Emergency Medicine Center
The finest emergency care available
When a medical emergency occurs, it's not always easy to think clearly but a crisis means that you need to act quickly.
Would you know what to do if a friend or acquaintance collapsed while you were there?
Knowing what the warning signs of a heart attack are and how to respond could save a life.
Many nontraumatic situations or conditions may occur and need to be handled properly.
Examples of medical situations and conditions that warrant immediate medical attention.
In an emergency, it is easy to "forget" even the most well-known information.
Here are some tips from the American College of Emergency Physicians that all members of your household should know.
In the interest of protecting yourself, it's best to learn about emergency medicine before you find yourself in an ER.
When seconds count, rely on INTEGRIS TeleStroke Network to receive 24 hour stroke expertise
TeleStroke provides real-time expert neurological assessment of patients presenting with stroke-like symptoms in your hospital’s emergency department. This expertise-on-demand can help you rapidly evaluate and treat potential acute stroke patients. All of our stroke experts are trained in the practice of TeleStroke and participate in our TeleStroke quality assurance program.
For many communities, telemedicine is an important building block for developing a comprehensive stroke care system that reaches its citizens. With acute stroke expertise available "virtually" at the bedside, you won’t need to immediately transfer possible stroke patients elsewhere for evaluation, and the patients don’t lose precious time until the administration of tPA or other critical therapy.
Activating the TeleStroke Network
When a patient with stroke-like symptoms presents at an INTEGRIS TeleStroke Network member emergency department, the hospital follows the standard acute stroke protocol and calls our on-call stroke neurologist. We then immediately begin the assessment of your patient.
The INTEGRIS TeleStroke neurologist contacts the hospital by phone to review the case and initiate a video conference call if appropriate. After the video conference is established, the emergency department physician provides additional information about the patient. The stroke neurologist will then review the patient’s presentation with the emergency department physician and staff will perform a focused neurological assessment.
Upon completion of the exam, the TeleStroke neurologist reviews the brain images and then discusses the findings with the emergency department physician. Together they decide on the best plan of care. The findings and recommendation of the stroke neurologist are stored securely on the TeleStroke Network web site and are available for the hospital to print out and place in the patient’s medical record.
The Emergency Room at INTEGRIS Clinton Regional Hospital has a full-time physician on staff 24/7. This allows our ER staff to provide you and your family with a shorter waiting period.
To aid our ER staff in quick diagnosis and treatment, our Emergency Room is fully equipment with the most recent technology available. We want you to feel comfortable and confident in our facility and staff. Should you and your family ever need emergency care, INTEGRIS Clinton Regional Hospital is here to serve you.
