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Emergency Department expansion includes:
- Additional 7,300 square feet
- Expanded five-bed Fast Track with dedicated urgent care staff
- 28 patient beds - all equipped with sophisticated cardiac monitoring equipment
- Expanded three-bed state-of-the-art trauma resuscitation area with dedicated pediatric bed
- Specialized patient rooms including; 2 pediatric and 2-bed Clinical Decision Unit for risk stratification and testing
- Waiting room features added convenience of coffee service and beepers for patients and families
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Emergency medical personnel rush a patient into the Emergency Department through the new separate ambulance entrance.
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Inside the Emergency Department, a reconfigured nurses' station for efficient patient care planning. Brandy Kerstetter, unit desk clerk, runs the show.
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New three-bed state of the art trauma suite includes:
- One dedicated pediatric bed
- Blood bank
- Overhead warmers
- Procedure-specific replaceable carts for each trauma bed.
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The trauma resuscitation area features overhead, filmless radiology and digitized viewing screens for each trauma bed
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Expanded five-bed Fast Track with dedicated urgent care staff; Michael Fitzpatrick, MD
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Advanced communications center with upgraded software for faster, streamlined emergency dispatch communication. From left: Richard McHale, Gene Culp, LifeFlight - communication technicians.
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Chemical/biological decontamination room to handle chemical, biological
or nuclear events
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Immediate access to region's most sophisticated CT scanner directly connected to trauma suite.
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LifeFlight team checks logs after a transport. From left: Michelle Miller, LPN, and Jason Grabert, MD.
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SimMan- human patient simulator for pre-hospital provider training
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