“What is truly amazing about
this technology is that the
camera is so precise that it
can zoom and and literally see
the size of a patient’s pupil,”
said ICU manager Gustafson.
“The eICU nurse can even
see the medications that are
hanging on the IV pole.”
Improvedoutcomes
Gustafson said the long-
distance assistance has
enhanced treatment.
“Since we introduced
remote monitoring in 1995, the
data shows we have reduced
the length of stay for patients,”
she said. “And our mortality
rate has decreased. In regards
to patient safety and patient
outcomes, this has been a
definite improvement.”
Added Sauerwein: “With
the shortage of critical care
physicians, that has really
improved patient care.”
Long-distancespecialists
aidKenoshahospitalICU
Aurora to expand remote care
Video footage
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KENOSHA NEWS PHOTOS BY BRIAN PASSINO
Aurora Health registered nurse Carrie Sauerwein, located in Milwaukee, demonstrates
the capabilities of a “telemedicine” link to remotely observe patients in their room and
confer with that patient’s nurses at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha.
With this call button, nurs-
es at the Aurora Medical
Center in Kenosha can con-
tact their counterparts in
Milwaukee for assistance
with patient care.
Kenosha Aurora Medical Center nurses Jill LeCourt, left,
and Jane Gustafson speak with Aurora nurse Carrie Sau-
erwein located in Milwaukee.
Telemedicine expands
In addition to remote monitoring of ICU patients, Aurora
Behavioral Health Services has begun programs using
telemedicine to provide psychiatry services to patients in
some markets. There is a nationwide shortage of psychia-
trists to help provide mental health support for patients.
To address this gap, Aurora implemented a telemedicine-
type solution, offering tele-psychiatry services.
Using specially designed, secure audio/visual computer
equipment, a psychiatrist at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital
can converse with a patient at another hospital or out-
patient clinic. The patient participates in the session in
private from a hospital room or clinic setting.
The program began about four years ago at Aurora
facilities in Manitowoc County and Hartford, in sites with
limited or no onsite behavioral health services. It’s being
“carefully” rolled out at other facilities across the region,
according to an Aurora spokesman.
BY JANINE ANDERSON
janderson@kenoshanews.com
Over the past seven months, a Kenosha
man has allegedly stalked a woman, send-
ing her messages, leaving notes at her place
of employment, and threatening her life.
Shaun A. Shiffra, 53, is charged with
stalking and violating a temporary re-
straining order. He is being
held on a $2,500 cash bond.
According to court re-
cords, Shiffra is accused of
harassing his ex-girlfriend
since July. The woman told
police he has contacted her
on her cellphone, through
Yahoo mail, Facebook and
Pinterest. He has found her
at work, and left notes and
messages with her coworkers.
She said he’s threatened her life and that
she has received phone calls from people she
doesn’t know telling her to watch her back.
Police have told Shiffra to leave the woman
alone, and she obtained a temporary restrain-
ing order against him, also ordering him to
have no contact with her. It hasn’t worked.
The woman told police he continued to
contact her, and told her that two women
want her dead and that he paid to have her
taken out.
Since the restraining order was filed,
the woman said, Shiffra has continued to
contact her.
Police reviewed emails and voice mes-
sages from Shiffra to the woman, includ-
ing nine voice messages left between Sun-
day and Monday that were profane and
threatening, according to court records.
Mancharged
withstalking
ex-girlfriend
Shaun
Shiffra
BY BILL GUIDA
bguida@kenoshanews.com
They never put up their dukes,
poked each other in the chest,
stood toe-to-toe jawing it out or
thumbed their noses at each other.
But two fellow aldermen en-
gaged in confrontational behavior
during Monday night’s Kenosha
City Council debate, verbally
deriding Ald. Anthony Kennedy
while he was arguing against
a resolution they supported to
change Kenosha’s snow-plowing
policy.
All the while, council president
Daniel Prozanski, who chaired the
meeting in the absence of Mayor
Keith Bosman, never ruled alds.
David Bogdala or Steve Bostrom
out of order.
Bogdala authored the resolu-
tion. Bostrom and Prozanski were
two of seven co-sponsors.
Kennedy was one of five alder-
men who voted in the minority
against the resolution. All voiced
concerns about the resolution
not being drafted in consultation
with the Public Works Depart-
ment, Finance Department and
the mayor’s office as to potential
budget implications. Even some
who voted for the change raised
similar issues.
But Kennedy seemed to be
singled out by his detractors as
he questioned the need for the
changes and their potential bud-
getary effects. The measure calls
for the city to begin plow runs on
all city streets when snowfalls
reach 2 inches, instead of the pre-
vious standard of 4 inches. It also
changes the way overtime will be
paid to all non-union, permanent,
full-time city employees.
Verbalvolley
While Kennedy had the floor,
Bostrom taunted him from two
seats away, several times mocking
Kennedy by mimicking the sound
of a whining baby.
In another instance, Bostrom
ridiculed a point Kennedy was
trying to make, saying it was “the
dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”
At the same time, Bostrom
laughed derisively, rose from his
seat, turned his back on Kennedy
and walked a few steps toward
the rear of the council chamber,
where he was facing city staff, su-
pervisors and department heads,
before returning to his seat.
With that, Kennedy erupted,
appealing directly to Prozanski
and demanding Bostrom be ruled
out of order.
After making an inaudible
remark, Prozanski told Bostrom,
“Try” — but nothing more.
But within minutes, Bostrom
again audibly insulted Kennedy.
When Kennedy, trying to make a
point on the plowing policy, asked
rhetorically, “am I a fricking
idiot?” Bostrom replied: “You’re
an idiot.”
“Thank you for that comment.
You’re going to do well at the
County Board, I see,” Kennedy
retorted. Bostrom is stepping
down as an alderman and instead
running for election to the County
Board in April.
At that point Prozanski rapped
the gavel for order.
Kennedy’scomments
Earlier in the meeting, while
Kennedy was questioning Acting
Public Works Direc-
tor Shelly Billingsley
about plowing and
what the changes
in the resolution
would mean, Bogdala
interjected his own
answers to some of
the questions.
Responding to
Bogdala’s interrup-
tions, Kennedy said sarcastically:
“I want to thank (Bogdala) for his
continuous commentary. And I
want to thank the chairman for
not putting him out of order.”
Plowpolicydust-up
Rancorboilsoverduringcouncildebate
‘YOU’RE
an idiot.’
Steve
Bostrom
alderman
addressing Ald. Anthony Kennedy
‘YOU’RE
going to do
well at the
County Board,
I see.’
Anthony Kennedy
alderman
David
Bogdala