The area's most experienced physicians and nurses provide emergency care to our community 24 hours a day, seven days a week at Barrow Regional's emergency room through our exclusive ER Extra™ initiative. All of our physicians and nurses have been specially trained to provide skilled, professional care in an emergency setting. In addition, our nurses are certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. Our emergency department has two distinct areas of treatment -- one for your minor emergencies and the other for your major health care emergencies. The emergency department has 9 beds and a FastTrack area with 3
beds for quick check-in. Fast Track handles all minor care, ranging
from sore throats to minor orthopedic injuries.
What is ERExtra?
We are the community’s exclusive provider of ER Extra™, a new approach to the emergency room experience, designed to give you extra fast, extra easy and extraordinary care.
Extra Fast.
By the time you enter our emergency room, every minute – every second – seems like forever. That’s why the clock starts ticking the moment your name enters our system at the registration desk. In general, initial assessments take place within 15 minutes of arrival. Patients with non-life threatening conditions can expect to be evaluated, treated and discharged to their home in typically less than two hours. To deliver the fastest quality care possible, the emergency room has a computerized tracking system that records every second you spend there. This data is constantly reviewed by your treatment team to streamline processes and speed up the time it takes to deliver care. The result is that you see a member of the clinical team sooner, so treatment can begin quicker.
Extra Easy.
Board certified doctors and highly trained staff are by your side throughout your visit. They are there to explain your diagnosis and how it will be treated, as well as discuss any follow up care you may need.
Extraordinary Care.
The best care results from excellent customer service and friendly staff members.
The Medical Screening Program
If a patient’s condition is one that is considered to be non-urgent and the patient is without insurance, the patient will be asked to provide a reduced clinic fee for Emergency Department services. This cost is for overhead of the Emergency Department only and is less than other outpatient clinics in the surrounding area. If the patient chooses not to pay for these services, he or she will be referred to outpatient services that are equipped to handle their medical needs at a free clinic and other health care services. All medical emergencies and conditions requiring urgent evaluation will be seen.
About our Management Team
The medical director of the Emergency Department is Eric Deal, DO, and the nursing director is Yvonne Weed, RN.
Eric Deal, DO
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Yvonne Weed, RN, BSN, MBA
Yvonne joined Barrow Regional Medical Center in November after 5 years at Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton. She earned her BSN and RN from Jacksonville University, and an MBA while working in the Atlanta area. She also has Emergency Services Management experience while working at Memorial Hospital Pembroke and Broward General Medical Center in Florida. Yvonne lives in Dacula with a brood of five Great Danes, and shows another Great Dane at dog shows in her free time.
“As our community continues to grow our Emergency Department looks at how best we can serve our community,” said Yvonne. “We are implementing a Nurse First Program in our busiest hours so that when a patient arrives in the Emergency Department they will see a Nurse first.”