Ephraim McDowell Health Emergency Departments earn Pediatric Ready recognition
Published 11:20 am Friday, April 23, 2021
- Pictured left to right are Dan McKay, president & CEO of EMH, Morgan Scaggs, BHS, NRP, KY EMS for Children project director, Trina Clarkson, MSN, RN, Emergency Department director at EMRMC, Dr. Eric Guerrant, CEO of Empact Health, Emergency Department medical director at EMRMC, Amber Hamlin, RN, pediatric readiness coordinator at EMRMC, EMJBHH and EMFLH, Trauma Program manager at EMRMC and EMJBHH, Katie Jo Aaron, APRN at EMH, Lynne Warner Lynn, vice president of EMH, administrator at EMJBHH and chief nursing officer at EMRMC, Kelli Griffin, BSN, RN, SANE, Emergency Department director at EMJBHH, Ina Glass, MSN, RN, NHA, NEA-BC, FCN, FACHE, vice president of EMH, administrator at EMFLH, and Paula Ledford, BSN, RN, CEN, Emergency Department director and trauma coordinator at EMFLH.- Photo submitted
EMH
News release
The Emergency Departments at all three of Ephraim McDowell’s Hospitals (Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital and Ephraim McDowell James B. Haggin Hospital) recently earned the status of having a Pediatric Ready Emergency Department. To earn this recognition, the Emergency Departments had to meet specific criteria set by the Kentucky Pediatric Emergency Care Coalition, in compliance with national recommendations and guidelines.
Ephraim McDowell Health is the first health system in the state to earn this recognition for all of their Emergency Departments.
The Kentucky Emergency Medical Services for Children (KYEMSC) Program reviewed processes and documentation provided by Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital’s and Ephraim McDowell James B. Haggin Hospital’s Emergency Departments and then conducted an onsite review of the Emergency Departments. Soon after the onsite reviews, the Emergency Departments were notified that they had earned the recognition of being a Pediatric Ready Emergency Department. Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Department received this recognition in 2019.
The KYEMSC Program works to decrease pediatric mortality and morbidity due to severe illness or injury by enhancing pediatric emergency care services throughout the state. It does this by building partnerships across the continuum of emergency care, offering special programs and training opportunities, and through policy development.
An official ceremony and plaque presentation was held on Thursday, April 22 at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center.
