Your hospital.

It’s likely that you or someone you know has received care in a hospital emergency department. Emergency departments—and their trauma centers—exist to support their communities.

Across the country, emergency departments are becoming the safety net for communities, not just the place to go for emergency care. The ever-growing volume of emergency departments puts a strain on everyone.

When you’ve been to an emergency department, you probably experienced what seemed to be protracted wait times. We hope that the article What to Expect in the Emergency Department helps explain some of what happens behind the scenes as we work to identify the medical problem you’re experiencing and develop a treatment plan.

As a regional medical center, trauma care is an important hospital service we offer. Providing the area with a quality trauma program helps ensure that you have access to lifesaving care as close to home as possible. We are proud to offer this service to you and hope that the articles you read here will help you understand how trauma services work.

Norm Gruber, President/CEO