![]() In order to help nurses and other clinicians spend even more time with our patients, we have invested in software applications that allow caregivers to chart next to a patient’s bed, versus leaving the room to go to a centralized nurses’ station. Through the years, our professionals have gained this strong understanding of children by spending as much time as possible at their bedsides. These specialists work closely with nurses, therapists, pharmacists and other caring professionals who understand the medical, social and emotional needs of each stage of childhood and adolescence. Our 216-bed teaching hospital is affiliated with the University of South Florida College of Medicine, where more than 140 pediatric specialists provide state-of-the-art medical and surgical care for children. Since ACH was founded in 1926, it has grown into a leading pediatric referral center that is dedicated to advancing treatment, education, research and advocacy in child health. Focusing on the needs of nurses can help hospital IT departments make the best technology decisions and improve care giving at the bedside.Ĭonnecting with patients always has been a key objective of our leaders at All Children’s Hospital (ACH). ![]() And, if so, I will share the stories with you folks.Focusing on the needs of nurses can help hospital IT departments make the best technology decisions and improve care giving at the bedside.Ĭonnecting with patients always has been a key objective of our leaders at All Children’s Hospital (ACH). I hope to one day have time to sit with Joe and learn more about his, and his dads early lives. Doesn't this ring familiar as to how life was in America early in the twentieth century? There was no electricity or plumbing in their home. Horses and oxen were supplying much of the traction power for work and transportation. ![]() Note: When Joe left the island of Santa Maria the were only a few cars and trucks being used. Tim also builds traditional Portuguese ox yokes for Joe and others. The steel tires were 'hot' mounted onto the wooden wheels by Wheelwright Lee Sawyer of Jaffrey, N.H.Īll of the iron parts are hand forged and were made by Russell Pope of Elements in Steel Forge, located in Newmarket, N.H. All of the joints are mortised and tenoned. Both power tools and traditional hand tools were used to their best advantage. Tim and Master Woodworker Doug Ham of Rochester, New Hampshire spent a couple hundred hours building this piece. The lumber used to build the cart was logged and milled by the late Les Barden, ox and horse teamster also of Farmington. ![]() Joe is but one of many accomplished ox men that came here from mainland Portugal and the Islands. When Joe moved to America in the early 1970's from the Santa Maria Island in the Azores, his father Tiago, was still making his living as a teamster. Joe's father, grandfather, and generations before made their living as ox teamsters doing all sorts of work on farms, in vineyards, on roads, etc. This traditional Portuguese Ox Cart was custom built for our friend and longtime customer Joe Tavares of Hudson Massachusetts. In most every case, we select and saw the wood needed for a project, after we have consulted with the customer. Our primary sawyer is a long time ox man and horseman therefore, he is well suited to get the right piece out of the log. We choose good quality logs and Tim oversees the milling of each log. The small, tight growth rings are beneficial to making a strong ox yoke. Due to the short growing season in northern New England, the Yellow Birches grow at a slow pace. We purchase much of our yoke stock from a family owned log concentration yard in Northern Vermont. The runners are Ash, the bunks and stakes are Red Oak, and the shoes are Rock Maple or Beech. A logging scoot for example is built using three different hardwood species. The New England forests offer us a large selection of softwoods and hardwoods well suited for our many uses. Over the years they have come to know what we look for in respect to species and quality as it pertains to its respective use. We are fortunate to have several family members who are professional loggers. We custom build ox yokes, carts, sleds, scoots, stone boats, and other draft animal equipment.
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