(March 23, 2010) Lewistown, PA - The Quick ER Care for non-emergency cases at Lewistown Hospital is now open seven days a week, 10am – 8pm.
Quick ER Care offers a full-time physician assistant and registered nurse who provide medical screening and treatment for patients who have less urgent conditions such as potential fractures, sprains, mild rashes and low grade fevers. Before being admitted to Quick ER Care, all patients are triaged and assessed by a registered nurse to ensure that they are candidates for Quick ER Care.
Quick ER Care, a service Lewistown Hospital introduced in December 2008, provides separate resources for non-emergency cases in the Emergency Room (ER). The resources include three additional patient examination rooms and staff dedicated to handling these cases. The additional resources provide another path for patients to be treated.
Emergency rooms all across the country are experiencing the same symptoms: overuse of the ER leading to long wait times. People who cannot get in to see a primary care doctor come to the ER for treatment. Because patients who need emergency care (life-threatening conditions such as heart attacks, severe asthma, stroke, etc.) are prioritized in the ER, those patients who are sick, but are not in danger have to wait until the severe cases are handled first.
For more information, visit www.lewistownhospital.org/QuickERcare.
