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19-562: Tampa General Hospital has more than 8,000 team members and is one of five burn centers in Florida. Local legend has it that the placement of what was originally named Tampa Municipal Hospital on Davis Islands was decided in a bunker of the Palma Ceia Country Club golf course. David P. Davis, the developer of Davis Islands, was playing with Dr. J. Brown Farrior, James Swann, and Mayor Chancy of Tampa. The city had considered expanding

38-505: A category 3 hurricane . The hospital used the fence for the first time during 2022's category 5 Hurricane Ian . During 2023's category 4 Hurricane Idalia the fence allowed about two feet of water through. It was also deployed during 2024's category 3 Hurricane Helene , successfully protecting the hospital. It was deployed for 2024's Hurricane Milton . AquaFences have also been used to protect private properties such as luxury homes in flood-prone or hurricane-prone areas. AquaFence

57-499: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . AquaFence AquaFence is a reusable temporary flood and hurricane barrier made by the Norwegian manufacturer AquaFence. It is an alternative to other temporary floodwater control such as sandbags and to the building of permanent seawalls . The fencing consists of interlocking panels which are waterproof and puncture-resistant, can be bolted down to resist winds, and use

76-494: Is at Tampa General Hospital , which sits directly on Tampa Bay at the northern end of the Davis Islands , which are one of the city's lowest-elevation areas. The hospital employs an AquaFence when a hurricane is forecast; erecting the fence requires 60 workers for three days. The fence the hospital uses can withstand storm surges of 15 feet (4.6 m) and wind speeds of 130 miles (210 km) per hour, which can handle

95-466: The 1950s. TGH has specialty centers for Orthopedics, Trauma, Obesity, Neurology, Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Burns, Cardiac Surgery, Transplantation, Vascular Surgery, Women's Health and OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care, In-vitro Fertilization, and others. Tampa General Hospital is home to one of the leading organ transplant centers in the country, having performed more than 9,000 adult solid organ transplants, including

114-464: The 21st century, on the Bayshore Pavilion, has incorporated many of the hospital design recommendations of Washington Hospital Center's ER One project. All critical functions have been placed at or above the second level of the building, above the storm surge level, placing emergency room parking on the first level. The hospital employs an AquaFence when a hurricane is forecast; erecting

133-643: The George Keller Memorial Hospital on 1927-11-15. James Swann became the Chairman of the board of directors of Tampa Municipal. The original hospital building, the inscription over whose main entrance archway reads "Tampa Municipal Hospital Memorial to Gordon Keller", was originally surrounded by parkland, and dominated the landscape of Davis Islands. It provided 250 hospital beds for patients. Whilst it still stands today, it has become almost wholly obscured from view by new buildings, and additions to

152-532: The Tampa Bay History Center, opines that neither the voters of 1924 nor the city's hospital construction committee gave much thought to the location of the hospital, with their primary motivation apparently being merely that the city already owned the land. The location of the hospital has proven to be inconvenient over the years, as Davis Islands were originally accessible from elsewhere via just one bridge (now two). The impact of Hurricane Elena caused

171-447: The age of the victim (burns to infants and toddlers or to those over age 65 are generally more serious, particularly if the face, head, respiratory system, chest, abdomen, groin, or extremities are burned; those who are not in these age groups can be more affected if they are or were already ill, injured, or immunocompromised), the total body surface area that is burned (the rule of nines ), if proper treatment and referrals are delayed or

190-420: The burns management team consists of a plastic surgeon, intensivist, chest physician, general surgeon, Anesthesiologist , Respiratory Therapist, pediatrician, nurses and technicians, microbiologist , psychiatrist , nutritionist, physiotherapist , and social worker. Early burn wound excision and immediate wound cover can improve the chances of survival in major burn cases. This hospital-related article

209-598: The existing George Keller Memorial Hospital, located at 306 North Boulevard in what had been the grounds of the Tampa Bay Hotel, but had found such expansion unworkable. Instead, it approached Davis about building upon the Davis Islands land that he had deeded to the city. On the golf course, Davis asked Farrior, who was then chairman of the city's Committee for the Construction of Tampa Municipal Hospital, where he wanted

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228-411: The fence requires 60 workers for three days. The fence the hospital uses can withstand storm surges of 15 feet (4.6 m) and wind speeds of 130 miles (210 km) per hour, which can handle a category 3 hurricane . The hospital used the fence for the first time during 2022's category 5 Hurricane Ian . During 2023's category 4 Hurricane Idalia the fence allowed about two feet of water through. It

247-509: The hospital sited, drawing a rough map of the Islands in the sand. Farrior indicated the tip of the island. This site is where the hospital construction began in March 1926, voters in the city having approved a USD 215,000 bond issue to fund construction in 1924. The hospital building was complete by the next year, the final construction cost having been US$ 300,000, with patients moving to there from

266-440: The hospital's main generator plant to be moved out of its previous location in the basement to a higher location, reducing the risk of it being rendered in-operational by flooding, but the hospital site is still vulnerable to the Davis Islands bridges being washed out during a hurricane. The hospital itself is now largely proofed against storms, despite the continuing vulnerability of the island it sits upon. Recent building work in

285-854: The hospital, that surround it. In 1936, the Gordon Keller School expanded into a new building next to the original. In 1956, the hospital was renamed to Tampa General Hospital. In 1991, the original building was renamed after Clara Frye , an African American nurse who ran the Clara Frye Hospital for 20 years in the early 1900s, and after whom the Clara Frye Memorial Hospital that existed in West Tampa from 1938 to 1967 had been named. Frye admitted patients of all races, African American or otherwise, to her hospital. The Tampa Municipal Hospital did not admit African American patients until

304-404: The state's first successful heart transplant in 1985. Tampa General Hospital is a level one trauma center , with a five-helicopter fleet, serving 23 counties. The hospital ranked 118th nationally on the 2019 Newsweek: Best US Hospitals. As of 2021 Tampa General Hospital has placed nationally in 5 ranked pediatric specialties on U.S. News & World Report. Rodney Kite-Powell, the curator of

323-607: The weight of floodwater to hold them in place. Materials include marine-grade laminate, stainless steel, aluminum and reinforced PVC canvas. The panels are reusable and can be stored flat between uses. The technology was designed as an alternative to building seawalls or placing sandbags in the path of floodwaters. An AquaFence was deployed at the Tees Barrage . An AquaFence was deployed in Mount Vernon, Washington , in 2008. Tampa, Florida 's only Level I trauma center

342-428: The wrong treatments are given, if the burns are of the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th degree (the bigger and deeper, the worse it is), the source (if it was due to a chemical, or from a scald, or fire, or radiation, the treatment regimen has to be modified appropriately), or if skin grafting is not feasible and/or important organs are harmed. A burn center needs a team approach for the management of critically burnt patients. Usually,

361-453: Was deployed during 2024's category 3 Hurricane Helene . Burn center A burn center , burn unit , or burns unit is a hospital specializing in the treatment of burns . Burn centers are often used for the treatment and recovery of patients with more severe burns. The severity of a burn, and therefore whether a referral will be made after the patient is treated and stabilized, differs depending upon many factors, among them:

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