Regions Hospital

Regions Hospital opens an expanded Emergency Center on July 15, 2009. The facility currently is more than 15,000 square feet with 34 treatment rooms including 7 resuscitation rooms and will grow to 45,000 square feet with 68 exam rooms. In addition to the Emergency Center, there is 8,000 square feet for a departmental library, conference space and offices for faculty, residents and other department personnel. There are two conference rooms used for educational conferences and meetings. 

Residents also spend time at other Twin Cities' hospitals for a well rounded experience

Emergency Department Statistics:

• Approximately 67,000 patient visits per year
• Approximately 11% of patients are age 16 or under
• Approximately 3100 trauma admissions and 730 trauma team activations each year
• 23% admission rate

Staffing:

• Full-time faculty supervision 24 hours per day; triple coverage by faculty 15 hours a day

• Three Emergency Medicine residents are assigned to the Emergency Department 24 hours a day

• Three PGY-1 and 2 residents from Medicine, Med/Peds, and Obstetrics rotate to the ED each month

• Physician Assistants present during most shifts

• Nursing staff includes RNs, emergency room technicians, paramedics and clerks

Resident Facilities:

Residents have access to a great deal of resources on the Regions campus.

Library: The residents have a large office space for personal work and socializing during down-time.  Also, there is a library within the departmental offices, equiped with journals, audio and video media, TV, VCR, DVD Player, and computers.  Access is available 24/7.

Hospital Library: The Regions Hospital Medical Library is available for an extensive journal selection, more computer access, study space, and research librarians with interlibrary loan access.  Access to this facility is also 24/7.  The Bio-Medical Library (Diehl Hall) on the University of Minnesota campus is also available to residents. We have daily interlibrary loan service with the Bio-Medical Library.