For immediate release FORT HOOD, TEXAS—“You asked, we listened. You want the best medical care, and you want it when you need it. Your Community Based Medical Home and primary care clinic at the main hospital are now your ‘go to’ urgent care centers with a renewed commitment to see you when you’re ill or […]
CRDAMC News
CRDAMC LVNs training to administer IV push medications
By Patricia Deal, CRDAMC Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas– A new training program at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center is proof positive that hospital staff persistently push themselves to perform at the highest level of their training and competency. Thirty licensed vocational nurses are currently pursuing skill certification training that will allow them to […]
CRDAMC Intensive Care Unit team raises the bar on critical care efforts
By Mikaela Cade, CRDAMC PAO Col. Karin Nicholson is positioned inside CRDAMC’s new rotating bed during an ICU staff training session. Rotating beds are use in prone positioning therapy for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). (courtesy photo)FORT HOOD, Texas – As the world considers post COVID-19 life, some things will never be the […]
CRDAMC modifying hours in observance of Memorial Day
FORT HOOD, Texas –Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s primary care clinics will be closed Monday, May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. The hospital remains open for emergency services, inpatient care and labor and delivery services. The Respiratory Drive-Thru (RDT) clinic will be open during the holiday weekend, including Memorial Day. RDT’s hours modified […]
FORT HOOD VETCEN open, but with changes
FORT HOOD, Texas – Need a routine health checkup for your four-legged family member? The FORT HOOD Veterinary Center is open, but offering limited services during the pandemic. “We are open,” said Capt. Wendy Evans, officer in charge of the FORT HOOD clinic, “but we are currently only scheduling for routine wellness, PCS health certificates, […]
CRDAMC staff celebrate COVID-19 patient being released
By Mikaela Cade, CRDAMC PAO FORT HOOD, Texas – A Killeen man who spent several weeks in Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s Intensive Care Unit left the hospital Thursday afternoon amid a host of clapping and cheering medical staff. James Warnock, a retired Navy mechanical engineer, is CRDAMC’s first hospitalized COVID-19 patient to be […]
