This chart lists major cities in the West Pacific region where Pacific Medical Training online emergency education courses are accepted, plus city-specific statistics and related information. Our courses may be used for required job training in the West Pacific region.
City | PMT courses accepted | Critical care statistics | Major hospitals |
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Seattle | ✔ | • 12.5% of residents do not have health insurance • 9.6% of adults report having unmet medical needs • 10.5% of residents report fair or poor health while 5.3% of adults were diabetic • Life expectancy in Seattle is 81.5 years • 10.6% of adults smoke • 56% are overweight and obese • 31% do not meet the CDC recommended activity level |
• University of Washington Medical Center • Harborview Medical Center • Virginia Mason Medical Center • Swedish Medical Center • Seattle Children’s Hospital • Northwest Hospital and Medical Center |
Portland | ✔ | • 24% of deaths in Portland can be attributed to tobacco use • Diabetes deaths are increasing • Cancer deaths are decreasing • Both accidental deaths and suicide deaths have increased • Diabetes has increased |
• Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center • Oregon Health and Science University • Providence St. Vincent’s Medical Center • UBH Cedar Hills Hospital • Portland VA Medical Center • Adventist Medical Center |
Los Angeles | ✔ | • 47.3% of LA residents are Latino, 30.1% are Caucasian • 64.5% of families speak English at home; 26.5% speak Spanish • In 2009 the state standard for air quality was not met 172 days of the years (47%) • The top 5 causes of death in 2017 were coronary heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes • 10 million people live in LA County |
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center • USC University Hospital • St. Vincent Medical Center • City of Hope • Good Samaritan Hospital • California Hospital Medical Center • Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center • White Memorial Medical Center |
San Diego | ✔ | • 2009 self-diagnosed health status was: 23% excellent, 39% good, 10% fair and 1% poor • 6.4% heart disease rate • 26% reported high blood pressure • 71% of high blood pressure patients were taking medication to control it • 8% of residents are diabetic • 11% have been told at one point they are asthmatic and 88% reported signs of asthma in the last 12 months • Less than 10% diagnosed with cancer • 44% of cancer cases are skin cancer; 11% are from cancer of the breast |
• UC San Diego Medical Center • Scripps La Jolla Hospitals and Clinics • Scripps Mercy Hospital • Sharp Memorial Hospital • Pomerado Hospital • Sharp Coronado Hospital |
San Jose | ✔ | • Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has over 150 interns, residents, and students | • Stanford Hospital and Clinics • Santa Clara Valley Medical Center • El Camino Hospital • Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford |
San Francisco | ✔ | • HIV/AIDS higher than the national average | • UCSF Medical Center • John Muir Medical Center Walnut Creek • California Pacific Medical Center • John Muir Medical Center Concord • St. Mary’s Medical Center • Laguna Honda Hospital • San Francisco General Hospital |
Long Beach | ✔ | • Air quality per ozone regulations is not met 14% of the time while particulate matter is above 47% • 22% of the Long Beach County is not insured • 35% of adults are overweight and 22% are obese • 8.7% of adults have been diagnosed with diabetes |
• Pacific Hospital of Long Beach • Long Beach Memorial Medical Center • VA Long Beach Healthcare System |
Fresno | ✔ | • Chronic disease accounts for 75% of health care costs | • St. Agnes Medical Center • Children’s Hospital Central California • Community Regional Medical Center |
Sacramento | ✔ | • UC Davis Health Systems has a staff of over 10,000 | • Sutter Medical Center • Mercy General Hospital • University of California Davis Medical Center • Mercy San Juan Medical Center • Kaiser Permanente Medical Center |
Oakland | ✔ | • 3% of adults smoke • 14% report fair or poor health • 23% of the residents were overweight and 30% were obese • Leading causes of death in order were heart disease, cancer, and stroke • Between 1–25 years of age the leading causes of death were homicide, unintentional injury and suicide • Current life expectancy in Alameda County is 81.4 years • 33% of adults have hypertension 7.8% of adults are diabetic • 9% of adults reported psychological distress within the last 12 months while 20% report the need to see amental health specialist |
• Highland General Hospital • Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland • St. John Macomb — Oakland Hospital • Fairmont Hospital |
Honolulu | ✔ | • No data | • Straub Clinic and Hospital • Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Hospital • Hawaii Medical Center East • Kuakini Medical Center • Urgent Care Clinic of Waikiki |
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