Memorial Hospital

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Hospital Information

• This respected, 120-bed community teaching hospital is situated in a pleasant suburban setting and hosts residency training programs in: Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery and OB/GYN.
• Comprehensive medical staff of 150 physicians represents most major specialties including a very strong Internal Medicine program. Psych patients are dispositioned through Crisis Intervention and transferred; major trauma and critical peds cases are also transferred. Consultants respond promptly and are supportive of Emergency Medicine.
• Services include a diagnostic cath  lab and high speed CT scans; teleradiology for interpretation; on site MRI is available for stat studies; PACS system with high resolution monitors installed in the ED
• A completely new replacement hospital is planned for 2011 
• Modern, 20-bed ICU
• Responsive lab and x-ray; radiology is situated adjacent to the emergency department

Emergency Department

 

• ED renovation completed in June 2009 provides a modern 29-bed treatment area with 5 fast track beds and 3 Physician in Triage rooms
• Full department status; physicians do not write admission orders or respond to floor codes 
• Excellent central monitoring system
• Wellsoft ED Information System with electronic patient tracking, nursing documentation and lab/imaging reporting
• Community patient pathology includes cardiac, geriatric, medical, orthopedic, and pediatric patients with minimal trauma
• Moderate to high acuity level with approximately 15 percent admitted and accounting for 65 percent of total hospital admissions
• Dedicated, well-trained and experienced emergency nurses and techs
• EMS Medical Command Center and on-site medical director; helipad on premises
• Full Time Vascular Access Techs (VAT) who draw all labs and insert IV cathlons 24/7
• ED Ultrasound available (on call) with bedside ultrasound unit in the ED with GE portable ultrasound  machine in department
• New position implemented 2006 - Flow Techs: assist physician an nursing staff in ll components of enhancing patient flow.  They serve as assistant to the attending physician to help tract lab and x ray data, facilitate communication between nursing and physician staff, handle patient discharges, coordinate phone calls/pages and aid in general organization of physician work flow.

Emergency Department Schedule

• 42 hours of physician coverage per day plus  24 hours of EM resident coverage
• 10 hours of Mid Level coverage in the fast track
• 8 hour shifts in the main ED plus 10 hour Physician in Triage coverage daily

York , Pennsylvania Community

York offers the cultural attractions of a big city along with the charm of a small town. Not many cities of York’s size (just 40,000 residents living within 5.3 square miles) can boast two downtown farmer’s markets, two parks, a premier performing arts center that has completed a $15 million reconstruction, an elegant hotel designated as a National Trust Historic Hotel of America, a liberal arts college and university, a topflight downtown library, six museums and a visitor’s center, a symphony orchestra, plus downtown access to a 42-mile nature and jogging trail, and more.

Great recreation is available with 20 baseball and softball diamonds, an ice rink, and 21 golf courses within 30 minutes (York is second only to Myrtle Beach, SC in terms of golf courses per capita). There are a variety of residential options and over 30 styles of architecture including beautiful, red-brick Victorian homes. And there are a variety of excellent public and private schools.

All of this is within 25 miles of Gettysburg, 45 miles of Baltimore and 100 miles of Washington, DC or Philadelphia. York has consistently been ranked #1 in quality of life categories amongst regional cities, and York is also very affordable. Based on 2001 statistics, in comparison to Harrisburg and Lancaster, as well as Maryland’s two largest cities - Baltimore and Frederick, the city of York has the lowest cost of living, the lowest average home purchase cost, the lowest crime rate, the shortest commute times, and the lowest amount of air pollution.