Valley Baptist Medical Center
location
Hospital
Valley Baptist Medical Center has served South Texas with a faith-based mission for nearly 100 years.
- 586-bed teaching hospital
- Lead trauma center in the region
- Only hospital in the area offering comprehensive stroke services, including advanced endovascular neurology procedures
- VBMC's expanded relationship with the Veterans Administration allows veterans to stay in the Valley, rather than travel to San Antonio, for most of their health care needs.
community
Harlingen, TX, is located just 30 miles from the Texas Gulf Coast and the popular beaches of South Padre Island. Harlingen is renowned for its larger-than-life-size murals that brighten the streets of downtown Harlingen and decorate the walls inside local businesses. Picturesque, palm-lined Jackson Street has served as Harlingen’s “main street” for more than a century, featuring family-friendly events including market days, walking tours, and family movie nights. In addition to birding, hunting, and fishing, outdoor activities include world-class golf at local country clubs and public golf courses - including but not limited to two 18-hole championship courses at Rancho Viejo Resort and a picturesque 18 hole course along the Laguna Madre Bay at the South Padre Island Golf Club.
Emergency Department
- Trauma Designation: Level II
- ED Volume: 45,000
- ED Beds: 36
- ED Admission Rate: 24%
- Staffing Model:
- 40 hour physician coverage
- 20-30 hour APP coverage (during peak volumes)
- Scribe coverage optional, not provided
- Provides emergency cardiac catheterization and stroke neuro-endovascular care
- Comprehensive stroke center
- Cardiac Center of Excellence
- Extensive specialty coverage including pediatrics
- Qualifications: BC/BP in emergency medicine required
- Documentation: Cerner FirstNet with Dynadoc
- Provides emergency cardiac catheterization
- ED physicians operate with an efficient "split-flow" ED process and enjoy a simple "one call" system for admissions and transfers
- APPs practice independently in the ED, meaning physicians have no APP charts to sign
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