Who doesn’t want a little extra? ER Extra is an extra fast, extra easy, extra greatemergency room experience spending more time focusing on your care and less time withthe typical hospital ER hassles. At Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, we know how todeliver the finest care without the extra delays and excuses.
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Center is staffed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Through our “Nurse First” rapid triage process, a registered nurse evaluates patients upon arrival. For convenience and privacy, our Emergency Center is equipped with its own radiology room and offers in-room registration. Patients also benefit from a bedside computer tracking system and a pneumatic transport system that speeds turn-around time in getting lab reports. In addition, there is access to hospital services, such as CT scan, MRI testing, surgical services and cardiopulmonary therapies.
The Center is staffed with a team of experienced emergency physicians, registered nurses, paramedics and licensed practical nurses who have received training in advanced life support. They deal with multi-system traumas of all ages, acute emergency care, cardiac care, strokes, trauma care, orthopedic emergencies, poison treatment and surgical services. Some staff has specialized further to care for obstetrics and pediatrics patients, realizing that a child with a bad earache at 2 a.m. is a true emergency.
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center's Emergency Center offers six nurses who are SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) certified. These nurses are qualified to deal with sexual assault victims and are adept at dealing with the psychosocial aspects of their care.
A qualified mental health professional is also on staff to assist in the care of all psychiatric emergencies and assist in the admission process to our mental health unit as needed.
Many of our emergency nurses have recently completed TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Course), which is recognized by the Emergency Nurses Association as the specific training necessary to provide optimum care to the trauma patient in the “golden hour.”