Extra Fast, Extra Easy & Extra Great Emergency Care in Dade City.
ER Extra. Quality emergency treatment at pedal-to-metal speed. If you want high performance emergency care, choose the high performance emergency room. ER Extra.
Upon your arrival at our ER, and given the availability of
rooms, you will be taken directly to an ER room for triage and bed-side
registration. All labs and radiology
services needed for diagnosis are given full attention. In an emergency, you can count on Pasco Regional Medical Center's fast ER
Extra. We are extra fast, extra easy and
provide extraordinary emergency care.
Our team of registered nurses and emergency care technicians are Emergency
Medicine specialists, experienced in the treatment of traumas, medical
emergencies and the emergency care of children.
They understand the fears and stress you face when an emergency
arises.
Priority of Care - Our Goal is No Wait Time
We understand that no one wants to wait in an emergency
situation. We have provided the information below to help you understand
how emergency treatment is given and the order in which it is
administered. We hope this will make your ER visit less anxious and
confusing.
- Occasionally, you may observe patients who arrived in the emergency room
after you, yet were called back to the treatment area ahead of you. Please
understand, there are reasons for such occasions, including:
- Critical patients, regardless
of arrival mode, will always be given priority.
- Patients arriving by
ambulance will be given priority if that patient's emergency needs are
more critical than those of patients in the ER lobby waiting to be seen.
- Certain types of illnesses or
accidents require the use of a special room. It may be necessary to
wait until this room is available, i.e., cuts are sutured under special
lights, pelvic examinations are done in the GYN room.
Quality ER Care Takes Time
- To ensure you are fully evaluated, the emergency room physician will give
you a thorough examination, and may order diagnostic testing or consult with
your primary care physician. While
testing is given full attention and will be completed “STAT” – that is, as fast as possible – there are factors that could create some waiting time. Rest assured, while you wait, you will be
under observation by the nursing staff.
Please keep in mind, there are additional "time-consumers" to
consider:
- Laboratory work and other
tests take time to be processed and evaluated.
- X-rays must be developed and
read by a physician.
- Following treatment, you may
be detained so the ER staff can observe the effectiveness of treatment.
- Consulting physicians most
often respond to the emergency department from their private offices
outside the hospital.
- If the decision is made to
admit you, additional paperwork must be completed and time is needed to
help the hospital unit prepare a room especially for you.
Once your test results are back, your emergency room physician will review
and discuss the results with you. Your physician will go over how your
illness or injury should be treated.
Before You Leave The Hospital
Before you are discharged, your nurse will return to review your discharge
instructions, give you prescriptions, if needed, and answer your
questions. You will be asked to sign your chart to indicate that you
understand your discharge instructions. No question is too silly to
ask. Your health care is too important to worry about being embarrassed if
you do not understand something your doctor, nurse or other health care
professional tells you. Please ask them to explain again if you do not
understand.
You will also be given the name of a staff physician to see by appointment
if your diagnosis requires a follow-up visit. Once you have received this
information and have no further questions, you are ready to go home.
Thank you for choosing ER Extra at Pasco
Regional Medical
Center for your emergency care needs. It is a privilege to provide quality ER care to you and your family in a fast and courteous manner.