Erlanger Health System
The Erlanger Health System (often referred to as Erlanger Hospital or Erlanger), incorporated as the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority, a non-profit, public benefit corporation registered in the State of Tennessee, is a system of hospitals, physicians, and medical services based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Erlanger's main location, Erlanger Baroness Hospital, is a tertiary referral hospital and Level I Trauma Center serving a 50,000 sq mi (130,000 km2) (125 mi (201 km) radius) region of East Tennessee, North Georgia, North Alabama, and western North Carolina. The system provides critical care services to patients within a 150 mi (240 km) radius through six Life Force air ambulance helicopters, which are equipped to perform in-flight surgical procedures and transfusions.
Erlanger Health System | |
Erlanger Baroness Campus | |
Geography | |
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Location | Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States |
Coordinates | 35.0482°N 85.2897°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Public |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | University of Tennessee College of Medicine |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
Beds | 813 |
History | |
Opened | 1889 |
Links | |
Website | erlanger.org |
Lists | Hospitals in Tennessee |