Emergency Care in Mountain Home Arkansas
When Every Second Counts, Count on Us
When you or a family member needs critical care, time is precious. That’s
why the Cline Emergency Center at Baxter Regional Medical Center is better
and faster than ever before. With a newly renovated, more comfortable
waiting room for families, more beds and a new, streamlined method of
treating patients, valuable seconds are never wasted.
Our Team is Always Ready to Act
Every second counts in an emergency and to make sure everyone in the North
Central Arkansas/South Central Missouri region has access to critical
medical care at a moment’s notice, we have created a fast-acting
ambulance and
paramedic operation that can quickly provide care to Baxter and Marion Counties.
These services also extend to Izard, Fulton, Searcy, and Ozark Counties
as a mutual aid responder in case of wide-spread emergencies.
Our team is prepared to provide emergency care quickly the event of:
In the event of a stroke, we are a participant of the
Arkansas SAVES program, meaning we have a neurologist ready to go at all times to treat
patients during the “golden hour” of a stroke.
Holistic Care for Patients and Families
A sudden, unexpected emergency does more than just physical harm—it
can be emotionally damaging and take a toll on the mental state of patients
and their loved ones. At Baxter Regional Medical Center, we go beyond
treating the physical wounds. We provide our patients with access to physical
therapy, counseling, and more. You and your loved ones deserve every tool
available to push through the aftermath of a medical emergency, and that’s
exactly what our hospital will provide.
Arkansas SAVES
Virtual Stroke Assistance in North Central Arkansas
Many of Arkansas’ rural hospitals without the support of a neurologist
often forgo administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), as they
lack the staff resources to accurately identify and manage tPA candidates.
Further, the window of time needed to effectively administer tPA is often
lost when stroke patients are transported to a better-equipped, remote
hospital. As such, Arkansas’ stroke patients are missing out on
a quality-of-life-saving drug that significantly improves the chances
of recovery while reducing permanent, stroke-related disability and, quite
possibly, mortality.
AR SAVES (Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support) has implemented
a stroke management system specifically targeting these shortcomings by
increasing access to subspecialty expertise through telemedicine technology,
thereby engineering a coordinated assessment and care-based plan for Arkansas’
stroke patients. Baxter Regional Medical Center is proud to be one of
48 partnering AR SAVES sites and is equipped with telemedicine technology
to access a vascular neurologist 24/7.
STROKE is an Emergency - Every Minute Counts
When the warning signs of a stroke appear, don’t wait. Act fast by
familiarizing yourself telltale signs of a stroke and call 911 immediately!
ACT F.A.S.T.
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Face: Facial droop / uneven smile
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Arm: Arm numbness / arm weakness
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Speech: Slurred speech / difficulty speaking or understanding
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Time: Call 911 and get to the Hospital immediately
Have the ambulance take you to BAXTER REGIONAL to access our regional AR
SAVES program. For more information on this program, visit
http://arsaves.uams.edu/.