KCH Dedicates New Emergency Care Center
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Kosciusko Community Hospital opened its doors Thursday to the new Emergency Care Center.
The festivities included comments by hospital officials, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, tours of the ECC and a Warsaw/Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce After Hours event.
The new 12,400-square-foot facility meets state-of-the-art emergency care standards and accommodates increasing patient volumes. The hospital's ER was last renovated in 1994 and occupied only 4,500 square feet. The new ECC is on the lower level of the two-story 24,800-square-foot structure that also includes 12,400 square feet of shell space for future expansion of hospital services.
Michael Mullins, CEO of KCH, welcomed the group gathered for the event. He said, "Since 1999, we have been committed to growing the hospital and have invested $100 million in the community." He acknowledge the extra effort required of EMS personnel during the construction phase.
Dr. John Davis, chairman of the KCH board of trustees, said, "Health care and medical care are at the top of our list. In addition to the completion of the Emergency Care Center, we have renovated and expanded the women's and surgical areas of the hospital, opened the Cancer Care Center and started construction on the Beyer Center for radiology services and additional doctors' facilities. Only KCH provides 24-hour care to the community and surrounding area. In the last three years, we've averaged 18,500 patients per year in the emergency room -Êthe new ECC can handle 30,000 patients per year. In 2002, we had 20.7 employees in the ER, today we have 26.2."
Dr. Patrick Silveus, KCH medical staff president, said the ECC "demonstrates our continued commitment to provide quality care here at home. The new ECC will provide high-quality, compassionate care." He also expressed his gratitude to those who provide service through the ECC.
The medical director of the ECC, Dr. David Hartman, said, "This year, we're on pace to serve 21,000 through our emergency facilities. KCH leads the state in supporting out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases. We now have nearly three times the space we had in the former location, and our new bedside computers will support bedside registration and patient tracking, and provide access to digitalized X-rays. We just added Milford EMS, and now collaborate with all EMS services in the county."
Larry Weigand, Weigand Construction, said they were honored to be be the construction partner on the job. "We started the job Sept. 16, had the building under roof by February and on July 15, handed the building over to the hospital and community."
Pastor John Teevan, a member of the board, said, "People are the reason we're here to serve," and closed the opening ceremonies with prayer.
Walk-in patients now will enter the ECC from the lower level at the back of the south side of the building. The ambulance entrance is at the west end of the building. Provident Drive now is linked to the west and south sides of the hospital.
The new ECC features specialized care rooms for specific patient needs, including two triage rooms, three trauma/critical care rooms, two OB/GYN rooms, two pediatric exam rooms, one ear, nose and throat exam room, two orthopedic/minor procedure rooms, one isolation room, five general exam rooms and two observation rooms. The enlarged lobby area includes an area for private registration. All patient care rooms have cardiac monitoring capability. An EMS support room, access to EMS storage supplies and training materials have been incorporated into the structure and are strategically located close to the ambulance entrance.
A radiology and film processing room is in the ECC for immediate access by the medical team. Direct elevator access for patient privacy to all floors of the hospital now is available. Homeland Security grant dollars were used to construct a state-of-the-art external decontamination shower system so that the hospital facility and staff are prepared for county-wide emergency response.
In addition to Hartman, the management team in the ECC includes Julie Bowers, RN,BSN, MSA, division director of KCH inpatient services and the ECC, and Lynne Eberle, RN, ECC manager. [[In-content Ad]]
Kosciusko Community Hospital opened its doors Thursday to the new Emergency Care Center.
The festivities included comments by hospital officials, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, tours of the ECC and a Warsaw/Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce After Hours event.
The new 12,400-square-foot facility meets state-of-the-art emergency care standards and accommodates increasing patient volumes. The hospital's ER was last renovated in 1994 and occupied only 4,500 square feet. The new ECC is on the lower level of the two-story 24,800-square-foot structure that also includes 12,400 square feet of shell space for future expansion of hospital services.
Michael Mullins, CEO of KCH, welcomed the group gathered for the event. He said, "Since 1999, we have been committed to growing the hospital and have invested $100 million in the community." He acknowledge the extra effort required of EMS personnel during the construction phase.
Dr. John Davis, chairman of the KCH board of trustees, said, "Health care and medical care are at the top of our list. In addition to the completion of the Emergency Care Center, we have renovated and expanded the women's and surgical areas of the hospital, opened the Cancer Care Center and started construction on the Beyer Center for radiology services and additional doctors' facilities. Only KCH provides 24-hour care to the community and surrounding area. In the last three years, we've averaged 18,500 patients per year in the emergency room -Êthe new ECC can handle 30,000 patients per year. In 2002, we had 20.7 employees in the ER, today we have 26.2."
Dr. Patrick Silveus, KCH medical staff president, said the ECC "demonstrates our continued commitment to provide quality care here at home. The new ECC will provide high-quality, compassionate care." He also expressed his gratitude to those who provide service through the ECC.
The medical director of the ECC, Dr. David Hartman, said, "This year, we're on pace to serve 21,000 through our emergency facilities. KCH leads the state in supporting out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases. We now have nearly three times the space we had in the former location, and our new bedside computers will support bedside registration and patient tracking, and provide access to digitalized X-rays. We just added Milford EMS, and now collaborate with all EMS services in the county."
Larry Weigand, Weigand Construction, said they were honored to be be the construction partner on the job. "We started the job Sept. 16, had the building under roof by February and on July 15, handed the building over to the hospital and community."
Pastor John Teevan, a member of the board, said, "People are the reason we're here to serve," and closed the opening ceremonies with prayer.
Walk-in patients now will enter the ECC from the lower level at the back of the south side of the building. The ambulance entrance is at the west end of the building. Provident Drive now is linked to the west and south sides of the hospital.
The new ECC features specialized care rooms for specific patient needs, including two triage rooms, three trauma/critical care rooms, two OB/GYN rooms, two pediatric exam rooms, one ear, nose and throat exam room, two orthopedic/minor procedure rooms, one isolation room, five general exam rooms and two observation rooms. The enlarged lobby area includes an area for private registration. All patient care rooms have cardiac monitoring capability. An EMS support room, access to EMS storage supplies and training materials have been incorporated into the structure and are strategically located close to the ambulance entrance.
A radiology and film processing room is in the ECC for immediate access by the medical team. Direct elevator access for patient privacy to all floors of the hospital now is available. Homeland Security grant dollars were used to construct a state-of-the-art external decontamination shower system so that the hospital facility and staff are prepared for county-wide emergency response.
In addition to Hartman, the management team in the ECC includes Julie Bowers, RN,BSN, MSA, division director of KCH inpatient services and the ECC, and Lynne Eberle, RN, ECC manager. [[In-content Ad]]