York Hospital

• Full-service 572 bed community teaching hospital with all major Medical and Surgical subspecialties, Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry
• Serves 650,000 residents in York and surrounding counties
• One of only 400 members of the prestigious Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH)
• Busy Level I Trauma Center
  • Nearly 2000 trauma admissions yearly
  • One of only two Level 1 Trauma Centers in southcentral Pennsylvania
  • Helicopter transport from three primary aeromedical systems
• Certified Primary Stroke Center
  • Recognized by the Joint Commission
• A Magnet Designated Hospital
  • One of a select group of hospitals across the country to attain this level of nursing leadership and excellence
• Regional Referral Centers.  York Hospital has a dedicated Transfer Center to coordinator the transfer of incoming patients.
  • Cardiology/cardiothoracic surgery 24/7 cardiac catheterization laboratory, electrophysiology studies, echocardiography, left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement, etc.
  • Trauma (Level 1 Trauma Center)
  • Stroke Care (Joint Commission-Certified Stroke Center)
  • Neonatology/Level III NICU
  • Neurosurgery/Neurology/Pediatric Neurology
  • Women’s healthcare services
  • Oncology 
  • Orthopaedic Surgery and Orthopaedic Traumatology
• Advanced Imaging Capabilities
  • Emergency Ultrasound
    • Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship (starting 2011)
    • Dedicated resident ultrasound rotation
    • 3 machines in ED (SonoSite, GE)
    • 1 machine in Trauma Bay
  • Two CT scanners adjacent to ED
    • Including 64-slice scanner
  • MRI directly adjacent to ED
  • Full services in vascular/interventional radiology
    
• Excellent Educational Environment
  • York Hospital Residency Programs
    • Dentistry
    • Emergency Medicine
    • Family Medicine
    • General Surgery
    • Internal Medicine
    • Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Shared residency in Orthopaedic Surgery
  • York Hospital Fellowship Programs
    • Fellowship in Emergency Ultrasound (starting in 2011)
    • Fellowship in Orthopaedic Traumatology
    • Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine
    • Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology
  • Medical Student Rotations
    • Senior students completing subinternship/acting internship and elective rotations from a wide variety of medical schools
    • First-year students completing Primary Care/EM Practicum and Summer Externships
    • Many opportunities for resident teaching experiences
  • Other Student Rotations
    • York College weekly EM/Grand Rounds program
    • York College Research Associate program
    • Other college students on externships
  • Medical Simulation Center
    • Busy, multidisciplinary simulation center -- Andrew Kepner, M.D. (member of EM faculty) is Medical Director of the Center
    • METI and Sim-Man mannequins - adult, pediatric, infant
    • Task Training Room - for practicing selected procedures - central lines, chest tubes, lumbar puncture, airway/intubation/cricothyrotomy procedures, suturing, etc.
    • Debriefing room with multimedia capability
    • New clinical exam/evaluation rooms - opened September 2010!
  • Education Pavilion
    • Brand new 180 seat Auditorium - opened September 2010!
    • Multiple large multipurpose classrooms - opened September 2010!
    • Several smaller classrooms, including digital/SmartBoard capabilities
    • Hoover Medical Library with full collection of electronic and standard journals/references and online access
    • Department of Research offices/resources
    • Adjacent to Medical Simulation Center

York Hospital Emergency Department

• 58 beds – all equipped for cardiac monitoring.  Newly remodeled patient rooms and nursing stations
• Critical Care area
  • Six resuscitation rooms – each with complete airway cart.  GlideScope airway devices in ED and in Trauma Bay 
  • Ten additional beds for higher acuity patients
• Intermediate Care area
  • Multi-purpose rooms for medical, surgical, minor trauma, Ob/Gyn, dental, orthopaedic, ENT, eye, and pediatric emergencies
• Urgent Care area
  • Staffed by emergency physicians and nurse practitioners
• Emergency Transitional Care Unit (ETCU)
  • For stable patients to await consultation or further ED evaluation
  • 16 monitored-bed facility
  • Staffed 24 hours a day by Emergency Department personnel
• Three Trauma Resuscitation Bays (Level 1 Trauma Center)
• Crisis Intervention/Psychiatry Center
  • Staffed 24 hours a day by trained behavioral health personnel
  • Three seclusion/lock-down rooms
  • Inpatient psychiatry unit at York Hospital
• Medical Command Facility
  • All EM-2 and EM-3 residents are certified Medical Command Physicians
  • Medical command calls are received from throughout south-central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland
• Computerized patient tracking system
  • Cerner FirstNet
  • Dragon voice-recognition dictation software available
• Computerized ED patient record system
  • Cerner First Net/PowerChart Millenium
  • CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry)
  • PACS digital radiology system
  • Pyramis digital ECG system
• Outstanding ancillary staff and support
  • Trained ED nurses, many with CEN certification.  York Hospital is a Magnet Designated Hospital
  • ED-based Clinical Pharmacist (Pharm.D.)
  • ENAs (Emergency Nursing Assistants/EMTs)
  • Patient Service Specialists (PSSs)
  • Patient Representatives
  • SAFE/DOVE Teams to assist in the evaluation of sexual assault and domestic violence victims
  • Disaster Response Team (DRT)
  • Tactial EMS Team
• ED Volume – nearly 79,000 visits/year
  • One of the busiest Emergency Departments in Pennsylvania, with very high patient acuity
  • 20% Pediatrics
  • Nearly 2000 trauma admissions yearly (Level 1 Trauma Center) 
  • 28% of patients admitted
  • Full clinical spectrum: Trauma, Medical, Pediatric, Ob/Gyn, Surgical, Psychiatric patients seen
  • Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Program