Our Emergency Medical Services Department offers Manitowoc County residents the most comprehensive emergency medical services in the area. This includes full-time physicians specializing in emergency care and qualified RN's with expertise in patient care.
Emergency Services:
Special services and related cardiac care include:
- Standard protocols to rapidly rule out serious heart problems in patients with chest pain or other symptoms that suggest blockage to the heart's blood supply
- Staff qualified to provide "clot buster" medications, such as TNKase, 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- Full time, in-house physicians specializing in emergency care
- Ability to consult with Heart and Vascular Center cardiologist
- Central cardiac monitoring for continuous evaluation of vital signs
- Pediatric size emergency equipment and specially-trained staff
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- Free blood-pressure screening 24 hours a day
- Nine fully-equipped general emergency rooms
- RN's and paramedics with Advanced Life Support training and certification
- Emergency services are supported by 24-hour laboratory, x-ray, and pharmacy coverage
- Availability of 64 slice CT scanner
Critical Care Unit
- Ten bed critical care unit staffed by highly trained nurses and monitor technicians
- RN's are certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Chest pain protocols initiated in Emergency department are continued and a work-up for cardiac disease can now often be completed in 12-24 hours
- State-of-the-art monitoring equipment including intra-aortic balloon pumps
- We monitor EKG rhythms via telemetry for other nursing units and are a part of HFM's rapid response team
- We focus on bringing the element of human caring to a highly technical area