University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMCSN) is a

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(teaching)

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Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

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. It is the only government run

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owned and operated by the

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Overview

The hospital was founded in 1931 and is affiliated with the

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and formerly affiliated with the

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. The Clark County Commission also sits as the Board of Hospital Trustees that governs the hospital.

Services

As of 2010, UMC was the 18th largest public hospital in the United States, with a capacity of 564 beds for patients. *

Level I trauma center A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. A trauma center may also refer to an emergenc ...

, the only one in Nevada. The trauma center provides both adult and pediatric care over portions of four states (Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah). *Burn care facility, the only one in Nevada, the ''Lions Burn Care Center''. *UMC Orthopedic Center *Adult and Pediatric Emergency Department *Physical Therapy *Pulmonary Function Lab *Cardiac Rehab *Infusion Clinic *Children's Hospital of Nevada (The current medical director is Meena Vohra.) *UMC Quick Cares, located all around Las Vegas for urgent care *UMC Medical Group, providing Primary Care for the community *UMC Wellness Center, the largest HIV clinic in the state of Nevada

History

Previous names included: *''Clark County Indigent Hospital'' (1931) *''Clark County General Hospital'' *''Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital'' UMC was designated as the first Level I trauma center in 1998.

Heliport

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is available for emergency

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service.

Notable individuals treated

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, 25, died on September 13, 1996, of complications from gunshot wounds from a drive-by shooting after having been in critical condition for 6 days. *

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's husband, Gary Gray, 69, died on April 9, 2015, of complications from injuries sustained after a car accident caused by Gray himself drifting across the center line and crashing his red Ford pickup truck head-on into a white Jeep on State Route 157 eastbound, just northwest of Las Vegas. He was airlifted to the trauma center and later pronounced dead. The driver of the white Jeep was in stable condition. Gray and Giunchigliani were married on June 20, 1987. *

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, 73,

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(1999–2007), died on July 22, 2010, of complications from injuries sustained after

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from a roof of his Las Vegas home and possibly following from a

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. * Roy Horn, 64, of ''

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'' was stabilized here after he was attacked by one of his own tigers on October 3, 2003. He was transferred to

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for recovery and rehabilitation. *

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, 37, a professional motorcycle stunt rider, died on March 10, 1996, after succumbing to injuries he sustained during a dangerous motorcycle stunt that went wrong. The stunt was filmed and witnessed live in front of a crowd of spectators. He died en route to the hospital in a

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helicopter. * Donald Schieve, 82, died on May 2, 2015, of complications from injuries sustained after severe burns caused by a travel trailer that caught on fire and was owned and operated by Schieve himself in

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. He was airlifted to the burn care facility and later pronounced dead after having been in critical condition for 4 days. Schieve was a former employee of Washoe Health Systems (now

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) at Washoe Medical Center (now Renown Regional Medical Center) and the father of former

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morning anchor and reporter Amanda Sanchez (née Schieve) and Reno mayor

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. *

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, 33, was airlifted to the trauma center after a 15-car pile-up crash at the

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during the final race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar season on October 16, 2011. He was pronounced dead from

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to his head at 1:54 pm. of complications from injuries sustained after a race accident. * UMC treated 104 of the injured people following the

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References

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* {{authority control 1931 establishments in Nevada Government agencies established in 1931 Government buildings completed in 1931 Government of Clark County, Nevada Hospital buildings completed in 1931 Hospitals established in 1931 Hospitals in Las Vegas Teaching hospitals in Nevada Trauma centers