Wrangell Medical Center Radiology

Welcome to Wrangell Medical Center (WMC). WMC is pleased to be your medical provider of choice. We encourage you to use this guide as a resource to help you and your family navigate WMC and find information about our services.

WMC is a Critical Access Hospital and Long-Term Care Facility. WMC provides essential services, including Emergency Services, Acute Care, Transitional Care, Primary Care, Long-Term Care, and ancillary hospital services. Our mission is Alaska Native People working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities.

Emergency Care

WMC’s Emergency Department offers:

• Registered nurse on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Physician on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Available for treatment of all minor illnesses, injuries and hospital admission.

If your emergency requires a higher level of care than can be provided at a Critical Access Hospital, you will be stabilized and medically evacuated to another facility.

Acute Care

Acute care is for patients who are admitted for short-term medical treatment of an illness or injury. An acute care stay at the hospital is measured in days rather than weeks and also includes outpatient and short-stay care. Acute care patients are provided a registered nurse on duty 24 hours a day, an on-call physician 24 hours a day, and room amenities including local calls, internet access, cable TV and guest meals.

Please contact the front desk at 907.874.7000 for information on what other procedures or treatments are available at Wrangell Medical Center.

Swing Bed Care

Swing bed care is for patients who are admitted for longer term medical treatment of an illness or rehabilitation of an injury. Put simply, the program offers care to patients who require extra time to heal or become stronger before returning home. A swing bed stay at the hospital can be measured in weeks or months. Services offered to swing bed patients at WMC include:

• Registered nurse on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Physician on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Rehabilitation services, social worker and dietitian services on site.
• Access to visiting specialty service.
• Room amenities include: local calls, internet access, cable TV and a generous visitation policy.
• Care that is planned around your specific rehabilitation needs.
• Professional beautician or barber services (by patient appointment) and daily physical care by certified nursing assistants.
• Daily activities staff and a robust activities schedule.
• Day room with powerlift chairs, outdoor deck access, TV, crafts, and more.
• Daily home-cooked meals tailored to your dietary needs, 24-hour snack service and guest meals.
• Full-service laundry and daily housekeeping.
• Personal assistive devices as needed.
• Free local transportation.

Primary Care

The former Wrangell Medical Clinic is now integrated within Wrangell Medical Center. WMC Primary Care is open to everyone and accepting appointments for primary care and family medicine. Our Primary Care clinic offers the highest quality, patient-centered healthcare services for patients of all ages including preventative care and treatment for new and chronic health conditions.

When necessary, our medical providers also coordinate referrals for specialty care and testing through close collaboration with specialists — both within and outside of Alaska — to ensure you and your family receive the care you need.

Long-Term Care

WMC provides an award-winning nursing home experience for residents with chronic physical or mental conditions who require medical, personal and social care on a recurring or continuing basis. A stay in long-term care is measured in months or years. Services offered to long-term care residents at WMC include:

• Registered nurse on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Physician on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Rehabilitation services, social worker and dietitian services on site.
• Access to visiting specialty services.
• Professional beautician or barber services (by patient appointment) and daily physical care by certified nursing assistants.
• Daily activities staff and a robust activities schedule.
• Day room with powerlift chairs, outdoor deck access, TV, computer, crafts and more.
• Room amenities include local calls, internet access, cable TV and a generous visitation policy.
• Daily, home-style meals tailored to your dietary needs, 24-hour snack service and guest meals.
• Full-service laundry and daily housekeeping.
• Personal assistive devices as needed.
• Free local transportation.

Rehabilitation

WMC’s Rehabilitation Services staff provides a wide range of therapies, including:

• Physical Therapy: Orthopedics and sports-related injuries, geriatrics, recovery from hip/knee replacements and neurological disorders. The department also uses manual therapy techniques to improve back pain and other related pain disorders.
• Occupational Therapy: Treatment of the hand, elbow, and shoulder areas with the aim of returning patients to optimal functional mobility in a wide variety of daily tasks.
• Speech Therapy: Identifying and treating receptive and expressive language disorders, rebuilding cognitive function and memory loss after a stroke or injury, identifying deficits and providing compensatory therapy in fluency (stuttering and other voice articulation issues) and aggressively addressing developmental delays, autism spectrum disorders, phonological disorders and swallowing studies.
• Long-Term Care and Swing Bed: Orthopedics, geriatrics, recovery from hip/knee replacements and neurological disorders. All therapy services are also available to long-term care and swing bed patients.

WMC Rehabilitation Services
Phone: 907.874.7194
Office Hours: Monday — Friday  |  8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Imaging

WMC’s highly trained imaging staff work closely with skilled radiologists, available 24 hours a day, for rapid interpretations of your images. Our imaging department provides safe, precise and timely imaging which help physicians make a quicker, more accurate diagnosis. Radiology services provided include x-rays, mammograms, ultrasounds and CT scans.

Laboratory

The WMC Laboratory is on call 24 hours a day, performing accurately, and with a high-degree of quality assurance, the following tests and services:

• Testing in chemistry, hematology, coagulation, microbiology, rapid serological tests and blood gas analysis.
• Blood typing, antibody screening and cross-matching of blood units.
• Certified personnel collect for DOT urine drug testing and send to designated reference lab for specimen processing.
• In-home blood draws for seniors and others unable to easily come to the hospital for the service.
• Other lab testing available through certified reference laboratories.