Washington Hospital

Washington Hospital

  • City/Town: Washington
  • State: Pennsylvania

Institution Characteristics

  • Community  Hospital

Annual ED Visits per Year

  • <50,000 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 Year

Size of Institution

  • 100-199 Hospital Beds

Clinical Pharmacy Services

  • 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)
  • Vaccine administration