Emergency Care

New Equipment & Facilities

Nearly four years in the making, the newly-expanded and renovated Emergency Department opened in total on Aug. 12, 2014. Today 18 exam rooms are in use, doubling the department’s size.

One major change is the opening of two trauma rooms, also known as resuscitation rooms. Using an overhead boom, life-saving equipment is within reach of medical staff and both rooms have direct access to the CT scanner without using public hallways. Planning was key in this space, right down to the color-blocked floor, where each color signifies the placement of a trauma team member during a code. Staffed by physicians and nurses with advanced training in trauma care, all the pieces are in place for exceptional trauma care.

Trauma Program Director: Pat Hirt, RN

Phone: (906) 253-2621

Email: phirt@wmhos.org

Several rooms service special purposes or allow for staff to perform functions that require specialized equipment. They include:

• 2 fast-track rooms
• 2 negative pressure rooms 
• 1 bariatric room 
• 2 dialysis-capable rooms
• 2 psychiatric rooms
• 2 trauma rooms
• 1 sexual assault exam room
• 12 centrally monitored cardiac rooms