With Baptist Regional Medical Center’s Baby Steps you can find answers to all your baby-related questions:  Find all the information you need or pre-register online for your stay.

Baptist Family Fitness Center provides wellness services for the entire family. Located in Corbin on Cumberland Gap Parkway, the fitness center is staffed by trained professionals who can show you how to develop a personal and healthy exercise plan.

Why get into shape?

Getting into shape isn't just about losing weight. It's a change in lifestyle. Our staff is trained to help you set up a workout that fits you and your body and will help you gain:

• Longer life. Studies show that exercise adds years to your life and life to your years.
• More energy. Exercise benefits your body by increasing your energy levels. A fit body doesn't have to work as hard, so your daily activities don't leave you exhausted.
• Less stress. As little as 15 minutes of walking acts like a natural tranquilizer. By creating natural fatigue, you will sleep more deeply and wake feeling refreshed.

Services

Baptist Family Fitness offers a variety of services to help you get into shape. You can choose from:

• Aerobics studio with a selection of classes;
• Sprint Circuit workout;
• Hammer Strength machines;
• Body Master free weights;
• Cardiovascular Center which offers treadmills, rowers, stairclimbers, crosstrainers, life cycles and TV viewing for the entire area;
• Brewer's Ledge "Climbing Wall";
• Massage therapy;
• Spa Packages
• Wheelchair-accessible strength machines;
• Fitness evaluations;
• Body fat testing;
• Shaolin-Do, for ages 4 through adult;
• Complete shower and locker room facilities including saunas, amenities and free towel service;
• Free supervised playroom service for children 6 weeks to 9 years old offered mornings, Monday through Saturday, from 8:00 to 12:00 p.m., and evenings, Monday through Thursday, from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Fridays from 3:30 to 7:00 p.m. Also available is an unsupervised youth lounge available for ages 9 - 12 open daily.
• Personalized programs for beginners of all ages;
• Pro shop; and
• Travel exchange program.
• Indoor Pool (3 lap lanes)
• Juice Bar
• Kid Fitness Strength Machines

Professional Staffing

Professional staffing at Baptist Family Fitness Center includes friendly and courteous professionals trained in Exercise Science or Physical Education. Personal trainers are provided to work with individuals on setting up a sound exercise program.

Convenient Hours

Baptist Family Fitness is open Monday through Friday from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Membership

CHANGE YOUR LIFE...

Baptist Family Fitness provides you with endless opportunities to get fit and stay healthy for life. And our friendly, professional staff supports you in achieving a balanced approach to exercise, weight management, stress reduction.  

For More Information

Baptist Family Fitness Center offers you a variety of programs year round; self- or instructor-led activities; continual staff support; increased self-esteem; motivational support; the key to a healthy lifestyle; and improved productivity. Take the first step to a new you by joining today! For more information, call (606) 526-0007.

Baptist Regional Medical Center opened its Orthopaedic Center of Excellence in 2007 catering to patents dealing with problems of the muscloskeletal system, including arthritis and joint replacement. Patients know they can look to Baptist Regional Medical Center as a leader in orthopaedic care. Using the latest techniques and treatments, surgeons perform more total joint replacement procedures -- such as knee and hip replacements -- at Baptist Regional than any other hospital in Southeastern Kentucky.

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Baptist Regional Medical Center would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the area’s first dedicated Outpatient Diagnostic Center. This new center was designed for the convenience of both, physicians and patients, providing quick and convenient, state-of-the-art diagnostic testing. The new diagnostic center offers an alternative location for patients needing diagnostic studies performed where they can easily access these services without having to come to the main hospital campus for service. The center houses some of the latest innovations in diagnostic equipment including:

Semi-Open, State-of-the-Art MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

BRMC provides a new 1.5 Tesla MRI unit capable of providing higher quality diagnostic images than usually found in an open architecture unit. However, this unit is equipped with a short bore or semi open magnet which allows for a greater variety of exams to be performed while at the same time addressing the comfort of the patient.

High Definition Ultrasound

With the use of two new high definition ultrasound units, we are able to perform ultrasound exams with even clearer details than have been previously available.

Multi-Slice CT

With the new imaging capabilities of CT (Computer Axial Tomography), we are able to perform the most up-to-date exams in a very timely manner. The new CT scanner will perform exams in one-fourth the time of average CT scanners. This reduces wait times and allows us to provide results to physicians in a more timely manner.

X-Ray

The latest capabilities in digital radiologic technologies will allow us to perform diagnostic procedures in a more timely and efficient manner, resulting in clearer images with greater magnification and detail.

