Cape Coral Hospital

Cape Coral Hospital

• City/Town: Cape Coral
• State: FL

Institution Characteristics

• Community Hospital

 

Annual ED Visits per Year

• 50-74,999 ED visits per year

Number of Pharmacists/Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

• >5

Daily ED Coverage

• 8-12 hours/day

Length of Time in Years Institution has had EM Pharmacy Services

• 6-9 years

Size of Institution

• 200-399 Hospital Beds

Clinical Pharmacy Services

• • Prospective Order Verification
  • Antimicrobial stewardship activities including microbiological culture and susceptibility follow-up
  • 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
  • Guideline/protocol/process development
  • Medication therapy updates and education on optimal medication therapy for ED team members (often takes place at the bedside or in the ED)