<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0oDPcX_19C3MGJm00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0oDPcX_19C3MGJm00" width="1200" height="675" >“We’re trying to meet patients where they are and deliver quality care in the fastest way possible.”That’s the goal of Bon Secours St. Francis’s new 24/7 freestanding emergency department, says Dr. Dawn Zellner, the assistant director of the health system’s emergency services.Set to open in March at 2814 Woodruff Road in Five Forks, the 13,000-square-foot facility has nine exam rooms, including one specifically for trauma care, along with CT and X-ray imaging and lab services. Its state-of-the-art technology and board-certified emergency medical staff can diagnose and treat the same types of emergencies and illnesses seen in Bon Secours St. Francis’s hospital-based ERs.“Our emergency medicine physicians rotate through all of the emergency departments. The doctor who is going to be able to see and diagnose your chest pain at our downtown (ER) on Tuesday may be working at one of our freestanding ERs on Thursday. So, just because the facilities are slightly different doesn’t mean there’s a different level of ability, knowledge, or access to the care that you need,” she says.Meant to reduce waiting times and travel distance, freestanding emergency departments can treat everything from chest pain to stroke symptoms, severe allergic reactions to uncontrolled bleeding, and major trauma (broken bones, deep cuts, serious burns) to sudden confusion or loss of consciousness. They are different than an urgent care location, which treats common illnesses, sprains and cuts, and other non-life-threatening issues that need prompt attention when your doctor isn’t available.“We can definitively diagnosis and treat within that freestanding emergency department because we can do all the labs there, and we can do imaging. It’s a more comprehensive visit,” Zellner says, adding that facility’s on-site ambulance and EMS providers will allow for seamless patient transfers to the St. Francis Downtown or the St. Francis Eastside hospitals if needed.Zellner says that it’s important to consider your medical history and its complexity when deciding whether to seek emergency or urgent care.“If you’re medically high-risk, it’s going to be more difficult for an urgent care to help you outside of things that are simple cuts that need stitches, simple falls that need an X-ray,” she adds.Also, patients “who are at the extremes of age—older and younger—also will benefit from being seen at an emergency department versus an urgent care because they may need more imaging,” Zellner says.The Bon Secours Emergency Center at Five Forks is the health system’s second freestanding emergency department. The Bon Secours St. Francis Emergency Center at Simpsonville (3970 Grandview Dr., Suite 2200) opened in 2022. A third freestanding ER in Powdersville is in the planning stages.For more information on Bon Secours St. Francis’s emergency services, visit bonsecours.com/locations/emergency-rooms/greenville.</div></body>

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“We’re trying to meet patients where they are and deliver quality care in the fastest way possible.”. That’s the goal of Bon Secours St. Francis’s new 24/7 freestanding emergency department, says Dr. Dawn Zellner, the assistant director of the health system’s emergency services. Set to open...

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“We’re trying to meet patients where they are and deliver quality care in the fastest way possible.”. That’s the goal of Bon Secours St. Francis’s new 24/7

Bon Secours St. Francis opens second freestanding emergency center

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