b'P E CO N I C BAY M E D I CA L C E N T E R 2 0 1 9 A N N UA L R E PO RTBig Time:The regionsleading providerof time-critical life-saving servicesWhen every second counts, the East End counts on us The gold standard in stroke treatmentFor a quarter-million residents of central and eastern SuffolkES GN Our NYS-designated Stroke Center has been County, Peconic Bay Medical Center provides the closest accessD I A T honored with Gold Plus recognition from the Y S EN Dto advanced life-saving services, providing leading-edge careSTROKE American Heart Association and American for heart attacks, traumatic accidents, and stroke. CENTER Stroke Association for their Get With the Pe rco te Guidelines: Stroke program; and with five-nic Bay M enOpening blocked arteries to stop heart attacks al C star distinction from Healthgrades.edicPeconic Bay Medical Center is home to theIn 2019, our award-winning stroke center responded to the East Ends leading interventional cardiacneeds of 343 stroke patients, including 143 suffering from catheterization facility.Moving to its newischemic stroke and 19 from intracerebral hemorrhage.home in the Corey Critical Care Pavilion in 2020, our Kanas Regional Heart CenterSkyHealth: The East Ends fastest emergency transport servicewill expand to offer an additional cardiac catheterization suite. Northwell Healths emergency helicopter service provides patients with the fastest transport option when extreme Since launching our cardiac catheterization program in 2017,medical needs arise.we have performed over 1,700 cardiac catheterizations and 375 percutaneous coronary interventions, including caring forIn 2019, our SkyHealth helicopter service transported 23 166 patients experiencing life-threatening STEMI heart attacks. time-critical trauma patients to and from Peconic Bay Medical Center in coordination with other secondary and tertiary care Multidisciplinary expertise in response to traumatic accidents health facilities.Our Level III Trauma Center is no ordinary emergency room. With a team of life-support-certified responders always on duty, seven board-certified trauma surgeons available 24/7, and the medical centers coordination of mulit-disciplinary teams, our trauma team is prepared to respond quickly and effectively to life-critical emergencies.Since launching our Level III Trauma services in 2017, our Emergency Department has seen 130,000+ cases, more than 2,000 of which were trauma patients.8'