{"id":11462,"date":"2011-11-16T06:30:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T12:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zing.olemiss.edu\/?p=11462"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:33:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:33:32","slug":"batson-childrens-hospital-pediatric-emergency-department-trauma-unit-triples-in-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/batson-childrens-hospital-pediatric-emergency-department-trauma-unit-triples-in-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Batson Children\u2019s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department, Trauma Unit Triples In Size"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cutting the ribbon to the entrance of the new Colonel Harland Sanders Children\u2019s Emergency Department and the Selby and Richard McRae Children\u2019s Trauma Unit are, from left, Dr. Bev Evans, professor of pediatrics; Jennifer Stephen, nurse manager in pediatric emergency services; Dr. Ruth Black, director of pastoral services at UMMC; Sara Ray, chair of Friends of Children\u2019s Hospital; Richard McRae; Dr. James Keeton, vice chancellor for health affairs at UMMC; Robin Robinson, president of the Board of Trustees for the Mississippi State Institutions of Higher Learning; Dr. Rick Barr, Suzan B. Thames Professor and Chair of Pediatrics; and Guy Giesecke, CEO of Batson Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p><\/div>\n

JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 Batson Children\u2019s Hospital today dedicated its new Colonel Harland Sanders Children\u2019s Emergency Department and the Selby and Richard McRae Children\u2019s Trauma Unit, tripling the treatment area available for the state\u2019s only Level 1 pediatric emergency and trauma center.<\/p>\n

Partially funded by individual $1 million gifts from the Colonel Harland Sanders and the Selby and Richard McRae Foundations, construction on the $5.8 million facility began in late 2009. The 16,000 square-foot facility replaces a children\u2019s emergency room built in 1982 to handle a 15,000 per year patient volume. Currently, the children\u2019s ER sees 32,000 to 35,000 patients annually.
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\u201cThis new Children\u2019s Emergency Department enables us to serve even more children in the Jackson area and throughout the state of Mississippi,\u201d said Guy Giesecke, chief executive officer of Batson Children\u2019s Hospital. \u201cThe additional space and better flow will significantly help provide better service and privacy to our patients and families, and optimally respond to major pediatric traumas as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Magolia Castilla, associate professor and director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, said operating in such a confined space has been a challenge for the staff. She pointed out that not only has the volume of patients steadily increased to twice the size intended for the space but also that the patients are sicker.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a larger critical mass of patients coming through our doors that coincides with the children\u2019s hospital\u2019s expansion of its specialty and subspecialty programs,\u201d she said. \u201cBeing in such a small space has required us to be very efficient in everything that we do. We have to think outside of the box sometimes in order to move that volume of patients through such a small space.\u201d<\/p>\n

The existing ER has a small waiting area, one triage room and a jumble of treatment areas scattered throughout its 5,100 square feet including one larger room divided into 4 separate patient areas and an area in an enclosed hallway with only a fabric curtain for privacy.<\/p>\n

The new facility will have 23 treatment rooms, including several reserved for patient overflow, as well as two designated trauma areas, two waiting areas and separate rooms for family consultation, cast treatments and triage.<\/p>\n

\u201cChildren are our focus at Batson and our staff is very excited to have this new facility for our patients and their families,\u201d Castilla said. \u201cWe want to do the best thing for our children and this is another step in that direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

About The Colonel Harland Sanders Foundation<\/strong>
\nThe Colonel Harland Sanders Foundation\u2019s $1 million gift to the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children was presented in 2006 during the Children\u2019s Miracle Network telecast by foundation representative Shirley Topmiller, longtime assistant to Colonel Sanders and former manager of public affairs for Kentucky Fried Chicken. The foundation is named for restaurant pioneer, Colonel Harland Sanders, who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken at the age of 65. The foundation supports children\u2019s health and hospitals primarily in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The foundation seeks to ensure that the Colonel will be remembered not only as a corporate symbol, but also as a symbol of personal commitment to charity, a supporter of strong families and an advocate of\u00a0\u00a0 healthy communities.<\/p>\n

About The Selby and Richard McRae Foundation<\/strong>
\nRichard D. McRae, Sr. announced a $1 million matching gift from the Selby and Richard McRae Foundation to the Children\u2019s Hospital during the 2006 Children\u2019s Miracle Network telecast. The gift matched the $1 million lead gift from the Colonel Harland Sanders Foundation designated for a new children\u2019s emergency department at the Batson Children\u2019s Hospital. Founded in 1965, the foundation has a long history of supporting needs across Mississippi. Supporting education and health are two of the foundation\u2019s goals and this gift will do both. Not only will the 36,000 children who come to Batson every year for emergency care benefit, but the teaching of young physicians will be enhanced in the new state-of-the-art facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 Batson Children\u2019s Hospital today dedicated its new Colonel Harland Sanders Children\u2019s Emergency Department and the Selby and Richard McRae Children\u2019s Trauma Unit, tripling the treatment area available for the state\u2019s only Level 1 pediatric emergency and trauma center. 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