Chaffee County Medical Facilities

Emergency Services and Pre-Hospital Care

Area Unit: Chaffee County EMS
Administrator: Lisa Ortega, EMT-P & Josh Hadley,EMT-I (719) 539-1914
Staff: 11 full time, 19 part time
Calls: 1,300 calls per year
Training: EMT Basics, Intermediates, and Paramedics
Physician Advisor: Dr. Bruce Gross
Repsonse Time: 2-8 minutes
Vehicles: 6 ACLS-equipped ambulances
When neccessary, we are serviced by the Flight For Life Air Service

Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center 1000 Rush Drive P.O. Box 429 Salida, CO 81201 719-530-2200 (719) 530-2250 (ED) website

Serving You Since 1885 Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center is a licensed 25-bed Critical Access Hospital that provides a full range of healthcare services to the residents and visitors of the Salida Hospital District—an area that includes more than 18,000 residents in Chaffee, western Fremont and northern Saguache Counties. We offer a host of medical services, a wide range of surgical specialties, a family birthing center, Level IV Trauma Center, chemotherapy, and the latest diagnostic imaging technology. We have a physician staff of more than 90 and 245 dedicated employees. Our new state-of-the-art, patient-centered facility was completed in April, 2008. From the light-filled atrium and original art, to the large private rooms, the design of our facility provides a healing environment for the patients and families we serve. The Emergency Department is staffed 24 hours-a-day by an in-house physician and nurses with special training in emergency medicine. The department is equipped to handle any and all medical emergencies including trauma, cardiac, respiratory and a host of other high risk conditions. The Chaffee County EMS ambulance response team and the Flight for Life helicopter transport program assists transports to and from the hospital.

Family Practice

Buena Vista Medical Clinic 28374 CR 317 Buena Vista, CO 81211 719-395-9048 www.svghd.org	Family Practice, Urgent Care, Pediatrics, Women's Health, Physical Therapy, Workman's Comp, Digital X-ray, Laboratory. Monday through Friday, 8;00am-5:00pm
First Street Family Health 327 E. First Street Salida, CO 81201 719-539-6637 website	From Newborns... to Natives... to Newcomers... we welcome you. Pediatrics • Adults • Obstetrics. Tourists welcome. Same-day appointments. Convenient hours: Evenings until 7:30pm & Saturday mornings.