Ribbon Cutting – ER at Westalke
Wellington Regional Medical Center, representatives from the Universal Health Services and Westlake city leadership held a ribbon-cutting the afternoon of March 25, 2019, marking the completion of construction of the new ER at Westlake located in Westlake,Fla. The new ER,which will be the first emergency healthcare services available in the community of Westlake,will officially open for patients on Tuesday,April 9.
"We are excited to offer emergency healthcare services for the residents of Westlake and the surrounding communities," said Pam Tahan, CEO, Wellington Regional Medical Center. "Emergencies can happen at any time, day or night, and it is important to have a facility available to quickly and professionally provide healthcare services for those individuals."
"As the community of Westlake continues to quickly grow,it is wonderful that we will now have such a well-known and trusted ER provider in our community," said Westlake Mayor Roger Manning. "The ER is a great addition to Westlake and will help provide local medical services for our citizens."
Exam Roon – ER at Westlake
The more than 10,000-square-foot facility, located at the intersection of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and Persimmon Boulevard, includes eight exam rooms, one triage room,three rapid medical exam bays, imaging capability and onsite lab services. The ER at Westlake will be staffed by experienced emergency medicine physicians and is the first Wellington Regional Medical Center ER located off the main hospital campus. The ER will be capable of treating both major and minor medical conditions from cuts and bruises to broken bones, heart attacks and stroke.
For patient convenience, the new emergency room will also offer ER Reserve and provide online ER Wait Times. ER Reserve allows patients who are in need of less serious emergency care to request a time for their visit up to 12 hours in advance. This will allow patients to wait in the comfort of their home, instead of the ER. The ER Wait Time is an average wait time for patients to see a registered nurse during the triage process and is updated every 30 minutes. After patients are triaged, they are seen by qualified medical professionals in priority order,according to their medical condition and reason for visit.
In addition to the ER at Westlake, Wellington Regional is affiliated with two Urgent Care Centers located at 3319 S. State Road 7, and 13421 Southshore Boulevard.
For more information about the ER at Westlake, visit www.wellingtonregional.com
ER at Westlake Facts and Figures:
• This is the 6th prefabricated freestanding ER that BLOX has produced for UHS. Approximate ly 60 percent of the building was fabricated offsite and shipped to the site where it was joined together.
• There are 212,600 pounds (106.3 tons) of steel used in the ER at Westlake with 62 percent of the steel recycled
• It took 500 tons of asphalt to build the parking lot
• To design and construct the ER at Westlake,there were:
17 architects and fabrication engineers
11 consulting engineers
95 builders in the manufacturing plant were needed to make the modular portions of the building
42 builders were used to complete the building process on location
Wellington Regional Medical Center is a 233-bed acute care hospital accredited by The Joi nt Commission. Celebrating more than 30 years of treating residents in Wellington and the surrounding community,the hospitaloffers a wide range of services, including comprehensive stroke care, comprehensive lung program, minimally invasive services,cardiac services,a birthing center and level Ill NICU, comprehensive women’s center, hepatobiliary surgical procedures, intraoperative radiation therapy, interventional procedures and a wellness and weight loss center.To learn more about the hospitai,please visit www.wellingtonregional.com .
