Baptist Hospital (Pensacola)

Baptist Hospital is a health care facility in Pensacola, Florida. It was the first to operate medical evacuations by helicopter in Florida. The hospital opened in 1951, and is the largest facility in the Baptist Health Care network.

This article is about the Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. For other hospitals with similar names, see Baptist Hospital (disambiguation).
Baptist Hospital (Pensacola)
Baptist Health Care
Baptist Hospital, Baptist Medical Towers
Geography
LocationPensacola, Florida, United States
Coordinates30°25′47″N 87°13′52″W
Services
Emergency departmentLevel II trauma center
Beds492
HelipadYes
History
Opened1951
Links
Websitehttps://www.ebaptisthealthcare.org/
ListsHospitals in Florida

Facilities

Baptist Hospital is currently located near Downtown Pensacola, and the main complex as well as some of the parking is bordered by E, H, Moreno, and Avery Streets. Baptist Hospital is a state-certified Level II trauma center.[1] A new facility is currently being built just southwest of where Brent Lane meets Interstate 110.[2]

Baptist LifeFlight

Baptist LifeFlight transports patients to Baptist Hospital. First established in 1977, it was the third hospital-based aeromedical helicopter program in the United States and the first in Florida.[3] Baptist LifeFlight uses Eurocopter EC 135(N577LF), Eurocopter EC 130(N209LF), Eurocopter EC 130(N506LF), and Eurocopter EC130(N306LF) helicopters based in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.[4]

Awards

In 2010, Baptist Hospital was one of 26 hospitals to receive the American College of Cardiology Foundation's Silver Performance Achievement Award for sustaining high standards and excellence in cardiovascular care.[5]

References
  1. "Baptist Hospital Emergency Care". Baptist Health Care. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  2. "Transforming Baptist - New Hospital".
  3. "Elsevier". Airmedicaljournal.com. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  4. "Evergreen Medical Center ::: Evergreen AL 36401". Evergreenmedical.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
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