PENSACOLA, Fla. — Ascension Sacred Heart held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday for its new Freestanding Emergency Department (FSED) in Pace.
The facility will be located in the Five Points area at 5736 Chumuckla Hwy. It’s set to open on April 14.
“This state-of-the-art facility brings expanded access to high-quality emergency care, closer to where patients live, work and play,” a press release said. “The roughly 11,000-square-foot emergency room will include two triage areas, one trauma room, ten treatment spaces, an onsite lab, CT, X-ray and ultrasound capabilities.”
Working at the site will be over 40 associates.
“This addition ensures those who live in Pace and surrounding communities in Santa Rosa County get the timely and quality healthcare they need,” said Sacred Heart Pensacola President & CEO Will Condon. “With the Pace community growing, it is up to us to meet their medical needs and grow with them.”
Sacred Heart makes its fourth FSED addition to the Pensacola area with this facility. It joins the following locations in northwest Pensacola (1501 W 9 Mile Rd), Navarre (7334 Navarre Pkwy), and Perdido Key (13139 Sorrento Road).
“If you have a stroke, heart attack, or any trauma, we have the capacity to take care of you here,” said Dr. Jay Nichols, Department Chairman of Emergency Services for Ascension Sacred Heart. “The same level of service, the same physicians you would expect at our Level I Trauma Center in Pensacola are the same providers who are going to be working here. That makes a difference when it comes to acute care.”
Sacred Heart Pensacola and Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart will both operate the facility.