Volume 10
Issue 4 February 20, 2015
PRESBYbulletin Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Now Open: The Trauma Center at Penn Presbyterian Marking one of the biggest milestones in the development of the Pavilion for Advanced Care, on February 4, 2015, eight patients were transferred from the Ortho Trauma and Trauma Services units at HUP to the 4 PAC TSICU and Cupp 4 East at PPMC. Along with those patients, 200 staff also transitioned from HUP and now call PPMC home.
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Here, every sound and every action is devoted to the saving of life when seconds count,
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While HUP will continue providing a full-service ED, equipped and staffed to handle tens of thousands of visits each year, Penn Medicine’s seriously injured patients will now be transported to the Level I Trauma Center at the PAC. (continued on back)
Now Open: The Trauma Center at Penn Presbyterian (continued from front)
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For everyone whose personal story shall move through the John P. Pryor Shock Trauma and Resuscitation Unit, may this place be blessed.
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“Here, every sound and every action is devoted to the saving of life when seconds count,” said PPMC Chaplain John Ehman during a convocation ceremony. “And in all that happens here — with each person who is transported across the red line on this floor, with each gathering of the sharpest minds and surest hands to be ready and waiting, and with each family who will come to a loved one’s side — this becomes a sacred space. For everyone whose personal story shall move through the John P. Pryor Shock Trauma and Resuscitation Unit, may this place be blessed.”
We welcome all our new employees and staff members to PPMC, and extend our continued thanks to all those who have helped make this transition smooth and successful.
Did you know…?
Three years of planning and development has gone into preparing for the PPMC campus transitions and although the trauma transition is now complete, teams are still working on the next phase of development for the PAC.
Development of the PAC would not have been possible without the hard work of nearly 600 men and women on the construction crew, as well as countless others who assisted with the design of the facility, which now includes: - 1,188,931 square feet of wall - 1,535 pieces of furniture - 534 total plumbing fixtures - 357 doors - 420 computer station locations - 200 card readers - 65 security cameras - 60 fire extinguishers
Contact Us: Katie Delach | katie.delach@uphs.upenn.edu | http://news.pennmedicine.org/inside/presbybulletin/