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Community Health Open House to review HCMC’s Health Services Plan and Community Needs Assessment How does Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) address the health care needs of its community? The results of a new community health needs assessment and information about the programs and partnerships created to address those needs will be available for review…
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Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), in partnership with the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, recently formed the Community Service Officer-Paramedic (CSO-P) program, an all-volunteer program that trains experienced, certified paramedics to be non-sworn law enforcement Community Service Officers. The Community Service Officer-Paramedic program will complement the current Emergency Medical Services (EMS) available to citizens of Meeker…
Read MoreA motor vehicle collision (MVC) on a snowy rural highway or a remote farm accident. A hostile scene, unsafe for ambulance personnel to enter. A violent and out-of-control individual who may be sick, intoxicated, or in autistic crisis. A call to a private residence for a cardiac arrest or a call to a nursing home…
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Join us for an Open House from 2-4 PM on Monday, January 7 Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), already a nationally recognized teaching hospital, is opening a brand new, state-of-the art medical simulation facility. The Interdisciplinary Simulation and Education Center (“Sim Center”), opening January 7, 2013, will support education programs that train more than 20,000…
Read MoreA new era has begun with the opening of the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine at HCMC (Photo 1). From early plans and funding applications, through installation of a multiplace hyperbaric chamber and construction of a brand new hyperbaric medicine suite, a dedicated and multifaceted team on two continents has worked to make this state-of-the-art facility a reality.…
Read MoreWhere do paramedic students get to train in the busiest Emergency Department in Minnesota, in a nationally renowned Burn Center, in Level I Trauma Center operating rooms, and diverse clinical departments in both metro and greater Minnesota medical centers (Photos 1-3)? Where do they train with experienced paramedics in both rural and metro ambulance services (Photo 4)? And where are…
Read MoreHCMC will open the new Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, which includes a 60-ton hyperbaric chamber, on hospital’s main campus in downtown Minneapolis in mid-June. The 48-foot long chamber, which arrived in sections last November, replaces the current 49-year-old hyperbaric chamber located two blocks away. HCMC will continue to have the only multi-chamber hyperbaric oxygen facility in the…
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Progress continues on construction of Hennepin County Medical Center’s Interdisciplinary Simulation and Education Center (ISEC), scheduled to open this summer in the lower level of the HCMC Parking Ramp. (Also see the December 2, 2011 “Network Feature: Simulation, the next best thing to learning from a real patient.” ) The center will provide a guided, safe environment for…
Read MoreDr. Steve Dunlop, faculty physician in the HCMC Emergency Department, has pursued training in International Emergency Medicine and now works to share it with others. He uses his expertise to give better and more cost-effective care in Minnesota, facilitates training of HCMC physicians and others in Arusha, Tanzania, and is working to establish an International…
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Recent dramatic save in Coon Rapids shows benefits of HCMC residency training Dr. Tom Wyatt and Dr. Eric Haug, graduates of the HCMC Emergency Medicine residency program, recently made clinical headlines with a dramatic save and article in Annals of Emergency Medicine about the first-reported Emergency Department thoracotomy for post-ablation tamponade (see HCMC NETWORK FEATURE:…
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“My residency training made all the difference.” Although cracking open a chest in the Emergency Department makes for dramatic television, it does not happen every day. In fact, it was only recently reported that the procedure was used for the first time to treat post-ablation tamponade, which occurs when blood and fluid collect in the…
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Dr. Smith’s ECG blog teaches clinicians in over 170 countries around the world Dr. Steve Smith, faculty physician in the HCMC Emergency Department (ED) has specialized in emergency cardiac care and electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation since the 1990’s. After writing a book on the ECG in acute myocardial infarction (MI), and writing and editing several other book chapters…
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More than 30,000 viewers in 151 countries have visited hqmeded.com, the HCMC Emergency Department educational website In 2006, HCMC Emergency Department (ED) faculty physician Rob Reardon and 2005 residency graduate Scott Joing (now ED faculty) wanted an outlet to share educational videos within and beyond HCMC. So they started the website hqmeded.com. Dr. Reardon chose…
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Here’s what Simulation training at HCMC looks like now and what’s coming. Simulation is currently used at HCMC to train healthcare providers such as resident physicians and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel. Simulation enables clinicians to practice procedural skills and management of critically ill “patients” in conditions that simulate clinical contexts, allowing them to learn…
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It was opening night for “Neighbors,” a play at the Mixed Blood Theater, where actor Warren Bowles portrayed the character of “Mammy.”
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Weighing in at 60 tons, HCMC’s new 48-foot long hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) chamber arrived at about 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16. On Thursday morning, it was unloaded from the truck and placed inside the 10,278-square foot addition to the Purple Building. Dr. Cher Adkinson, Medical Director of Hyperbaric Medicine, and Dr. Ernie Ruiz, former…
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Hennepin County Medical Center’s (HCMC) new hyperbaric chamber is expected to arrive late Wednesday to be installed starting Thursday morning. The 48-foot, 120,000 pound chamber will be unloaded from the truck and placed inside the 10,278-square foot addition to HCMC’s Purple Building (near the 716 S. 7th St. entrance). Installation activities will begin at approximately…
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On August 16, 2003, John Frank of Wabasso was involved in an accident where steel scaffolding fell from 6 feet landing on him, fracturing his skull, cheekbone and pelvis. He was immediately transported to Hennepin County Medical Center where he was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. Several times during his 40+ day hospitalization it appeared that…
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Open House 2-4 p.m. Thursday, November 10 Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) announces the opening of its newly remodeled Burn Center, a premier 16,000 square foot facility designed to serve the needs of patients from the entire upper Midwest. The expanded Burn Center is double the size of the previous facility and houses 17 private…
Read MoreThe HCMC Department of Emergency Medicine will be conducting a medical research study starting in Fall 2011. The purpose of this press release is to educate and notify the public of the study. This study is different than most other research studies because it involves a process called exception from informed consent. Direct laryngoscopy versus…
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