Brooke Army Medical Center

Coordinates: 29°27′38″N 98°24′56″W / 29.4605°N 98.4156°W / 29.4605; -98.4156
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Brooke Army Medical Center
Active1946–present
Country United States
AllegianceUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Army
TypeHospital
Role
  • Inpatient and Outpatient Services
  • Graduate Medical Education
  • Level I Trauma Center
Size450 beds
Garrison/HQFort Sam Houston
Websitehttps://bamc.tricare.mil
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Mark Stackle
Insignia
Identification
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Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) is the United States Army's premier medical institution. Located on Fort Sam Houston, BAMC, a 425-bed Academic Medical Center, is the Department of Defense's largest facility and only Level 1 Trauma Center. BAMC is also home to the Center for the Intrepid, an outpatient rehabilitation facility. The center is composed of ten separate organizations, including community medical clinics, centered around the Army's largest in-patient hospital.[1] BAMC is staffed by more than 8,000 Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Civilians, and Contractors providing care to wounded Service Members and the San Antonio Community at-large.[2]

History

Station Hospital

Station Hospital
(Brooke General Hospital)
LocationSan Antonio, Texas
Area30 acres (120,000 m2)
Built1937
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Revival
Part ofFort Sam Houston (ID75001950)
NRHP reference No.01001281
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 30, 2001
Designated CPMay 15, 1975

Brooke Army Medical Center has a history which dates back to 1879 when the first Post Hospital opened as a small medical dispensary located in a single-story wooden building.[3] In 1886, the first permanent hospital was built.[3] In 1908, an 84-bed Station Hospital was constructed on the west side of the post.[3]

In 1929,

chest X-ray in military medicine.[3] In July 1936, the cornerstone was laid for the construction of a replacement Station Hospital.[3] By November 1937, the new 418-bed hospital was operational, having cost $3 million. The new hospital was the first in a series of moves which changed Fort Sam Houston from an Infantry to a medical Post
.

In 1941, the Station Hospital prepared for an overwhelming flow of casualties from World War II battlefields by converting a 220-person enlisted barracks into additional patient wards.

Brooke General Hospital

In 1942, the Station Hospital was renamed Brooke General Hospital in Brooke's honor. In 1944, BAMC converted a Cavalry Battalion barracks into a convalescent unit to accommodate the flow of casualties from the war. This building later became Beach Pavilion. Beach housed a substantial portion of BAMC assets to include patient wards and specialty clinics.

Brooke Army Medical Center

In 1946, Fort Sam Houston was chosen as the new site for the U.S. Army Medical Field Service School. The decision to centralize the Army's medical research and training at one location resulted in the renaming of Brooke General Hospital to Brooke Army Medical Center. In September 1987, the official groundbreaking took place for the construction of a new hospital.

Folding the US flag at the BAMC main entrance in 2005.

On July 18, 1995, ownership of the replacement hospital was given to the BAMC Commander by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the key turnover ceremony. On March 14, 1996, the new facility was officially dedicated and on April 13, BAMC opened for business with the transfer of inpatients from the "old" BAMC to the "new" BAMC.

Today "old" BAMC is home to United States Army South and a number of smaller units.

SAMMC

Because of the 2005

Base realignment and closure, Brooke Army Medical Center's inpatient absorbed those of the Air Force's Wilford Hall (Wilford Hall no longer provides inpatient care) creating San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) on September 6, 2011. As of 1 Oct 2017, the designation SAMMC was removed and BAMC continues to represent the headquarters that serves as the command for the entire hospital along with the medical clinics on Fort Sam Houston, others in the San Antonio area, and one at the Army Depot in Corpus Christi.[4]
The collaboration between BAMC and local Air Force Medical assets are governed by the San Antonio Military Health System (SAMHS).

Timeline

SAMMC

Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute

San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) — the inpatient capabilities at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)— is situated at

USUHS
teaching hospital and is home to the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center. The USAISR Burn Center is part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command located at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

The hospital today is a 425-bed Joint Commission-accredited facility, expandable to 653 beds in the event of disaster. Services include general medical and surgical care, adult and pediatric primary care clinics, 24-hour Emergency department, specialty clinics, clinical services, wellness and prevention services, veterinary care, and environmental health services.

BAMC is the only

Level I trauma center in the Department of Defense, and is part of the Regional Health Command Central (RHC-C).[7]

The old BGH building (1937) was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 2001.[5]

SAMMC (BAMC) concept

Under

USAF
). The Nuclear Medicine service is one of the first to completely integrate operations, and offers PET/CT, SPECT/CT, and other molecular imaging and therapy services.

To accomplish the realignment of inpatient services and related specialty care from Wilford Hall Medical Center (WHMC) to Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) as presented in the BRAC 2005 scenario, BAMC will undergo the construction of a consolidated tower, a parking facility, a central energy plant, and renovations within the existing facility.

Consolidated Tower (CoTo)

Construction began in March 2009 on the nearly 738,000 sq ft (68,600 m2) project. CoTo was added on the east side of the facility adjacent to the clinical building and medical mall. This addition houses administrative space, an outpatient pediatrics clinic, an expanded Emergency and Trauma department, a SICU, a CCU, a psychiatric unit, and an expansion of the USAISR Burn Center which has 16 Burn Intensive Care Unit beds and 24 Progressive Care beds. SAMMC will serve as a health science center for inpatient and ambulatory care, consisting of training for Graduate Medical Education (GME), a Level 1 Trauma Center. The USAISR Burn Center is the only American Burn Association verified Burn Center within the DoD.

Parking garage

Construction began in March 2009 on a multi-level, 5,000-space parking structure to accommodate the increased capacity at the upgraded medical facility.[needs update]

Central energy plant

Due to the size increase in the BAMC facility, additional heating and cooling capacities are being provided with a 22,400-square-foot (2,080 m2) central energy plant, which is under construction.[1][needs update]

References

  1. ^ a b "History of Brooke Army Medical Center". U.S. Army Medical Department. July 30, 2015. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "About Us". bamc.tricare.mil. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "A hospital born in humble roots becomes a giant". San Antonio Express-News. 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  4. ^ "BRAC Information". Brooke Army Medical Center. May 23, 2012. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Details for Fort Sam Houston". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  6. ^ "Details for Brooke Army Medical Center". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  7. ^ Southern Regional Medical Command (SRMC) Archived 2009-11-09 at the Wayback Machine

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from Brooke Army Medical Center - SAMMC-North. United States Army.

"Hospitals At Fort Sam Houston" Fort Sam Houston Museum, 2006, a public domain work of the United States Government.

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