 | The Emergency Center
Nurses in The Emergency Center help provide a full spectrum of emergency services to patients, whether their needs are minor or life-threatening. Additional patients with emotional/psychiatric problems are also handled by the emergency room staff in conjunction with social services. Ten percent of the patients received in the Regions Emergency Center are pediatric.
Since Regions is a Level I Trauma Center, emergency room nurses play a big role in the care of critically injured trauma patients, including participating in trauma team activations. These involve physicians, surgeons, nursing and emergency room technicians. Other nurses are trained to work in triage, as charge nurses, or with the SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) program.
A significant number of nurses in the department are involved in education and many are instructors for ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Class), CPR, ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course) or the ER Core class. A number nurses are also certified emergency nurses (CENs). A clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in The Emergency Center provides ongoing training and educational programs on new, cutting-edge technology used in emergency rooms. The CNS has been instrumental in developing a new grad program aimed at developing new emergency room nurses. While Regions ER nurses have a high degree of technical skills, they are also dedicated to providing solid nursing care and addressing the important issue of pain control efficiently and effectively.
Many of the nurses volunteer to teach at local schools through the ENCARE program designed by Regions ER nurses. This program educates students about the dangers of unsafe behaviors such as drinking and driving.
Regions Emergency Center
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