Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital
- City/Town: Greenville
- State: South Carolina
Institution Characteristics
- Community Hospital
Annual ED Visits per Year
- 50-74,999 ED visits per year
Number of Pharmacists/Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
- 1
Daily ED Coverage
- 8-12 hours/day
Length of Time in Years Institution has had EM Pharmacy Services
- 1-3 years
Size of Institution
- 200-399 Hospital Beds
Clinical Pharmacy Services
- Prospective Order Verification
- Antimicrobial stewardship activities including microbiological culture and susceptibility follow-up
- Medication administration
- Pharmacotherapy Consultation
- Direct bedside care during high risk medication use (rapid sequence intubation, procedural sedation)
- Emergency department resuscitation team (cardiopulmonary arrest, trauma, and burn resuscitation, myocardial infarction, stroke, sepsis)
- Patient counseling and education
- Pharmacy Resident Precepting
- Medication therapy updates and education on optimal medication therapy for ED team members (often takes place at the bedside or in the ED)