Miami Valley Hospital

Miami Valley hospital
Southeast Tower addition and main entrance.
Geography
Location	1 Wyoming St, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Organisation
Care system	Private
Hospital type	Academic
Affiliated university	Boonshoft School of Medicine of Wright State University
Services
Standards	JCAHO accreditation Magnet status
Emergency department	Level I Trauma Center
Beds	848
History
Founded	1890
Links
Website	http://www.miamivalleyhospital.org/ Miami Valley Hospital
Other links	List of hospitals in the United States

Miami Valley Hospital is a large urban hospital located in Dayton, Ohio and is a member of the Premier Health Partners network. The hospital has a second location named Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Ohio. It currently has the Dayton region's only Level I Trauma Center, regional adult burn center and also has a level 3 neonatal intensive care unit. Miami Valley Hospital has 7,370 employees, 848 beds, and saw over 400,000 outpatient visits in 2007. Miami Valley Hospital's emergency and trauma center contains 72 beds and is the busiest emergency department in Ohio. Miami Valley Hospital also operates three air ambulances known as CareFlight. Miami Valley Hospital is a top 100 hospital in the United States for clinical excellence. The hospital also holds numerous awards from HealthGrades, Forbes, and U.S. News & World Report. The Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University is the affiliated university.

Miami Valley Hospital, or MVH for short, opened as the Protestant Deaconess Hospital in 1890. In 1895, the hospital treated patients for an average cost of 74 cents per patient per day. The hospital charged five dollars a week for a private room and whatever the patient could afford in the public wards. Dayton’s first emergency room was opened beneath the main surgery floor in 1912. MVH also established outpatient clinic in 1913 in response to the aftermath of the 1913 flood. From the 1920s to the 1950s, the hospital saw the most advancements in expansion and additions. As the hospital made advancments in care, in 1952, MVH opened the Radioisotope Laboratory, a forerunner to nuclear medicine. MVH was the first non-university hospital in Ohio to be authorized by the Atomic Energy Commission to use radioactive materials in research and patient care. In 1983, MVH's first air ambulance was put into service, CareFlight, which made rapid emergency transport available within a 75-mile (121 km) radius. By its second year, CareFlight was averaging more than one transport every day. CareFlight operates three helicopters, based at the hospital main campus in Dayton, Lebanon-Warren County Airport,and Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio.