Poudre Valley Hospital
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | 1024 South Lemay Avenue Fort Collins, Colorado, (US) |
| Organization | |
| Care System/Type | Unknown |
| Affiliated University | Unknown |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Level III trauma center |
| Beds | 295 |
| History | |
| Founded | Unknown |
| Links | |
| Website | Poudre Valley Hospital Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in Colorado |
Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH), located in Fort Collins, Colorado, serves northern Colorado, southern Wyoming, and western Nebraska. The hospital has 295 beds, and is a level III trauma center. It also houses 11 surgical suites, eight intensive care unit beds, and five neurosurgical intensive care unit beds. The hospital is home to a regional heart center where open heart surgery is performed; a regional neurosciences center that cares for victims of head and back inury, stroke, spinal cord and nervous system diseases; and a regional orthopedic program. The hospital has helped make Fort Collins a regional health center.
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[edit] Residency Training
The hospital has an ACGME-accredited residency program in family medicine. Six residents are accepted per year. The three year program emphasizes community-based and rural medicine to provide physicians to northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.
[edit] Trivia
Poudre Valley Hospital received attention in 1998 as the hospital where Matthew Shepard was taken after being attacked outside Laramie, WY. The sudden rush of traffic to the hospital's web site required reconfiguration of the site to support the traffic.[1]
[edit] Awards
PVH has received many awards, including:
[edit] References
- ^ Steve Silberman (1998-10-13). Killing Mobilizes Netizens. Wired.
