Community Memorial Hospital

11/20/2025

Happy National Rural Health Day!🌳🥳

In rural communities like Carlton County, every person, program, and partnership is essential to overcoming challenges, lifting each other up, and improving access to high quality healthcare for all.

Thank you to all the individuals, volunteers, businesses, and local groups that work hard to keep our community healthy, including (but not limited to!):

United Way of Carlton and Pine County Area
Cloquet Public Library
Carlton County, MN - Government
Fond du Lac Human Services
Skutevik's Floral
Community Memorial Hospital Auxiliary / Volunteer Service Organization

11/17/2025

For Dr. Palmquist, all a good weekend really needs is a couple of good meals, a walk with a loved one, and a trombone playing session. 🍔🌳

When Dr. Palmquist isn’t playing in local wind ensembles, he is busy working as a family physician, where he takes a special interest in both sports medicine and geriatrics.

Looking to schedule with Dr. Palmquist at Raiter Family Clinic? Online scheduling is available for new and existing patients! Book at https://healow.com/apps/practice/raiter-clinic-6629?v=2&locale=en or by calling 218-879-1271.

11/14/2025

6 teaspoons for women, 9 teaspoons for men. 🍫☕

These are the daily recommended added sugar limits for adults, and they add up freaky fast. Added sugars are frequently found in everyday foods like breakfast cereal, yogurt, and ketchup.

Regular consumption of excess amounts of sugar can pose the risk of long-term health problems, including weight gain, heart problems, and diabetes.

Here’s what to look for when you’re at the grocery store:

➡️ Choose more foods with natural sugar, which occurs naturally in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products.
➡️ Read labels to identify ‘added sugar’ or sugar that’s added during food processing. This is commonly listed as table sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and honey. Try to limit the products you’re consuming with added sugar or swap out a version with a natural sugar option.

To learn more about managing diabetes, ask your primary care provider about a referral to Diabetes Education at CMH.

11/12/2025

"The greatest gift a human can give to another" 🩸💉

Watch below to hear from CMH patient Beth Kersting-Peterson & Director of Laboratory Services Nikki Wilmes about the power of blood donations.

“Because blood is not man-made or manufactured is the greatest gift a human can give to another,” said Wilmes.

11/10/2025

Posture check! 👀✨

Proper ergonomic positioning is essential to promote comfort, efficiency, and long-term musculoskeletal health when working at a desk. You should be positioned to maintain neutral joint alignment, minimize repetitive strain, and support natural body mechanics during work tasks.

Need extra support? Adaptive or ergonomic tools may be helpful:
🔷Adjustable chairs or desks
🔷Split or vertical keyboards
🔷Alternative pointing devices
🔷Document holders
🔷Wrist supports
🔷Screen magnifiers

Our Occupational Therapy team works with you to find ways to make your life easier and prevent future problems by adjusting daily tasks. To schedule an appointment with Occupational Therapy at CMH, talk to your primary care provider about a referral.

11/05/2025

Surgeons need mammograms, too. Come along with Breast Surgeon Dr. Stacey Gutman while she gets her mammogram! ✨✅

If you’re a women age 40 or older, it’s recommended that you have an annual mammogram. This screening helps detect breast cancer as early as possible when treatments are most effective.

To schedule, please call 218-878-7015. No referral is required.

11/03/2025

We have some pretty RAD techs at CMH. 😎🩻

Happy National Radiologic Technology Week! If you’re ever in need of imaging, come see us and we’ll take your picture. CMH offers many types of imaging, including:

➡️X-ray
➡️MRI
➡️CT Scan
➡️Ultrasound
➡️Dexa Bone Density Scan
➡️Electrocardiogram (EKG)
➡️3D Mammography

To inquire about an appointment (referral required), please call (218) 878-7015. CMH accepts referrals from other facilities and providers.

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from all the spooky folks at CMH. 👻

10/27/2025

Meet family physician Dr. Joanna Robnik. 👋

Dr. Robnik’s interests outside of work:
☕ Coffee
🌞 Summer
🌳 Spending time outside with family

Dr. Robnik’s interests as a physician:
➡️ Chronic disease management
➡️ Women’s health
➡️ Mental health

Come see Dr. Robnik at Raiter Family Clinic. Online scheduling is available for new and existing patients! Book at https://healow.com/apps/practice/raiter-clinic-6629?v=2&locale=en or by calling 218-879-1271.

10/23/2025

You can’t spell party without ‘RT’ and you can’t run a hospital without the essential role of Respiratory Therapists (commonly known as RTs). 🥳

Respiratory Therapists are an important part of the care team at CMH. Their role includes:
🔷 Managing ventilators and other equipment needed to help patients who can’t breathe normally on their own
🔷 Performing pulmonary function tests to monitor diseases like asthma and COPD
🔷 Providing airway and breathing support in the ICU, emergency room, and operating room
🔷 Educating patients about lung health and the use of their breathing devices and medication

10/22/2025

Da-pa-gli-what? 😐

Drug names can be tricky! If you’re not a healthcare worker, there’s a good chance you’ve seen certain drug names and thought, “What?”

Luckily, we have our pharmacy team around to advise, dispense, and properly pronounce medications. Happy National Pharmacy Week to our pharmacy team! 🎉

10/20/2025

The year Airheads candy was created. 🍬
The year Back to the Future hit theaters. 🚘
The year Super Mario Bros. was released for NES. ⭐
The year you were born...? 👼

1985 was a pretty cool year! Was your birth part of it? If you’re turning 40 this year, it’s time to get your annual preventative mammogram!

3D Mammography is used to diagnose breast cancers and tumors by taking an x-ray image of breast tissue. Annual mammograms for women aged 40 and older help detect breast cancer as early as possible, when treatments are most effective.

To schedule your mammogram, please call 218-878-7015. No referral is required.