Salem Health Laboratories named Lab of the Year 2024
Lab recognized with national award for sustained excellence
Salem Hospital Emergency Department plaza entrance now open
Efficient, easy access for arrival at Salem Hospital’s ED
Level IV trauma center (West Valley Hospital)
In 2013, Oregon Health Authority accredited West Valley Hospital emergency department as a Level IV Trauma Center, ready to care 24/7 for the Willamette Valley’s most seriously injured patients. Trauma facilities are designated as Level I, II, III, or IV. The role of the Level IV trauma center is to provide resuscitation and stabilization for severely injured adult or pediatric patients before transferring them to a higher level trauma system hospital.
Every trauma patient who arrives in the West Valley Hospital emergency department is met by trauma-trained nurses who are immediately available to initiate lifesaving care.
Level II trauma center (Salem Hospital)
In 2018, Oregon Health Authority accredited Salem Hospital emergency department as a Level II Trauma Center, ready to care 24/7 for the Willamette Valley’s most seriously injured patients. Trauma facilities are designated as Level I, II, III, or IV, with Level I and II centers offering the highest level of care. Level II trauma centers provide care for severely injured patients of all ages. Facility services and resource requirements are similar to Level I.
Every trauma patient who arrives in the Salem Hospital emergency department is met by a trauma team with resuscitation life-support equipment to ensure rapid evaluation and treatment.Redesignation of Salem Hospital's Level II accreditation will take place in July 2024.
Volunteers answer the call to comfort substance-exposed newborns
The mid-Willamette valley is seeing an alarming rise in births of substance-exposed newborns, but Salem Hospital providers and volunteers are showing what a difference compassion can make.
Cultivate a colorful plate: Setting the stage for a lifetime of health
Kids who enjoy a diverse range of fruits and veggies early on are more likely to continue into adulthood and reap the long-term health benefits of a nutritious diet.
As part of "Safety in Spine Surgery Month" this April, we wanted to share some of the ways we keep ...
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Salem Health is proud to be the premier partner of the 2019 High Street Hustle 5K and 10K runs, whic...
Some smartphone users can develop pain in their hands, especially after a day of texting.
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Join us Thursday, Sept. 15, for the Grand Opening of Let's ALL Play Place, the new Therapy and Commu...
At 52, Dan V. is the “young kid” in Salem Health’s cardiac rehab program.
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The aquatic therapy pool opened in spring 2016 inside the new Salem Health Rehabilitation Center.
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Chloe Aguilar, a Salem Health physical therapist, shares tips to make working on your feet all day ...
The only way to accurately diagnose asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is with a pulmon...
After rescuers pulled Isaiah out of his mangled car, Salem Health ER doctors discovered he had a lon...
By the time he got to the Salem Health Emergency Department, Mario was immobile from the waist down....
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Salem Health offers an intensive multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation program (MDPR). It’s made up ...
Please consider joining Heidi and making a special gift in support of the therapy and community pla...
Meet Izzy, a boy who needs a safe place to play. You can help make Salem’s first outdoor therapy and...
Therapists taught him how to use leg braces and how to move a wheelchair over curbs. But more import...
“Without my back I could not do this job,” said Greg B., a firefighter/paramedic with the Keizer Fir...