Em. Med. Annual Report 2011 - Hennepin County Medical Center
Em. Med. Annual Report 2011 - Hennepin County Medical Center
Em. Med. Annual Report 2011 - Hennepin County Medical Center
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Performance, Meaningful Use, Patient and Family <strong>Center</strong>ed Care, Core Measures, and Press Ganey<br />
among many others have become standard medical lexicon.<br />
Our dedicated clinical and support staff has made it easy for us to keep up with the pace of change. In<br />
2010 the ED cared for over 100,000 patients with over 3000 critical care cases. Both time in the<br />
department and time to admission decreased compared to previous years. We have streamlined triage<br />
with the implementation of immediate placement of patients into open <strong>Em</strong>ergency Department and<br />
Express Care beds with excellent responses from patients and staff.<br />
Partnership with our referring hospitals has been a major focus of the HCMC <strong>Em</strong>ergency Department<br />
since its inception. In 2010 we successfully grew our trauma referrals statewide, committed to and<br />
succeeded in achieving both our Adult and Pediatric Level 1 Trauma <strong>Center</strong> certifications with the<br />
American College of Surgeons and continued to provide some of the fastest times from symptom onset to<br />
percutaneous coronary interventions and TIMI III flow in the nation. We have worked with our neurological<br />
and radiological colleagues to build one of the best acute stroke care centers in the Midwest.<br />
The department has excelled in research. Newly developed over the past several years is the Research<br />
Associate program, instrumental in facilitating clinical research in our department. It provides an<br />
outstanding medical experience for college students interested in medicine as a career, as well as<br />
medical students interested in emergency medicine as a specialty of choice.<br />
Educational outreach continues to be a cornerstone of the HCMC <strong>Em</strong>ergency <strong>Med</strong>icine Department. In<br />
2009- 2010, we taught 248 medical students from over 40 schools in their clinical rotations of emergency<br />
medicine. We also taught nursing students, PA students and paramedic students doing clinical rotations.<br />
Over 140 off-service residents did 4-6 week clinical rotations in the ED. In 2010 we provided several<br />
continuing education courses, ranging from paramedic certification classes to eight hour individual<br />
physician procedural teaching laboratories. Under the direction of Dr. Jeff Ho we launched a new<br />
educational venue named the Tactical <strong>Em</strong>ergency <strong>Med</strong>ical Peace Officer or TEMPO © course. Dr. Rob<br />
Reardon continues to teach several ultrasound courses every year to community-based EPs.<br />
This brief listing just scratches the surface of our commitment to life-long medical learning. Heraclitus of<br />
Ephesus (c.535 BC-475 BC) was a Greek philosopher, known for his doctrine of change being central to<br />
the universe. Change is also central to the practice of emergency medicine. We look forward to the<br />
challenges that change in the practice of emergency medicine will inevitably bring. The one thing that has<br />
not changed in these intervening years is our departmental mission. We embrace the triad of state-of-the-art<br />
clinical care, creative and passionate teaching and innovative research. This mission is alive and well in<br />
the HCMC Department of <strong>Em</strong>ergency <strong>Med</strong>icine. We look forward to another exceptional year in <strong>2011</strong> and<br />
we welcome you to our Activity <strong>Report</strong> for 2009-2010.<br />
Warm regards,<br />
Dr. Douglas Brunette<br />
Dr. William Heegaard<br />
Department of <strong>Em</strong>ergency <strong>Med</strong>icine Activities <strong>Report</strong> | 2009-2010 | 15