| Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center | |
|---|---|
 The hospital building and the Spanish Peaks. | |
  The hospital's location in Colorado. | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Near Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, United States |
| Coordinates | 37°36′02″N104°49′52″W / 37.60056°N 104.83111°W Coordinates: 37°36′02″N104°49′52″W / 37.60056°N 104.83111°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private, regional hospital |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Hospital type | District general |
| Affiliated university | None |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level IV trauma center |
| Beds | 20 |
| Helipad | Yes |
| History | |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Colorado |
The Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center is a regional hospital near Walsenburg, Colorado. Founded in 1993, [1] the medical center currently has 20 licensed beds. [2]
A regional hospital is a hospital that serves a larger area than a local hospital. Regional hospitals sometimes serve specific needs that cannot be adequately met by a local or rural hospital, such as treating ebola or obstetric fistula, or providing elective orthopedic surgery.
Walsenburg is a statutory city that is the county seat and the most populous city of Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 3,068 at the 2010 census, down from 4,182 in 2000.
The health center also operates the 120-bed Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center, a nursing home, on the same property. [3]
Nursing homes provide residential care for elderly or disabled people. Nursing homes may also be referred to as old people's homes, care homes, rest homes, convalescent homes, convalescent care, skilled nursing or long-term facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to indicate whether the institutions are public or private, and whether they provide mostly assisted living, or nursing care and emergency medical care. Nursing homes are used by people who do not need to be in a hospital, but cannot be cared for at home. The nursing home facility nurses have the responsibilities of caring for the patients' medical needs and also the responsibility of being in charge of other employees, depending on their ranks. Most nursing homes have nursing aides and skilled nurses on hand 24 hours a day.
The hospital is a Level IV trauma center [4] and a critical access hospital. [5] It is located directly across the highway from Lathrop State Park.
U.S. Route 160 (US 160) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Tuba City, Arizona, to Poplar Bluff, Missouri. In the State of Colorado, US 160 starts at the New Mexico state line southwest of Cortez and ends at the Kansas state line east of Springfield.
Lathrop State Park is a Colorado state park located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Walsenburg. The state purchased the property in 1962 and opened Colorado's first state park here later that same year. It is named after Harold Lathrop, the first director of state parks. The park features two lakes, Martin Lake and Horseshoe Lake, that offer fishing for tiger muskie, rainbow trout, bass, catfish, northern pike, blue gill, saugeye, and wipers.
