EMERGENCY SERVICES

The San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center is the major trauma Center in the San Luis Valley. We serve an area as large as the State of New Jersey that is geographically isolated and among the poorest counties in the State of Colorado. The 47,000 people in the valley rely on our hospital to provide outstanding emergency room services. Our leadership and staff in the emergency department, including our physicians, have taken this role very seriously and are proud to provide and superior level of care to our patients.

San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center has provided significant resources and attention to our emergency services. The physicians providing our Emergency Department coverage are well trained. In addition, and we now have three Physicians who are Board Certified in the Emergency/Trauma specialty.

In addition to providing emergency care, we have taken an active role with regard to education and support of emergency services in the community. We have a collaborative relationship with other EMS and emergency services at the two critical access hospitals in the valley. Our yearly patient volume is at 10,000 with a yearly increase of 10%. The Emergency Room is staffed with all Registered Nurses who are ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support), TNCC (Trauma Nurse Critical Care), ENPC (Emergency Nurse Pediatric Core Curriculum) certified.

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Last Modified: July 26, 2007 3:01 PM