Picture Archiving Communication System(PACS)

PACS is the latest technology in digital radiologic image storage. This PAC system allows your physician the ability to review your radiographic studies within minutes after completion of the scan. With the installation of the PACS the Outpatient Diagnostic Center becomes the first and only facility in the area to offer filmless imaging capabilities.

For your convenience the Outpatient Diagnostic Center will operate from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with an extended MRI schedule by appointment. Your physician may make arrangements for your diagnostic tests to be performed at the area’s first dedicated Outpatient Diagnostic Center by phoning (606) 523-8602.

Baptist Regional Medical Center provides comprehensive rehabilitation services to disabled children and adults. Our goal to promote the highest level of functional mobility, activity and communication while teaching the patient and family methods used to work toward restoration.

Our rehabilitation services include:

• Inpatient Rehabilitation Center, providing inpatient rehabilitation to people who have been disabled by an injury or illness.
• Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, services include outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy. The Center is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 606-528-2149.
• Outpatient Physical Therapy Department for children and adults, to help patients regain their strength, coordination and balance after an illness or injury and reach specific goals, such as going back to work, recovering from a sports injury or catching up developmentally.
• Speech and Language Pathology and Audiology for children and adults, to help patients overcome communication, swallowing, visual/perception and cognitive problems.

Our services are provided to patients of all ages, from newborns to the elderly. All rehabilitation is specifically tailored to the individual needs of participants and their family circumstances. For more information about inpatient rehabilitation services at Baptist Regional Medical Center, call (606) 528-1212.  For information about outpatient rehabilitation services, call 606-528-2149.

The Trillium Center at Baptist Regional Medical Center offers a continuum of mental health services including  inpatient and outpatient individualized treatment.

The Briscoe Clinic at the Trillium Center offers a full range of behavioral health services for children, adolescents, adults and seniors. Individuals are helped to regain control of their lives by teaching them effective ways of dealing with problems and daily living skills which promote mental, physical and spiritual well-being.

The Trillium Center is committed to helping patients find and maintain the balance in their lives. This is facilitated in an atmosphere of safety, concern and confidentiality. In addition to The Briscoe Clinic at The Trillium Center, we also offer the following programs:

• Chemical Dependency Treatment to help adults achieve sobriety while maintaining a true sense of dignity. 
• Chemical Dependency Intensive Outpatient Program to continue the journey for ongoing sobriety
• Inpatient Adult Psychiatric Units for adults and seniors with emotional problems.
• Adolescent Psyciatric Unit and Partial Hospitalization Program for adolescents ranging in age from 12 to 17 with a psychiatric or substance abuse diagnosis.

Choosing a treatment facility for psychiatric problems or addictions is not an easy task. You want professional care; you want your privacy protected; and you want all this in a comfortable, homelike atmosphere. We at the Trillium Center are committed to meeting these very needs. For more information, call 1-800-395-4435, (606) 523-5900 or (606) 526-4722.

If you feel you are in danger of harming yourself, please go to the nearest emergency room, call 911 or call the National Suicide Prevention Line at 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433).

The Birthing Center: Family-Centered Maternity Care

The Birthing Center at Baptist Regional Medical Center offers expectant families up-to-date maternity care in a warm, family-centered environment. From the latest in equipment to the tender touch of caring nurses and physicians, we offer a truly memorable childbirth experience.

Maternity Facilities with All the Features Today's Young Families Want

Perinatal Diagnostic Services
Expectant mothers want to give their babies the very best possible start in life. For this reason, your doctor may recommend special tests to take a look at the growing life inside you. Baptist Regional Medical Center's Radiology Department offers both obstetrical ultrasound and amniocentesis.

Obstetrical ultrasound can help your doctor determine:

• how far along you are in your pregnancy;
• if you are going to have more than one baby;
• if your baby has any major health problems and is growing properly; and
• the position of the placenta, which can affect whether or not a vaginal delivery is safe.

Amniocentesis is a simple procedure that involves withdrawing amniotic fluid from around the growing fetus through a slender needle. Your doctor may recommend amniocentesis for many reasons, including:

• if your baby is at risk for certain types of birth defects such as Down syndrome, spina bifida or anencephaly;
• to determine if the baby's lungs are mature enough for delivery;
• if you have an infection; or
• if there is maternal blood sensitization (usually Rh sensitization) to make sure the baby is developing normally.

Pre-registration
You can preregister on-line at www.baptistregional.com four to six weeks before your due date.  Although you will still have to check in at Emergency Room Admissions when you enter the hospital, your admission will be easier and take less time. Baptist Regional Medical Center recommends preregistering at the beginning of your eighth month of pregnancy.

