Tertiary care needs such as cardiac surgery, hemodialysis and microvascular surgery may be referred to a Level I Trauma Center.24-hour immediate coverage by general surgeons, as well as coverage by the specialties of orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology and critical care.We will be resurveyed before June 2022 Douglass Harrison, president and CEO, WVU Medicine Wheeling HospitalħNews reached out to Wheeling EMS on how this could affect the Ohio Valley area. Wilson sits on the West Virginia State Trauma Board and is a national surveyor with the American College of Surgeons. Alison Wilson, executive chair of the WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute, will be running the program. We’ve made tremendous strides in the trauma program since then, and we will continue to do so. The survey was conducted in 2019, and all of the gaps and deficiencies identified in it, including those in Ophthalmology Ear, Nose, and Throat Urology and Plastic Surgery, have been filled or will be filled by Nov. Wheeling Hospital President and CEO Douglas Harrison released the following statement to 7News after the announcement.įrom a trauma perspective, nothing changes we will still be accepting trauma patients. Wheeling Hospital hopes that their outlined plan will help them become a Level II Trauma Program after ACS conducts an on-site focused review before June 2022. Wheeling Hospital says they have been successfully recruiting in Urology, Ophthalmology, ENT, and Plastic Surgery. As a result, Wheeling Hospital says they have implemented several physician recruitment efforts to fill the gaps in care. Wheeling Hospital says most of the deficiencies noted in the ACS survey were related to gaps in medical coverage.Ruby Memorial Hospital (WVU Medicine) for any complicated patient and real-time transfer protocols will be implemented should patient need a higher level of care Daily consultative service will be provided by the Trauma Team at J.W.Daily rounding of patients on the Trauma Service will be provided by a physician, Trauma Physician Assistant, and Trauma Nurse to assure proper care and treatment plans are adhered to.After hours (7:00 pm- 7:00 am) will be staffed through an on-call program with response times to any trauma within 15 minutes. Wheeling Hospital says they will create a Trauma Service that will be staffed daily, in-house by Board Certified Surgeons from 7:00 am – 7:00 pm.Stephanie Isaly, RN will be the Program Director also reporting directly to Dr. Ruby Memorial Hospital with WVU Medicine. who oversees the Level I Trauma and Critical Care Program at J.W. Shackelford will report directly to Alison Wilson, M.D.
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will become the new Medical Director of the Trauma Program. Effective November 1, 2021, Howard Shackelford M.D.Wheeling Hospital President and CEO Douglas Harrison outlined a plan to correct any deficiencies moving forward: The downgrade happened due to Wheeling Hospital’s most recent survey with the American College of Surgeons (ACS) WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital’s trauma program has been downgraded from a Level II trauma center to a Level IV.