St. Anthony Hospital (Colorado)

St. Anthony Hospital, previously known as St. Anthony Central Hospital, is one of five Level I Trauma Centers in Colorado.[1] The hospital is currently located at W. 2nd Pl and Routt St near the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado. The hospital was previously located at W. 16th Ave and Raleigh St, in the West Colfax neighborhood of Denver.

St. Anthony Hospital
CommonSpirit Health
St. Anthony Hospital in 2013.
Geography
Location11600 W. 2nd Place, Lakewood, Colorado, United States
Coordinates39.7164°N 105.1292°W / 39.7164; -105.1292
Organization
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center
Beds224
Helipads
HelipadFAA LID: 42CO
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 100 x 100 30 × 30 Mats
H2 45 x 45 14 × 14 Asphalt/Concrete
Links
Websitewww.centura.org/locations/st-anthony-hospital
ListsHospitals in Colorado

St Anthony's is part of CommonSpirit Health.[2]

History
The previous location of St. Anthony Central Hospital located in Denver

Starting as a dream of the Sisters of St. Francis, the hospital was opened in 1892.[3] and dedicated on June 13, 1893.[4]

In 2011, the hospital was moved to a new campus and renamed to St. Anthony Hospital in the process. The transition to the new campus occurred in two stages with the new Emergency Department opening on June 17, 2011, and the main hospital opening on June 20, 2011.[5] As of August 2019, The CEO of St. Anthony Hospital is Peter Powers and the COO is Mary Albers.[6]

In 2023, the two healthcare organizations that joined to form Centura disaffiliated and became two separate health networks again, one called CommonSpirit Health (the successor to Catholic Health Initiatives) and one called AdventHealth. As of August 1, 2023, St. Anthony Hospital is part of the CommonSpriit Health network.[2][7]

Emergency Medical Services

St Anthony Flight for Life service began in 1972. Flight for Life was the first airborne ambulance service in the nation.[4]

The nation's first EMT and paramedic academy was started in 1974 at St Anthony Central.[8]

St. Anthony provides medical directorship to over 50 prehospital agencies, to include fire departments, ambulance services, search and rescue organizations, and certain law enforcement agencies

See also

References
  1. "Designated trauma centers". Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  2. "Continuing to care for you, our neighbors and our communities". 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  3. "St. Anthony Hospital - About Us". Centura Health. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  4. "History of Colfax Avenue". Colfax Avenue. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  5. "St. Anthony Hospital Gears Up for Move Weekend". Centura Health. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  6. St. Anthony Hospital web site Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  7. Ingold, John (August 18, 2023). "What happened to Centura Health? Why the Colorado hospital brand name is about to disappear". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  8. Our History at St. Anthony Hospital, archived from the original on 2014-01-09, retrieved 2018-01-27


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