Posts Tagged ‘ER’
Inova opens Northern Virginia’s first EmPATH Unit to address growing behavioral health needs
Adult and pediatric ERs at Inova Fairfax Hospital expanded to serve more patients Fairfax, VA — November 12, 2024 — Inova Fairfax Hospital announced today that it will open the region’s first EmPATH (Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing) unit, a specialized facility designed to provide a safe, calming environment for patients experiencing a mental…
Read MoreChildren’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital Receives Prestigious Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association
Leesburg, VA – The Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital (ILH) has been selected as a recipient of the Emergency Nurses Association’s (ENA) 2020 Lantern Award for demonstrating exceptional and innovative performance in leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. The Children’s Emergency Room at ILH is one of only 25 hospital ERs internationally and…
Read MoreLevel 1 Trauma: There’s a Difference and It Matters
Trauma Center Celebrates Four Decades as Northern Virginia’s only Level 1 program In life’s most critical moments — after a devastating car crash, fall, injury or act of violence — access to round-the-clock treatment by a team specially trained in trauma care can mean the difference between life and death. Inova Trauma Center – Fairfax…
Read MoreBack from the Brink: Teamwork and Quick Action Save a Life
Larry Black looked forward to a quiet retirement – playing golf, spending time with his wife, and enjoying his large brood of children, grandchildren and new great-grandchild. But just 13 days after stepping down as Chief Magistrate for the 20th Judicial District of Virginia, Larry was in the Inova Loudoun Hospital Emergency Room (ER), fighting…
Read MoreInova Loudoun Hospital Earns Emergency Nurses Prestigious Lantern Award (Only ER in Virginia)
Leesburg, VA – Inova Loudoun Hospital is proud to announce it has been selected as a recipient of the Emergency Nurses Association’s (ENA) 2019 Lantern Award for demonstrating exceptional and innovative performance in leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research at its Inova Emergency Room – Ashburn. A record 28 emergency departments from across the United…
Read MoreHeatstroke: Know the Signs
Dr. Rick Place is Medical Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Inova Children’s Hospital (at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, VA). Dr. Place is a board certified physician in both Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. Increasing temperatures coinciding with mid-summer activities and late summer athletic training schedules brings with it the risk of…
Read MoreDC Area Blood Donors Urgently Needed
Critical Blood Shortages Across the DC Metro Area – Blood Donors Needed Now to Meet Patient Care Needs Sterling, VA – The Washington, DC region is experiencing critical shortages of red blood cells. All donor blood types are needed currently to help ensure patients from Northern Virginia have what they need to heal. Donors are needed as…
Read MoreProtect Your Kids from Drowning
Northern Virginia parents and caregivers: With the heat of the D.C. summer upon us, did you know these sobering facts about kids and drowning? In Virginia, drownings are the leading cause of unintentional injury death for children ages 1 to 4, and the second leading cause of death in all children. For every child who…
Read MoreFor Kids Under 19, Summer is “Trauma Season” in the E.R.
Jordan Tyczka, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN is the Trauma Services Educator for the Inova Virts Miller Family Emergency and Trauma Center. Inova Loudoun Hospital is Loudoun County’s first and only designated trauma center. Learn more at inova.org/trauma Cars, bikes, pools, lawn mowers and grills present most common dangers Finally, summer is here! Fire up the barbeque,…
Read MoreBack on Track After Life-Threatening Stroke
Runner resumes sport after recovering from bleeding brain aneurysm When Brooke Sydnor Curran, then 50, finished the 43rd Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC, last fall, it was a crisp October afternoon and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Her husband and three daughters were cheering her on and, like the previous 116 marathons she…
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