Last week, many of us gathered with family and friends to give thanks for our blessings in life. We reminded those we love how much we care, and offered gratitude for our fortunes, big and small. At WakeMed, we give thanks to the countless employees, physicians, volunteers and friends who make our hospital the best […]
N.C. Public Interest Research Group recently released its annual 25th annual Trouble in Toyland survey of unsafe toys. Before heading out for holiday shopping, please take time to review the report and the group’s tips for toy safety. PIRG also has a new app for smart phones so you can have access to recalled toys […]
Founded in 1990 with one ambulance and seven providers, WakeMed Mobile Critical Care Services (MCCS) transported 229 patients during its first year of service. By 2000, MCCS was completing over 1,800 transports annually with 22 providers and three ambulances. Today with 20 ground ambulances and one air ambulance, 133 employees, and WakeMed Mobile Critical Care […]
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an order to withdraw Darvon, Darvocet and generic versions of the drug propoxyphene due to risk of cardiac toxicity. The FDA has concluded that the safety risks of propoxyphene outweigh its benefits for pain relief at recommended doses. Click here to read a press release from the […]
WakeMed has received recertification from The Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center, and WakeMed Raleigh Campus, Cary Hospital, North Healthplex and Apex Healthplex remain the only certified Primary Stroke Center in Wake County. Being a Primary Stroke Center is important because North Carolina is part of the nation’s “Stroke Belt” where death rates from […]
WakeMed Raleigh Campus and Cary Hospital are the first hospitals in North Carolina to receive full Heart Failure Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. To achieve SCPC Heart Failure Accreditation, WakeMed met or exceeded ten criteria, including quality measures that improve the process of care for heart failure patients, integration with emergency medical […]
As most parents know, minor head trauma is incredibly common in children. Most active kids will at some point will either hit their head from a fall, run into an immovable object with their head, be struck in their head with some other object, fall off a bike or down the stairs, fall out of […]
I am often asked by parents whether children should be taken to the closest emergency department or possibly take a little more time in the car and come directly to the Children’s Emergency Department on WakeMed Raleigh Campus. I expect as we open more freestanding emergency departments like North Healthplex and Apex Healthplex, that this […]
Tomorrow, the WakeMed Diversity & Inclusion Council will honor the men and women who have served our country in the armed forces. And, we would like to cordially invite Veterans to join us. We has identified more than 320 WakeMed employees, physicians and volunteer veterans who have served or are currently serving in the United States Armed […]
WakeMed has been helping Wake Technical Community College provide high-quality training for the region’s nurses and health professionals for more than 50 years. Now, that commitment was recognized with a national philanthropy award. The Council for Resource Development (CRD), based in Washington D.C. bestowed the Community College Benefactors Award on WakeMed. WakeMed’s long-standing partnership with […]
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