INOVA Fairfax Hospital Volunteer

Having attended the INOVA Entry-Level Volunteer Training last Saturday I thought a few comments were appropriate.

a. The training session was an excellent introduction to Hospital Service etiquette & protocol
b. Many high school age students were present, some of whom were using this activity as a college application entry.
c. Fairfax INOVA is the most ethnically diverse hospital in U.S.

Inova Fairfax Hospital is a 833-bed regional medical center serving the Washington, D.C., metro area. Inova Fairfax Hospital includes Northern Virginia’s only Level 1 Trauma Center for treating the most critically injured patients , the nation’s sixth-busiest obstetrics program, a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and is the region’s only hospital to offer the full spectrum of organ transplantation, including heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas and bone marrow. Its Emergency Department is able to accommodate more than 80,000 patients per year.

The Inova Heart and Vascular Institute is the region’s only heart institute. It houses the most advanced technology and facilities dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

Inova Fairfax Hospital is a teaching facility, partnering with the medical schools of Georgetown and George Washington universities and the Medical College of Virginia; the nursing schools of George Mason and Marymount universities and Northern Virginia Community College; and the pharmacy schools of Shenandoah, Howard, and Campbell universities and the Medical College of Virginia. Additional residents rotate from the University of Virginia, Howard University and various other residency programs associated with the National Capital Consortium.