ASHLAND – University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center and Aaron Young, D.O, treated their first patient via Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) January 4.
Similar to dialysis but in a much slower process over a longer period of time, CRRT filters and purifies the blood using a machine to keep the body in balance when the kidneys can’t perform this function properly. This machine can also be used for Congestive Heart Failure patients to remove excess fluid, for drug intoxications and for kidney failure.
Dr. Young is board certified in internal medicine and specializes in nephrology, a specialty of medicine that focuses on diseases of the kidneys.
Before Dr. Young joined the University Hospitals team in 2018, Samaritan patients had to be transferred out of Samaritan to receive treatment. Thanks to Dr. Young’s specialties, patient Rebecca Cool was able to remain at UH Samaritan Medical Center to receive her treatment.
Assisting Dr. Young in the first CRRT treatment were nurses Julia Swain, Kelley Thomas, and Kimberly Hershner.
“This is an exciting step for the future of University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center and its patients needing specialized critical care,” hospital staff said in a news release.
