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Hospital's new trauma designation benefits region
Designation means faster treatment of risky patients
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center emergency staff, from left, registered nurses Jamie South, Holly McLaren and Debbie Callahan and emergency room doctors Gary Kempler and John Adamski. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Emergency medical care has taken a sudden, huge leap forward in Hall County, especially for those with serious injuries. “Now we’ll start to see some of the sicker and more injured patients who otherwise would have been sent to facilities elsewhere,” said Dr. John H. Adamski II, Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s medical director of trauma and acute care surgery, following Monday’s announcement the hospital had received a Level II trauma care designation. “Those patients will be transported to us in a quicker manner ... and that increases our experiences in terms of taking care of the patients.”