Local info by city
This chart lists major cities in the West South Central 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 South Central region.
| City | Critical care statistics | Major hospitals | PMT courses accepted |
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| New Orleans | • No stats | • Tulane Medical Center
• Ochsner Baptist Medical Center
• River Oaks Hospital
• Touro Infirmary | ✔ |
| Tulsa | • 8.2% low birth weight babies
• Infant mortality was 9.4 per 1,000 births
• Top 5 causes of death: heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory disease and accidents
• Heart disease mortality rate was 238.5 | • St. John’s Medical Center
• St. Francis Hospital
• Oklahoma Surgical Hospital
• Meadowbrook Specialty Hospital | ✔ |
| Oklahoma City | • 34.8% of adults in Oklahoma County reported being obese and 17.6% of high school students were obese in 2019
• 84% of Oklahomans did not eat a proper diet of fruit and vegetables daily
• 7.7% rate of diabetes
• Infant mortality rates of Oklahoma County were 8.9 per 1,000 births
• Low birth weight rates were 8.8%
• 26% of Oklahoma County residents don’t have health insurance
• 25% of adults smoke | • St. Anthony Hospital
• OU Medical Center
• Deaconess Hospital
• Community Hospital | ✔ |
| Houston | • Tuberculosis rate is 13.2 / 100,000
• Tuberculosis rate is 3 times the national average of 4.8
• 35% of Houston’s children live in poverty
• 78% of Houston’s children have the proper immunizations | • Ben Taub Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Hospital
• Methodist Hospital
• St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
• Texas Children’s Hospital
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | ✔ |
| Dallas | • Severe weather can overload emergency responders
• Growing hispanic population
• Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has over 150 interns, residents and students | • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Baylor University Medical Center
• Parkland Memorial Hospital
• Medical City Dallas Hospital
• Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
• Methodist Dallas Medical Center | ✔ |
| San Antonio | • 2017 leading causes of death were heart disease, cancer, stroke, accidents and alzheimer’s disease
• Hispanic women have the longest life expectancy of 83.2
• Since 2001 Bexar County birth rate increased by 12%
• Since 2001 Bexar County low weight birth babies have increased by 1.2%
• Current low birth weight babies is 9.3% of births; US average is 8.2% | • University Hospital
• Baptist Medical Center
• Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital
• Christus Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital
• Southwest General Hospital | ✔ |
| Austin | • 14% of residents report fair to poor health
• 7.4% of babies born qualify as low birth weight babies
• Obesity rates were 23%
• 7% of adults in Austin are diabetic | • Seton Medical Center
• St. David’s North Austin Medical Center
• Dell Children’s Medical Center
• Healthsouth Rehab Hospital
• Cornerstone Hospital | ✔ |
| Fort Worth | • Heart disease (23%), cancer (22.4%), cerebrovascular disorder (6%)
• Chronic lower respiratory disease (5.9%)
• Accidents (4.9%) | • Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth
• Plaza Medical Center
• Texas Health Harris Medical Methodist Hospital
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