Services

 At Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, advanced technology is placed in the hands of a caring and compassionate staff to provide patients with exceptional care.  A continuum of neurological care services are provided through the coordination of human, technologic, and financial resources which meet the unique physical, psychological and spiritual needs of each neurologically impaired patient.  Neurological illness or injury can occur of many levels...from sleep disorders to disabling stroke to traumatic head injury.  Our ultimate goal is to return these individual to an optimum level of physical and intellectual function.

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center provides the services of neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroradiologists, physiatrists, psychiatrists, intensivists, vascular surgeons, and other healthcare professionals.

Serving Idaho, Western Wyoming and Southern Montana, the physicians and staff of EIRMC are dedicated to providing the highest quality neurological services available through neurodiagnostics, interventional treatment, and rehabilitation.

	Neurological Services
	Diagnostics
	Therapeutics
	Trauma Management
	Stroke Care
	Sleep Lab
	EIRMC Rehabilitation
	Education
	Intensive Care Unit

Neurological Services

A continuum of neurological care services are provided at EIRMC:

• Complex spine management
• Epilepsy Monitoring and treatment
• Neuro trauma management
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Pain Management
• Radiological imaging
• Rehabilitation
• Sleep Lab
• Stroke Care

 Diagnostics

Our team works together to provide fast, accurate diagnosis of spinal cord injuries, tumors of the brain and spine, traumatic brain injuiries, spine deformities, aneurysms, stroke and hemorrhages, and other neurological disorders.

Nervous system  problems and dysfunctions are diagnosed by EIRMC physicians through the use of the most advanced technology available.  This includes:

• Arteriography
• Carotid noninvasive imaging
• CT scan
• EEG
• Intraoperative evoked potential monitoring
• MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
• Sleep evaluation laboratory
• Transcranial doppler

Technology

• Cervical fusion systems
• Leica microscopes
• Microscopic laser procedures
• Neurosurgical image guided navigation (Stealth)
• Nucleotome
• Total spinal fusion systems
• T-PA intervention

 Therapeutics

The following surgical interventions are provided by physicians at EIRMC:

• Craniotomies
• Aneurysms
• Arteriovenous malformation (AVMS)
• Microvascular decompressions
• Other cranial lesions
• Trauma-subdural/epidural hematomas
• Tumors
• Vertebroplasty
• Intrathecal pumps

 Lumbar/Cervical Procedures

• Carotid endarterectomy
• Intervertebral disk
• Discetomy
• Microvascular bypass
• Spinal stabilization procedures

 Peripheral Nerve Procedures

• Median, ulnar nerve
• Percutaneous trigeminal rhizotomy

 Stereotactic Procedures

• Aspirations
• Biopsy
• Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA)

 Trauma Management

Brain trauma is treated aggressively at our Intensive Care Unit with the use of intracranial pressure monitoring, sedation, ventilation, air beds, and Swan Ganz and arterial pressure catheters for hemodynamic  management.

Our critical care nursing staff monitors patients minute-by-minute to immediately detect and minimize further brain injury, giving the brain-injured patient maximum opportunity for recovery.  Each patient's care is managed by a case manager and a physician team consisting of a trauma surgeon, a neurosurgeon and an intensivist.

 Stroke Care

EIRMC provides an aggressive approach to stroke care.  The team consists of neurologists, other physicians, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, speech therapists, dietitians, and respiratory therapists.  Both patient and family participate in therapy planning.  Each program is designed to ensure that all necessary support services are provided to maximize rehabilitation and recovery to return the stroke patient to an optimal level of independence.

Sleep Lab

EIRMC has one of the most complete diagnostic sleep labs in the area.  Through research, studies, and testing, our sleep lab can help diagnose whether a patient has a sleep disorder.  If a patient does have a sleep disorder, the lab can advise him/her how to get better sleep.

EIRMC's lab can conduct overnight sleep studies, daytime nap testing, and other studies.  During sleep studies, technicians monitor the sleeper's brain waves, heart rate, eye movement, leg movement, breathing, oxygen saturation, air flow, body position, and snoring.  These activities are monitored electronically and recorded on a computer.

After the study, a sleep specialist reviews and interprets the record.  Sleep testing assists physicians in diagnosing, for example, sleep apnea, hypersomnia, oxygenation problems, and heart problems.

EIRMC Rehabilitation

EIRMC Rehabilitation Services provide comprehensive care for patients with stroke, low spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and other neurological illnesses.  Our goal is to help patients quickly regain as much independence as possible. We provide neurologically focused inpatient and outpatient therapy. As part of a major medical center, we are able to care for patients immediately following their illness or injury, and through every step of their recovery.

Services provided on our inpatient unit are coordinated by a board certified Medical Director.  The medical director directs an interdisciplinary team in the delivery of integrated medical and rehabilitation programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.   The interdisciplinary team includes the individual being served, family/significant others, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology, speech pathology, rehabilitative nursing  and social services.