The OB Emergency Department in Paducah, KY

Here at Baptist Health Paducah, we are proud to now have the region's first obstetrical emergency department. This means we're expecting patients we are able to provide twenty four seven access to a board certified obstetrician should they need it immediately.

There's always a board certified obstetrician gynecologist here in house to support patients' doctors.

So whether it be emergent care and preventing any kind of delay in that emergent care or being able to support the clinicians in complicated cases and being that skillful second set of hands to help them. That's really what we're here for, to help the clinicians provide care without delay, especially emergencies and patients not having to have any delay in care. You know, emergencies happen on weekends at two in the morning. And by having a physician in house, there isn't a delay in emergency care. We can see the patient immediately, assess the patient, coordinate with their clinician, and get get them in.

And ultimately, what it does is improve care for moms and babies.

Having an obstetrician here twenty four seven on the floor in the hospital is a wonderful and beneficial factor. It gives our patients extreme amount of ease and calm.