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Full-service emergency department now open in New Berlin
Full-service emergency department now open in New Berlin
NEW BERLIN -- A full-service emergency department offering hospital-level emergency care is now open for businesses in New Berlin. It is at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Moorland Reserve Health Center on Moorland Road.
"There was just a sharp pain," said Darren Cramer.
Darren Cramer hurt his knee at soccer practice.
"I just swelled up a lot -- I can't really move it too much -- I have like no flexibility," said Cramer.
Full-service emergency department now open for businesses in New Berlin
"He's limping, so I figured it was time for him to have it checked out," said Kathy Cramer, Darren's mom.
Darren Cramer
Home for the Cramers is Muskego. That makes the new emergency department at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Moorland Reserve Health Center their best option.
"It is a lot closer than going to downtown Milwaukee and getting something done there," said Darren Cramer.
The health center's urgent care was so busy, they built an addition for the emergency department. It opened in July.
"People want to stay in their communities, they don't want to travel long ways to get emergency care," said Michelle Lambert-Webb, Manager of Emergency Dept at Moorland Health Center.
Full-service emergency department now open for businesses in New Berlin
The emergency department has 18 beds, full radiology capabilities and diagnostic testing is available. A full-time physician, three nurses, critical care techs and a respiratory therapist are on staff 24/7.
Full-service emergency department now open for businesses in New Berlin
"We can stabilize anyone and determine whether they need advanced care," said Lambert-Webb.
If a patient requires surgery or is having a heart attack, they are moved to a trauma center.
"We transfer about 10 percent of our patients each day to a hospital that requires a higher level of care," Deb McCann, Director of Critical Care and Emergency Services for the Community Hospitals of Froedtert & MCW .
That shouldn't be necessary for Cramer.
"They can't find a tear or anything wrong, there might be a small soft tissue injury, but they think it will be alright," said Darren Cramer.
The last time there was an emergency department in New Berlin was 1985.
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