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Learn about our expanded emergency department

As a colleague, you know that family, friends and neighbors turn to you when they need help with a health-related question. CheckUp will help you learn more about our network and the health care services we offer so you can be sure your loved one gets the most appropriate care.

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• Read about colleagues who have referred a friend to work or receive care here
• Learn the latest about our services and technology
• Get the inside scoop on what’s in the news about our network

Guide to Our Care
Look here each month to learn something new about the health care services we provide

Stroke Care
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest recently received a Gold Award for Sustained Performance in the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines program. This is the third year the site is recognized for achieving more than 85 percent compliance with seven core stroke measures.

Heart Care
We perform 12,000 cardiac catheterizations and lifesaving angioplasties every year, more than any other hospital in the region. Our all-digital cardiac catheterization labs feature the latest imaging equipment and large fl at-panel monitors to give physicians a clear view of the arteries on which they’re working.

Children's Care
If a child needs cancer care, he or she doesn’t have to travel far from home. We have the area’s only pediatric oncologists and hematologists who treat cancers and other blood disorders in children. Their care goes beyond tests and treatments to include families and make children’s lives as normal as possible.

Emergency Care
When expansion is completed in mid-September,LVH–Cedar Crest’s emergency department (ED) will feature 41 operational patient beds and three all-new trauma bays—nearly double its former capacity. That’s good news for patients like Stephen Tervistan of Barto, shown here with Allison Luckenbill, R.N. The new rooms provide more space for caregivers and patients and include lockable supply carts to keep high-demand items like IVs and catheters right at the bedside.

Burn Care
Visit lvh.org/professionals/burn to watch a video about our new Regional Burn Center. It’s the largest and busiest burn center in Pennsylvania, caring for more than 600 adults and children annually. That’s three times the number of patients the average burn center sees.

She’s an Advocate
As 5-year-old Jade took a bath, her mother noticed a “hollow” area in her abdomen. Her pediatrician diagnosed a hernia and suggested she see a surgeon. Jade’s grandmother, page operator Donna Hetherington, told her son and daughter-in-law that we have the area’s only pediatric surgeons. “I reassured them that our hospital was the best choice,” Hetherington says. During surgery, Jade’s family received constant updates from colleagues while William Hardin, M.D., repaired two hernias Jade had since birth. Today, Jade is healthy, enjoying summer and still sleeping with the “blankie” caregivers gave her after surgery. “We couldn’t have asked for anything more,” Hetherington says.

Are you spreading the word about the quality of care in our network? If so, call 610-402-3175 or e-mail Richard.Martuscelli@lvh.com and share your story in CheckUp.

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