Stories

The “Stop the Bleed” campaign officially launched in 2015, but was formerly introduced in December 2012 after The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Victims of the shooting, including six-year old students, bled to death before emergency medical services were able to reach them. Bleeding is a leading cause of death, but can be prevented with…read more

Traditionally, CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs has honored breast cancer fighters and survivors with an annual pink balloon release as part of October Breast Cancer Awareness activities. According to Mercy Oncologist Dr. Samer Renno, for every 200,000 patients that are diagnosed with breast cancer, 40,000 of them do not survive. For the past six years,…read more

Recognizing a gap in mental health care of elementary students in their community, leaders from CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs and Council Bluffs Community School District combined their resources to work toward a solution. The Transitions Program was launched for the 2014-15 school year. Now entering its fourth year, the collaboration between Mercy Behavioral Services…read more