Texoma Living Well Magazine March/April 2018 | Page 17

Emergency Medicine Services at Texoma Medical Center
(TMC) are Comprehensive and Growing
Physicians and Other Clinical Staff Specialize in treating both
Major and Minor Injuries and Illnesses
A dedicated Fast Track Unit is
designed to meet the urgent care
needs of its patients quickly.
This service is for patients experiencing
minor illnesses, such as fever, due to
the flu, sore throat, ear infection or
other condition, and for injuries, such
as minor scrapes and sprains. The
clinical team of the Fast Track unit
specializes in streamlining care to
help patients feel better as quickly as
possible.
The hospital is also fully
equipped for patients’ serious
medical concerns, including stroke,
heart attack and trauma. For each of
these, an alert system is in place to let
hospital staff know that a critically ill
or injured person is on the way and
needs treatment fast.
Stroke Care
TMC is a Level II Primary Stroke
Facility, designated by the Texas
Department of Health Services and
a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint
Commission.
This means that a 24-hour stroke team
and trained emergency department
personnel are always ready to provide
care in the hospital’s designated
stroke units. Ambulance personnel
alert hospital staff that a patient with
possible stroke is on the way.
TMC also recently added a Neuro-
Interventional Suite with biplane
angiography for advanced diagnosis
and other clinical staff specialize
in treating the most serious trauma-
related cases, including:
• Motor vehicle and farm equipment acci-
dents
• Sports-related and machine injuries
• Large animal attacks and snake bites
• Lacerations
• Falls and more
and treatment of stroke and other
complex vascular brain issues. TMC is
the first in the region to offer biplane
angiography for stroke.
Cardiovascular Care
The Texoma Heart Institute is
an accredited Chest Pain Center
with PCI (Percutaneous Coronary
Intervention). This means that it is
nationally recognized for heart care
and stands ready to take on cardiac
emergencies.
Again,
ambulance
personnel are trained to treat patients
on the way, and a specialized team is
ready when the patient arrives to the
emergency department.
TMC: Most Experienced Level III
Trauma Center in the Region
As the first designated Level III Trauma
Center in the region, TMC’s emergency
department provides patients with
access to critical personnel that a
regular emergency department does
not. This includes 24-hour immediate
access to emergency medicine
physicians and specialists. Physicians
And since there is an alert system
available to TMC as a Level III Trauma
Center, the process for getting ready
for the patient is in motion before the
patient arrives.
The TMC Emergency Department
Is Expanding to Meet the
Growing Needs of its Community
After more than a year of construction,
the TMC hospital expansion project is
nearing completion. The project will
add nearly 108,000 square feet to the
main campus at TMC and includes:
A Larger
Emergency Department:
• Patient rooms will double to 48
• Two new trauma rooms will be added
• A new 16-bed chest pain unit
• Dedicated computed tomography suite
(CT) and dedicated imaging suite
Physicians are on the medical staff of Texoma Medical
Center, but, with limited exceptions, are independent
practitioners who are not employees or agents of
Texoma Medical Center. The hospital shall not be liable
for actions or treatments provided by physicians. For
language assistance, disability accommodations and the
non-discrimination notice, visit our website.
To learn more about emergency medicine services at TMC, visit:
texomamedicalcenter.net/ED
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