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Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend is the only Level II trauma center between Corvallis and San Francisco. Specialized care available around the clock, such as that provided by our orthopedic traumatologists, is one reason for that status.
These surgeons are assisted in the operating room by a team of nurses and other staff members who specialize in orthopedic surgery. Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend is the only Level II trauma center between Corvallis and San Francisco.
The Emergency Department at RiverBend serves as the entrance to Sacred Heart’s Level II Trauma Center, which is staffed and equipped to provide the highest level of care to severely injured adults and children.
The Comprehensive Stroke Center is part of the Stroke Center at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend, a premier regional provider of neurological, neurosurgical, and rehabilitative care in a patient-focused teaching and research environment.
Hospitals regularly survey their physicians, nurses, and other staff on the culture of safety to measure how well staff works together to keep patients safe. Then, hospitals provide feedback on the results to leaders and hospital staff and create plans to improve. Dangerous bed sores. Patient falls and injuries.
This could leave the wound exposed. A surgical wound splitting open is very painful and puts the patient at risk for infection. This number represents the number of times surgical wounds in the stomach or abdomen area split open for every 1,000 people who had surgery on their abdomen.
Death from treatable serious complications. Sometimes after surgery, patients can develop serious complications while they are in the hospital. They might catch pneumonia, have a heart attack, or lose function in their kidneys or liver. These problems are serious but can be treated by a good hospital team.
Dangerous blood clot. A blood clot is a gathering of blood cells in a vein, which can be caused by damage to tissue during surgery. Most blood clots form in the leg but the clot can break away and travel through the bloodstream to other areas of the body.
Patients with catheters are at risk for developing a dangerous infection in the urinary tract. These serious infections can lead to other complications, increase recovery time, and can often lead to death.