Residency Quick Facts
- Big city hospital", without the hassles of living in a big city. All the advantages of a community-based/University training program, as well as those of a large tertiary referral center
- New, state-of-the-art, Emergency Deparment opened August 2010! Includes 57 treatment rooms, large Trauma/Resuscitation rooms, in-department Radiology (including CT), all key-carded private patient rooms.
- A well-structured, stable program with strong clinical training and emphasis on your education and professional growth
- Program accepts 12 residents per year
- Level I Trauma Center for Central Illinois Region
- Over 86,000 annual Emergency Department visits - excellent patient mix (20-25% Pediatrics) and broad range of pathology reflecting the Peoria community and our Central Illinois Referral Center base
- High patient acuity level - over 20% of Emergency Department patients are admitted to the Medical Center
- Active Life Flight Helicopter Program, with over 1400 flights per year (busiest in Illinois). Residents participate in the Life Flight Helicopter Program throughout their 3 years
- Base Station hospital for large EMS system in Central Illinois. Approximately 20% of ED patients arrive by ambulance
- EPIC hospital-wide EMR allowing fully computerized charting, order entry and patient tracking
- Full Departmental status within the Medical Center, with responsibility for administration of Emergency Medical Services in the Medical Center and surrounding region
- Regional Referral Center for programs including: Invasive Cardiology, Neurosurgery, Heart and Kidney Transplantation, High Risk Neonatology and Obstetrics, and the Children's Hospital of Illinois 60-bed Telemetry Unit, 40-bed ICU/CCU, 17-bed Intensive and intermediate Neurological Special Care Unit, 16-bed Pediatric ICU, 60-bed Neonatal ICU, and complete Radiology and Laboratory Services