Other Services

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Emergency Care

Emergencies happen and can be scary, especially when you’re new to a community and may not yet have a relationship with a physician or hospital. OSU Medical Center has two Emergency Departments (EDs)—one at University Hospital and one at University Hospital East—ready to provide the care you may need. From broken bones and burns to heart attacks and strokes—our EDs are staffed with world-class physicians with access to state-of-the-art technology.

OSU Medical Center’s ED at University Hospital is one of only two adult Level I trauma centers, the highest level of care available, in central Ohio. Equipped to handle the most severe emergencies, our ED benefits from the vast resources within the hospital.

“We bring together in one place specialists and services the patients need rather than have the patient traverse from specialist to specialist,” says Sally Betz, RN, MN, trauma program director. “We have always been actively involved in the continuum of care a patient receives, from pre-hospital through recovery, but our level of service truly distinguishes us from other trauma programs nationwide.”

Life Is a Sport

You don’t have to be a professional or college athlete to suffer from a sports- or work-related injury. Whether you injure yourself shooting hoops in the driveway, holding a 20-pound baby on your hip or while on the job, The Ohio State University Medical Center is here to help you recover and get back in top form.

The Sports Medicine and Occupational Medicine departments at OSU Medical Center team up to offer solutions for workplace and household injuries. Home and work injuries benefit from immediate care, job- or activity-specific rehabilitation and getting back in “the game” as soon as possible.

“At Ohio State's Sports Medicine Center, we provide the same care for all patients we see as we would for one of our college athletes,” says Thomas Best, MD, PhD, FACSM, co-medical director of Ohio State's Sports Medicine Center and director of the Division of Sports Medicine. “We use the same diagnostic and treatment techniques for you as we do for them.”

“We use our clinical expertise, available research results and the patient’s sports, work and activity goals to treat an injury,” explains Dr. Best.

Stress management

Managing Moving Stress

“The stressful effects of moving are usually more prevalent after the move rather than during the actual process,” says Mary Fristad, PhD, professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at OSU and director of Research and Psychological Services in OSU’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. “The real stress occurs when you have to acquaint yourself to a new environment.”

Stress also has a physical impact. Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, PhD, professor of Psychiatry at OSU, has found that stress has a measurable effect on a person’s white blood cells, which help fight infections.

Both Dr. Kiecolt-Glaser and Dr. Fristad agree the best way to combat
the stress of moving is to accept it and take care of yourself and the people around you during the process.

“Take your time and do the move right. Use your support people and take help if it is offered,” Dr. Fristad says. “Maintain your sense of humor and acknowledge any negative feelings from your children about the move.”

Ohio State's Center for Integrative Medicine (CIM) offers programs that can help manage stress. The CIM combines comprehensive medical care with health services not usually found in a traditional medical setting, including acupuncture, mind-body medicine and massage.

“What sets the CIM apart is our emphasis on personalized treatment that allows each person to gain more from the experience, highly specific to his or her needs,” says Glen Aukerman, MD, director of the CIM.

Center for Wellness and Prevention

Ohio State’s Center for Wellness and Prevention is central Ohio’s first and most comprehensive medically managed prevention and wellness center. With an experienced staff of dietitians, exercise physiologists, nurses, physicians, behaviorists and health educators, the Center offers a variety of health and fitness programs. In addition to providing traditional exercise equipment such as treadmills, stationary bikes and weights, the Center offers special classes like body sculpting and yoga. Other services include fitness evaluations and testing, wellness assessments, as well as weight management and nutrition counseling.

Visit the OSU Center for Wellness and Prevention Web site.