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Emergency Department
Moundview Memorial Hospital & Clinics’ Emergency Department is a level four trauma center available to all persons needing emergency treatment. The department is staffed 24 hours a day by trained ACLS physicians and nurses with assistance from emergency medical technicians. Our new emergency department opened in September of 2005. It features updated equipment, 24-hour physician coverage, three critical treatment rooms, three exam rooms, a larger waiting area, and an enclosed and heated ambulance garage. It is three times larger than the previous department with increased patient comfort and private treatment rooms. Patients arriving at the emergency department are first evaluated by a registered nurse to determine the severity of their condition. Those with life or limb threatening emergencies are treated first. When specialized or intensive care is needed, helicopter and ground transport services are available to take patients to tertiary care hospitals. Ambulance Service
The hospital maintains its own ambulance service with three ambulances staffed by highly trained emergency medical technicians (EMTs) at the basic and intermediate levels. The EMTs sustain a 24-hour service to the area with the mission of providing quality, pre-hospital care. Emergency Response Vehicle
The hospital also operates an emergency response vehicle, made possible with the help of A-F Motors, a partner in the program. The emergency response vehicle allows for a faster arrival time at the scene of an emergency which is especially critical in rural areas. An emergency medical technician-intermediate is assigned to the vehicle at all times. The EMT has the vehicle with them their entire on-call shift. When an ambulance is paged, the EMT responds immediately from the location they are at to the scene of the emergency. Once they arrive, they begin medical treatment. Ideally, by the time the ambulance arrives the patient should have already received treatment and would just need to be transported to the hospital. The ultimate goal is to reduce the amount of time the ambulance is at the scene and get patients to the hospital faster.
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