GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL

CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN IS VERIFIED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (ACS) AS A LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER. VERIFICATION BY THE ACS DEMONSTRATES THAT GOOD SAMARITAN HAS MET STRINGENT CRITERIA REFLECTING COMMITMENT, EXCELLENCE AND ASSURANCE OF HIGH QUALITY CARE FOR ALL TRAUMA PATIENTS.GOOD SAMARITAN IS ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF HOSPITALS IN THE NATION THAT OPERATES BOTH A GROUND AND AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE AS PART OF OUR TRAUMA PROGRAM AND IN SUPPORT OF THE OTHER MEDICAL SPECIALTIES OFFERED BY OUR FACILITY. OUR GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDES EMERGENCY ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT RESPONSE TO BUFFALO COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS LONG DISTANCE BASIC, ADVANCED AND CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS FROM ONE FACILITY TO ANOTHER THROUGHOUT NEBRASKA. GOOD SAMARITAN AIRCARE, OUR ORGANIZATION'S AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE, PROVIDES BOTH INTER-FACILITY AND SCENE RESPONSE FOR CRITICALLY ILL AND INJURED PATIENTS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS. GOOD SAMARITAN IS PROUD OF ITS LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH RODGERS HELICOPTER SERVICES, LLC IN PROVIDING OUR AIR AMBULANCE OPERATION TO THIS REGION FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES.IN ADDITION, TRAUMA PREVENTION EFFORTS IN KEARNEY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HELP BOOST PUBLIC AWARENESS THROUGH MANY FORUMS INCLUDING BIKE RODEOS, CLASSES PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE DECISION-MAKING -- SEAT BELT USE AND DRINKING AND DRIVING, CAR SEAT SAFETY AND NUMEROUS OTHER PROGRAMS.

THE MISSION OF KEARNEY'S GOOD SAMARITAN HEART CENTER IS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED, COMPREHENSIVE CARE CLOSE TO HOME. OPENED IN 1990 WITH THE FIRST CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB IN OUTSTATE NEBRASKA, THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEART CENTER HAS EVOLVED INTO A FULL SERVICE CARDIAC AND VASCULAR CARE CENTER PROVIDING ALL ADULT CARDIAC AND VASCULAR PROCEDURES ONCE FOUND ONLY IN METROPOLITAN AREAS. IN 2005, GOOD SAMARITAN WAS GIVEN OFFICIAL CHEST PAIN CENTER DESIGNATION BY THE SOCIETY OF CHEST PAIN CENTERS AND RECOGNIZED FOR OFFERING STATE-OF-THE-ART HEART CARE TO ITS PATIENTS, BECOMING THE FIRST MEDICAL FACILITY IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA TO RECEIVE THIS ACCREDITATION. BEING AN ACCREDITED CENTER MEANS THAT WE FOLLOW STRICTER PROTOCOL-DRIVEN AND SYSTEMATIC GUIDELINES THAT ALLOW A REDUCTION IN TIME TO TREATMENT DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF HEART ATTACK, WHEN TREATMENTS ARE MOST EFFECTIVE. IT ALSO ENABLES US TO BETTER MONITOR PATIENTS WHEN IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THEY ARE HAVING A CORONARY EVENT, MAKING SURE OUR PATIENTS ARE NEITHER SENT HOME TOO EARLY NOR NEEDLESSLY ADMITTED.