Salem Health Laboratories named Lab of the Year 2024
Lab recognized with national award for sustained excellence
Salem Hospital Emergency Department plaza entrance now open
Efficient, easy access for arrival at Salem Hospital’s ED
Level IV trauma center (West Valley Hospital)
In 2013, Oregon Health Authority accredited West Valley Hospital emergency department as a Level IV Trauma Center, ready to care 24/7 for the Willamette Valley’s most seriously injured patients. Trauma facilities are designated as Level I, II, III, or IV. The role of the Level IV trauma center is to provide resuscitation and stabilization for severely injured adult or pediatric patients before transferring them to a higher level trauma system hospital.
Every trauma patient who arrives in the West Valley Hospital emergency department is met by trauma-trained nurses who are immediately available to initiate lifesaving care.
Level II trauma center (Salem Hospital)
In 2018, Oregon Health Authority accredited Salem Hospital emergency department as a Level II Trauma Center, ready to care 24/7 for the Willamette Valley’s most seriously injured patients. Trauma facilities are designated as Level I, II, III, or IV, with Level I and II centers offering the highest level of care. Level II trauma centers provide care for severely injured patients of all ages. Facility services and resource requirements are similar to Level I.
Every trauma patient who arrives in the Salem Hospital emergency department is met by a trauma team with resuscitation life-support equipment to ensure rapid evaluation and treatment.Redesignation of Salem Hospital's Level II accreditation will take place in July 2024.
Volunteers answer the call to comfort substance-exposed newborns
The mid-Willamette valley is seeing an alarming rise in births of substance-exposed newborns, but Salem Hospital providers and volunteers are showing what a difference compassion can make.
Cultivate a colorful plate: Setting the stage for a lifetime of health
Kids who enjoy a diverse range of fruits and veggies early on are more likely to continue into adulthood and reap the long-term health benefits of a nutritious diet.
The mid-Willamette valley is seeing an alarming rise in births of substance-exposed newborns, but Sa...
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The Marion County LEAD program identifies people engaged in behavior that fits the legal definition ...
In May 2020, we lost IMCU nurse Ken Haigler in a tragic bicycle accident.
Thanks to a $5,000 investment grant from Salem Health, Wellness on Wheels — a mobile version of Cent...
"Since the pandemic, people genuinely want to know how someone else is doing and are so willing to o...
Miguel knew he was dying. He only wanted two things now — to marry the love of his life and return t...
"Life goes on, problems are prevalent, but hidden — and kindness is a tonic that we give that applie...
"This is hard, the pandemic is hard, and it’s OK to say it’s hard. Get those feelings out there. It’...
Updated 2020 wildfire information from Marion County Emergency Management.
"I think my shout-out would go to the entire staff who day after day, care for our COVID-19 patients...
The Salem Health Foundation has stepped in to help by giving all staff free access to Headspace, a m...
Salem Health honors organ donors with walk of respect.
What cat doesn’t like to hide in an empty box? Kittens and cats abandoned or surrendered to busy she...
Salem Health is a sponsor of the Ride Salem bicycle sharing project.
Salem Health is proud to be the premier partner of the 2019 High Street Hustle 5K and 10K runs, whic...
Suicide is hard to talk about because many of us don’t know what to say or what advice to give. Or p...
Salem’s first Sidewalk Talk “listening gig” on May 18 went so well they’re doing it again on June 30...
The Unsinkables dragon boat team is a fierce group of women. More than half of the paddlers are canc...
Last fall, Austin was born prematurely and recovered in Salem Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Uni...