Hartford Hospital is an acute care hospital located in the South End of
Hartford, ConnecticutHartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state, south of Springfield, Massachusetts. Its 2006 population of 124,512 ranks Hartford as the state's second-largest city, after Bridgeport. New...
. The hospital was formed in 1854 after the State of
ConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south ....
granted a charter for the Formation of Hartford Hospital following a boiler explosion and resulting fire at the Fales and Grey Car Works resulting in 19 deaths and 23 people seriously injured.
At 819 beds, Hartford Hospital is one of the largest medical centers in the Northeast and the second-largest in Connecticut.
Hartford Hospital is an acute care hospital located in the South End of
Hartford, ConnecticutHartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state, south of Springfield, Massachusetts. Its 2006 population of 124,512 ranks Hartford as the state's second-largest city, after Bridgeport. New...
. The hospital was formed in 1854 after the State of
ConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south ....
granted a charter for the Formation of Hartford Hospital following a boiler explosion and resulting fire at the Fales and Grey Car Works resulting in 19 deaths and 23 people seriously injured.
At 819 beds, Hartford Hospital is one of the largest medical centers in the Northeast and the second-largest in Connecticut. The hospital is a major
tertiary careIn medicine, tertiary healthcare is specialized consultative care, usually on referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel, by specialists working in a center that has personnel and facilities for special investigation and treatment....
facility for the statewide region and is state designated as a Level I Trauma Center, able to care for the most critically injured of patients. It has over 35 operating rooms one of the largest surgical caseloads in the United States.
In addition, Hartford Hospital operates Connecticut's only
air ambulanceAn air ambulance is an aircraft used for emergency medical assistance in situations where either a traditional ambulance cannot reach the scene easily or quickly enough, or the patient needs to be transported over a distance or terrain that makes air transportation the most practical transport...
service, LIFE STAR which began operation in 1985 and operates two American Eurocopter BK-117
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s. One helicopter is based on the rooftop helipad at Hartford Hospital and another is based at affiliated
Backus HospitalThe William W. Backus Hospital is a 213-bed, not-for-profit, acute care community hospital in Norwich, Connecticut.The hospital was founded in 1893 by William Wolcott Backus and William Albert Slater, in response to the region's growing healthcare needs....
in
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. LIFE STAR provides patient care and inter-facility transport between hospitals in New England and New York. In addition, LIFE STAR provides advanced life support scene response and transport for the most critically injured and medically unstable patients in Connecticut. These patients are taken to Level I or Level II trauma centers across the state according to state regulations. The program averages 1,400 patient transports per year and plays a vital role in providing speedy access to trauma care for patients in outlying, rural areas.
Hartford Hospital also boasts the second largest multi-place hyperbaric chamber in the Northeastern United States, second only to Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, in Sleepy Hollow, NY. Capable of treating up to ten patients at one time, this chamber treats both chronic wounds and emergencies, such as Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Necrotizing Fasciitis.