Red Deer Regional Hospital
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| Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre | |
|---|---|
| Alberta Health Services | |
 Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre in the fall of 2015 | |
  Location in Alberta | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Red Deer, Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates | 52°15′37.75″N 113°49′4.75″W / 52.2604861°N 113.8179861°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Medicare |
| Type | General, Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 345 |
| Helipads | |
| Helipad | TC LID: CRD3[1] |
| History | |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/facility.aspx?id=1000342 |
Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is a district general hospital and is located in Red Deer, Alberta. Alberta Health Services is responsible for the operations of the hospital.[2]
Transport
- Cardiac rehab
- Diabetes clinic
- Diagnostic imaging (CT, MRI and Ultrasound)
- Emergency
- General Surgery
- Intensive Care
- Mental health
- Pediatric mental health[3]
- Obstetrics
- Medical Oncology
- Orthopedic surgery
- Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
- Palliative care
- Pediatrics
- Plastic surgery
- Radiation Oncology
- Respiratory Therapy
- Urology
[2] The hospital is a Level 3 trauma center which allows for care of most severe trauma patients but have transfer protocols if the trauma is above their level of care they can provide. They will stabilize these patients and then take the patient to a level 1 trauma center in Edmonton or Calgary by STARS.
The hospital is located within a 1-hour service radius of the STARS air ambulance service from both the Calgary and Edmonton base sites.[4]
Education
The hospital serves as a training centre for multiple professions. The University of Alberta trains residents in their Rural Alberta North family medicine program and rotate medical students on elective.[5] It is also a site for pharmacy resident training[6] and nursing student training from the Red Deer College.[7]
