HCA/HealthONE’s Swedish Medical Center Participates in Large Scale

Emergency Preparation Drill

Swedish Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center located in Englewood, Colorado joins South Metro
Fire Authority in full scale crisis training exercise.

Englewood, CO, November 02, 2018 --(PR.com)-- HCA/HealthONE's Swedish Medical Center in
partnership with South Metro Fire Rescue Authority, church administration and security, 911 dispatch
centers, law enforcement agencies, and fire/rescue districts will conduct a full-scale emergency training
operation during the month of November. The events will take place on November 2, 9, and 14 at a local
church and mock victims will be transferred to Swedish Medical Center. The joint exercise is intended to
help local first responders and hospitals prepare for their roles during a worst case scenario situation.

Swedish, an acute care hospital with 408 licensed beds, cares for over 200,000 patients annually and is
the south metro Denver area's only level I trauma facility with a dedicated burn and reconstructive center.
Emergency training at the hospital is part of ongoing exercises to maintain peak emergency readiness.

“While our staff participate in emergency preparedness operations on a continual basis, this particular
drill is a culmination of months of planning,” said Jon Brillhart, Swedish Medical Center director of
safety. “We understand the importance of conducting this type of training to include all the stakeholders
in public safety. This collaborative training exercise will continue to prepare our staff for a potential
critical incident that may develop in our community.”

To assist with the training, volunteers will act in the drills and exercises equipped with realistic surgical
cut suits. The suits provide a way to simulate the effects of severe traumatic events on a live human while
allowing first responders and physicians to safely perform real procedures.

The initial trainings will occur at Denver First Church located at 3800 E. Hampden Avenue in Cherry
Hills Village on Friday November 2nd and Friday November 9th from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mock victims will be transferred to Swedish Medical Center's Emergency room
and will include realistic emergency team response interventions. Swedish Medical Center and South
Metro Fire Rescue Authority welcome journalists to join us for this rare behind the scenes learning
opportunity. Please contact Eric Hurst for questions related to the church training and Kara Hamersky for
questions related to hospital portion of the exercise.

About Swedish

Swedish Medical Center, part of HCA's HealthONE, is located in the south metro Denver area where it
has been a proud member of the community for more than 110 years. An acute care hospital with 408
licensed beds, annually Swedish cares for more than 200,000 patients with a team of approximately 2,000
dedicated employees, 300 volunteers and 1,400 physicians.

With stroke door to treatment times averaging just 20 minutes, Swedish serves as the Rocky Mountain

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Region's referral center for the most advanced stroke treatment, and was the state's first Joint Commission
certified Comprehensive Stroke Center. Swedish also serves as the region's neurotrauma and orthopedic
trauma provider and is the south metro Denver area's only level I trauma facility with a dedicated burn
and reconstructive center. Over 150 facilities regularly transfer highly complex cases to Swedish.

Swedish Medical Center offers patients the highest quality care and the most advanced technologies and
treatments in nearly every medical specialty including adult and pediatric emergency, heart care,
neurology/neurosurgery, pregnancy and childbirth, orthopedics and joint replacement, cancer care,
gastroenterology and liver care, gynecology and urology. Additional information about the hospital is
available at www.SwedishHospital.com.

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Contact Information:
Swedish Medical Center
Kara Hamersky
(303) 817-5708
Contact via Email
www.SwedishHospital.com

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