New Emergency Department Opens Doors at Carolinas Medical Center-Lincoln

Canton, OH, October 12, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Located three miles east of downtown Lincolnton, the hospital anchors a 64-acre medical campus that includes the new Emergency Department, hospital and a 40,000-square-foot medical office building. Emergency Medicine Physicians has staffed the ED at CMC-Lincoln since January 2010 with EM Residency-trained, board certified Emergency Medicine Physicians who provide urgent and emergency care 24 hours a day. The EMP Emergency Physician staff are highly experienced and certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, and Pediatric Life Support. The ED serves over 35,000 Lincoln County residents each year.

Construction of the new hospital began in 2008 on a former dairy farm and honors Lincoln County's history by features such as the use of 250,000 bricks from a historic textile mill and a Lifeshare Memory Garden honoring local organ donors. CMC-Lincoln is part of the Carolinas HealthCare System, one of the leading healthcare organizations in the Southeast United States serving patients at more than 500 care locations.

Emergency & Trauma Services at CMC-Lincoln include:
-24 Emergency Department Examination Rooms with double physician triage area
-Accredited Chest Pain Center
-Two Emergency Department Trauma Rooms
-Four Operating Rooms
-Helipad for MedCenter Air Helicopter transports
-Fully staffed Critical Care Unit with 10 critical care unit beds
-Carolinas Poison Center Affiliation and Services
-Lincoln County Emergency Medical Services
-Board certified Surgical staff including Trauma and Vascular Surgery
-24-hour X-ray, Lab, and CT Scan availability
-MRI service in the Medical Imaging Department
-Enhanced Electronic Medical Record Systems
-24 hour Security with Guards and Video Monitoring
The CMC-Lincoln Hospital new patient service areas include:
-"New Beginnings" birth center with a Special Care Nursery & Level II NICU
-10 private LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery, post-partum) rooms
-77 medical surgical patient rooms
-On-site laboratory, radiology, imaging, pharmacy and physical therapy services
-A full-service cafeteria featuring healthy menu options and outdoor seating
-All patient rooms at the new hospital are equipped with flat-panel televisions, wireless Internet access, and extended-stay furnishings for the comfort of family members

Donovan Thompson, MD, FACEP, FAAEM is the Medical Director for the Emergency Department, a role he has filled since 1999. Dr Thompson has also served as Medical Director of the Chest Pain Center. Dr Thompson is board certified in Emergency Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and is a Fellow and serves as Faculty in the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.

Emergency Medicine Physicians has partnered with Carolinas Medical Center-Lincoln since January 2010.

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