Posts Tagged ‘ED’
Inova hospitals continue to fight opioid epidemic with E.R. opioid-reduction initiatives
Curbing an Epidemic Emergency rooms take steps to reduce opioid use The statistics are staggering. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every day, 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose. And this number continues to rise. To help deter opioid addiction in our community, the Emergency Departments (EDs) of Inova Mount Vernon…
Read MoreLoudoun County gets its first trauma center at Inova Loudoun Hospital’s ER
Taking Emergency Care to the Next Level Trauma services are now available at Inova Loudoun Hospital In the spring of 2017, Inova Loudoun Hospital (ILH) received Level III trauma center designation, making the Inova Virts Miller Family Emergency and Trauma Center the first trauma center in Loudoun County. “Achieving trauma designation reinforces our promise to…
Read MoreNew ER at Inova Mount Vernon Puts Patients First
A New Era of Patient Care for the Mount Vernon, VA Area New Emergency Department at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital: Bigger, Better, Faster A new era in patient care began in the Mount Vernon and Alexandria community in November 2016 when Inova Mount Vernon Hospital formally dedicated and opened the Veatch Family Emergency Department and…
Read MoreInova Loudoun Hospital Launches First Sensory-Friendly Children’s Emergency Room in Washington, DC Area
Leesburg, VA — The Inova Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital – Loudoun County’s only pediatric Emergency Room (ER) – is now sensory-friendly. Visiting an ER is often challenging for children, but for those with a sensory processing disorder (SPD) — such as autism — the experience can be particularly difficult. Sounds, smells and chaotic…
Read MoreNew Child-Friendly Emergency Room Opens at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Attention Northern Virginia parents: check out the new child-friendly Pediatric ER at Inova Fair Oaks When kids go to the emergency room, they need special treatment. That’s why the expert staff at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Emergency Center, who treat more than 10,000 children a year, decided to take it to the next level. A…
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