{"id":51967,"date":"2022-01-13T22:53:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T03:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=51967"},"modified":"2022-01-13T22:53:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T03:53:21","slug":"lee-health-has-moved-the-trauma-center-to-gulf-coast-medical-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/01\/lee-health-has-moved-the-trauma-center-to-gulf-coast-medical-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Health has moved the trauma center to Gulf Coast Medical Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lee Health\u2019s trauma center has moved after the hospital system spent $315 million to expand Gulf Coast Medical Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-1-1.png 686w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-1-1-300x145.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The move from Lee Memorial Hospital to Gulf Coast Medical Center became official Wednesday morning. Lee Health\u2019s trauma center is the only one between Sarasota and Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason for the move, according to Lee Health, is Southwest Florida\u2019s population continues to grow and so do the number of trauma patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to keep up, the hospital system needed more space and high-end equipment. The trauma center at Lee Memorial Hospital was also in need of an upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctors say it\u2019s a huge improvement over the old one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have a bigger ICU, we have a new facility,\u201d said Dr. James Kasiewicz, medical director for trauma services at Gulf Coast Medical Center. \u201cWe are able to better climate control our trauma base, much bigger areas in the trauma bays. They\u2019re beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Health\u2019s trauma center treats about 2,400 traumatically-injured patients each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2-1.png 793w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2-1-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2-1-768x302.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And trauma alerts continue to go up from vehicle crashes, falls and even gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Gulf Coast, there are 624 in-patient beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver 90% of our traumas are blunt traumas and that falls, motor vehicle crashes, motorcycle crashes, and about a little bit less than 10% are penetrating trauma, which is stabbings and gunshot wounds,\u201d Kasiewicz said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kasiewicz said the move to a location closer to I-75 is critical to saving lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be able to get them quicker here and get them to the trauma center so we can manage them,\u201d he said. \u201cWe always talk about the golden hours. So it\u2019s really important to get to the patients quickly to treat them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that the trauma center is relocated, Lee Memorial will begin the transitions to a hospital with all private rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving the trauma center is part of a much larger Lee Health expansion plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Health\u2019s trauma center has moved after the hospital system spent $315 million to expand Gulf Coast Medical Center. 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