SLU Hospital is one of only ten hospitals in the nation to have earned both Gold Plus Awards for heart failure and stroke care in addition to all of the Gold Performance Awards for coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke.
Designed to stop the motion at a painful vertebral segment, this procedure is traditionally performed via a large incision on the back, stripping vital muscles away from the spine.
Helen Sandkuhl, RN, MSN, CEN, FAEN, nursing director of Emergency Services at Saint Louis University Hospital shares her story about providing emergency medical care after the earthquake that left Haiti in ruins.
Saint Louis University Hospital is first in the St. Louis region to have an American College of Surgeons' verified, dual-state certified Level I Trauma Center, with the hospital holding Level I certifications in both the states of Missouri and Illinois.
Crystal L. Haynes, CEO at Saint Louis University Hospital, will be honored as a recipient of a Patriot Award from the Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve and sign the official "Statement of Support."
First responders are trained to deal with high-intensity situations without emotionally reacting. The aftermath can be devastating.
One of the first total abdominal colectomies performed, including reconstruction of the intestinal tract by reconnection of the remaining small intestine to the rectum, via single-incision laparoscopy.
Crystal Haynes, CEO of Saint Louis University Hospital, is available to comment on how changes in healthcare reform, public policy, health insurance coverage and costs, healthcare disparities, and patient rights affect a hospital's ability to provide high quality quaternary/tertiary care to all patients.
Saint Louis University Hospital is one of only 13 hospitals in the United States recognized as a 2009 'Triple Gold Achievement Hospital' under the American Heart Assocation's Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) program for outstanding work in the areas of coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke.
There is a new surgical program "“ single-incision laparoscopic surgery "“ which is paving the way for natural orifice surgery. SLU Hospital's single-incision surgery team has performed a number of GI procedures, including appendectomies, gall bladder removals and colectomies. More importantly, this program is one of only a few to perform a single-incision laparoscopic colectomy for colorectal cancer.
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