Health care Health care facilities
BY DESTINE GIBSON
Hospitals
Number of nurses: 368 New program or procedure: The hospital opened its new $17 million NICU in June. The unit was expanded from 16 to 21 beds. • 500 W. Main St., Lewisville • www.medicalcityhealthcare.com Clinics & ERs
Levels of care
Trauma levels Level I: highest level of care with a full range of specialists and equipment in-house 24/7 Level II: offers specialists on call 24/7 and can transfer to Level I facilities Level III: offers resources for emergency surgery and intensive care but may have to transfer to higher-level facilities for more serious issues Level IV: provides initial evaluation, stabilization and diagnostic capabilities but may have to transfer to higher-level facilities for more serious issues Neonatal intensive care unit levels Level I: newborn nursery that can care for mothers and infants at 35-plus weeks of gestation with routine prenatal problems Level II: specialty care nursery that can care for mothers and infants at 32-plus weeks of gestation with problems to be resolved rapidly Level III: neonatal intensive care unit that can care for mothers and infants of all gestational ages with mild to critical illnesses Level IV: advanced NICU that can care for mothers and infants of all gestational ages as well as the most complex, critically ill infants
Types of clinics & ERs
Retail clinic: clinics typically found in larger retailers capable of treating basic illnesses and typically offering vaccinations Urgent care center: can treat basic illnesses in addition to some broken bones and other ailments Freestanding emergency room: capable of treating most symptoms and ailments—similar capabilities to a hospital’s ER
Texas Health Breeze Urgent Care Type: urgent care Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily • 130 N. Denton Tap Road, Ste. 140, Coppell; 6225 N. Josey Lane, Ste. 100, Lewisville • https://breezeurgentcare.texashealth.org
Coppell
Lewisville
America First Urgent Care Type: urgent care Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon-6 p.m. • 809 South MacArthur Blvd., Coppell • www.americafirsturgentprimarycare.com
NextCare Urgent Care Type: urgent care Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. • 540 Surf St., Lewisville • www.nextcare.com/locations/tx/lewisville
Legacy ER and Urgent Care Type: emergency room, urgent care Hours: 7 a.m.-9 p.m. daily • 330 S. Denton Tap Road, Coppell • www.legacyer.com/locations/coppell-tx
Lewisville
SignatureCare Emergency Center Type: freestanding emergency room Hours: 24/7
Medical City Lewisville Trauma level: III NICU level: III Number of beds: 186 Number of physicians: 700
• 1596 W. Main St., Lewisville • www.ercare24.com/lewisville This list is not comprehensive.
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