Fellowship in Critical Care

Emergency Medicine and Critical Care

 

Emergency medical care and the specific attention to the care of the critically ill have a historied past at IU Health Methodist Hospital.  From its very beginnings, the hospital has led Indiana in many medical firsts.

Beyond the many technologic firsts, the hospital was also the first to address the growing educational needs of Indiana. In 1974, Methodist developed Indiana’s first Emergency Medical Services Training Center. In 1976, it provided the initial training site for Indiana's only emergency medicine residency and in 2006, it sponsored Indiana's first critical care fellowship established for the advanced training of emergency physicians.  The multidiscipline model, one of the first 6 of its type in the nation, was established to provide diverse training and to provide a better understanding of how patients transition from a pre-hospital setting to the emergency department and finally to the inpatient medical units.

 

 

 

Methodist first opened its doors in 1908 to provide for the medical needs of the citizens of Indianapolis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Since that early opening, there has been an association with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  Provisions were first made to care for the injured patrons of the speedway and that relationship has continued since 1910.  This early foree into emergency care has now morphed into what is now a fully operational emergency medical and trauma center. Now IU Health staff operate an in-field hospital on the track grounds and provides air medical support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As medical science improved in the 50's, more provisions became available for those patients with the severest of illnesses.  In 1963, the hospital opened one of Indiana’s first Intensive Care Units with 19 critical care beds. It served over 91 patients in the first six weeks of operation.  Those numbers are now dwarfed by the hospital's 130 critical care beds and over 20,000 yearly patient contacts.

 

 

 

 

 

The commitment to cutting-edge care surged forward in 1970, when IU Health Methodist became the first and only hospital in Indiana to use helicopters to provide for critical transport.  This first service transported injured drivers from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 1979, Lifeline Critical Care Transport became a permanent emergency response service based from the hospital.