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# Iowa Health Emergency Physicians | Clinical Locations

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## **Iowa Methodist Medical Center **

Iowa Methodist Medical Center was established in 1901 in a single building. Today, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital. Located in downtown Des Moines on a 42-acre campus, Iowa Methodist employs nearly 4,000 people and has 370 staffed beds.

Iowa Methodist Medical Center is a Level I Trauma Center, Tertiary Medical Center, and teaching hospital to Surgery, Medicine, and Pediatric Residents.

- 27,000 Annual ED Patient Volume
- 29-bed Emergency Department
- 38 Hours of Physician Coverage and 24 Hours of APP Coverage
- 9 & 11 hour Physician Shifts
- New ED scheduled for completion by May 2016

Iowa Methodist is one of two Level I Trauma Centers in the state of Iowa. Life Flight, the air ambulance program for Iowa Methodist, began in 1979 and continues to fly hundreds of vital missions per year.

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**Iowa Methodist performed the first open-heart procedure outside of the Mayo Clinic in 1956**

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