LDR Rooms
Baptist Regional Medical Center's four LDR rooms provide laboring mothers and their families with a relaxed atmosphere during the childbirth process. Each LDR is equipped with a television, telephone, private bath and a lounge chair where your coach can rest. You will labor, give birth and recover (for about an hour) in your own private LDR room until you and your baby are ready to be moved to the Women's Health Center.

Upon admission you will be asked to select one primary support person. Your support person will be encouraged to remain with you throughout your labor and delivery. In addition to your support person, you may have two other persons visit you at any time. Big brothers and sisters ar allowed in the LDR, if supervised at all times by an adult other than the patient or support person. The visitors may take turns coming into the LDR, trading places with those in the Family Waiting Room provided on the floor.

Camera and Photography
Bring the camera, videocamera and plenty of film to capture those first few moments after baby's birth. Once the baby is born, and your physician says everything is ok, you may photograph or videotape. Photography or videotaping of medical procedures including the actual birth is not allowed. After a C-section, only still photography is allowed.

Anesthesia
Pain relief options for laboring mothers at Baptist Regional Medical Center include:

• IV medications, such as nubaine, morphine and stadol, which can help take the edge off pain;
• Epidurals (continuous and bolus), given through a needle and tube which are inserted and left in place in the lower back, once the mother has dilated to four or five centimeters. Epidurals provide pain relief from the belly down.
• Spinals, which are given as a single injection of drugs into the mother's spinal canal prior to Caesarean delivery; and
• "walking epidurals", which are given as an injection of medication into the spinal sac, followed by the placement of the epidural catheter.

Women's Health Center

After the baby is born and you are in stable condition, you will move to Baptist Regional Medical Center's Women's Health Center where you will be cared by our experienced staff until you are ready to go home. Both private and semiprivate rooms are available.

Visiting hours allow your family and friends to be with you on a convenient schedule, as well as give you a chance to rest during your hospital stay:

1. Fathers, siblings and grandparents are welcome anytime.
2. Others are welcome to visit from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily. Anyone over 12 years of age, as long as he or she does not have a contagious disease, may visit with the baby.

Newborn Nursery
Mothers at Baptist Regional Medical Center can keep their babies with them as much as they want. When you want to rest, your newborn will be lovingly cared for by the experienced professionals in our Newborn Nursery. If you choose to have your baby cared for in the nursery, the baby will be brought to you for "demand" feedings.

Level II Neonatal Intermediate Care Nursery
Baptist Regional Medical Center's Level II Neonatal Intermediate Care Nursery is designed to care for babies born prematurely or those who need a little help adjusting to their new environment during the first few days of life. Our Level II Nursery is one of only eight in the commonwealth providing services to residents of Southeastern Kentucky. It is equipped to care for all but the most critically ill newborns.

Lactation Consultant
Baptist Regional Medical Center has specially trained registered nurses (RN's) on staff to answer your questions about breastfeeding and help you get started. Your doctor or nurse can write an order for a lactation consultation during your hospital stay. After you go home, you may also call the certified childbirth educator at (606) 523-8734 to discuss any questions or concerns you have about breastfeeding.

Pediatrics
Pediatrics provides medical and surgical care to our young population. Pediatrics also promotes family-centered care encouraging the parents to assist in the patients care.

Women's Health:
Women's Health provides family-centered care for new mothers and those requiring mid-life care and beyond.

In Celebration of New Life

The arrival of a new baby is always a special event. Excitement and anticipation abound as you welcome your new baby into the world. At Baptist Regional Medical Center, we share in your excitement and realize that the birth of a baby is a cause for celebration for you and your family. We are proud to assist in the delivery of babies from all over the region and to share in the joy of welcoming each new life. To help share in the celebration of a new birth, the hospital plays "Brahms Lullaby" over the intercom whenever a new baby is born. Parents receive a tray of cookies at that time.

Educational Classes to Prepare Families for the Childbirth Experience

Baptist Regional Medical Center offers a variety of classes to meet the unique informational needs of expectant parents, including:

• Early Prenatal Class, designed to answer many of the questions newly pregnant mothers- and fathers-to-be have about nutrition, exercise and physical discomforts during the early months of pregnancy;
• Breastfeeding Class, to help prepare expectant parents for the breastfeeding experience;
• Prenatal Class, which covers Lamaze childbirth techniques, infant care and infant CPR.

During your hospital stay, you will receive individual instruction to prepare you to care for both yourself and your newborn after discharge. You can also watch educational television programs about infant care on the hospital's Newborn Channel (24/7).

For more information about Women's and Children's Services at Baptist Regional Medical Center, call (606) 528-1212. We look forward to meeting you and sharing your childbirth experience.