Nurse Anesthesia of Maine, PLLC
- Provides more than 15,000 anesthetics per year to patients at Eastern Maine Medical Center and seven other hospitals in the area
- Was established in May, 2003 by nine local CRNAs
- Is the only CRNA-owned and operated company offering anesthesia services in the region
- Currently employs 39 CRNAs and a small pool of per diems
Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC)- Serves communities throughout central, eastern, and northern Maine
- Has grown from a five-bed general hospital, founded as Bangor Hospital in 1892, to a 411-bed medical center with 300 physicians on staff
- Provides three-quarters of the primary-care hospital services offered in the Bangor area and specialty and intensive-care services to the northern two-thirds of the state
- Became one of three designated trauma centers in the Maine Trauma System in 1998
Maine - Is 320 miles long and 210 miles wide, with a total area of 33,215 square miles
- Consists of 16 counties with 22 cities, 424 towns, 51 plantations, and 416 unorganized townships
- Is said to be one of the most healthful states in the nation, with summer temperatures averaging 70 degrees F and winter temperatures averaging 20 degrees F
- Is America's largest blueberry growing state, raising 90% of low-bush blueberries in the United States
- Boasts 6,000 lakes and ponds; 32,000 miles of rivers and streams; 17 million acres of forestland; 3,478 miles of coastline; and 2,000 islands
- Has 60 lighthouses including Portland Head Light commissioned by George Washington
- State capital Augusta
- Largest city Portland
- Population 1,321,574 (as of 2006), making Maine only the 40th most populous state in the US
- Major industries agriculture, ship-building, fishing (especially lobsters), machinery, electronics, tourism
- Major rivers Androscoggin River, Kennebec River, Penobscot River, St. John River
- Major lakes Moosehead Lake, Rangeley Lakes, Sebago Lake
- Highest point Mt. Katahdin, 5,268 feet (1,606 m) above sea level
- Bordering bodies of water Gulf of Maine, Atlantic Ocean
Bangor
- Population 31,595
- County Penobscot
- Average personal income $28,912
- Median home price $139,500
- Property tax mil rate $19.40
- Average apartment rental
- one bedroom: $653
- two bedroom: $816
- three bedroom: $984
- Average commute time 15.1 minutes
- Special recognition
- Five Star Quality of Life Distinction
Expansion Management Magazine 2005 & 2006 - Quality of Life Best in Nation
Foreign Direct Investment 2005 - A Fabulous Place to Raise Your Family
50 Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family 2006 - Dazzling Dozen Metro Areas with Low Unemployment and Growing Economy
Business Week 2002 - The Safest Metropolitan Area in the US
Morgan Quitno Press 2004
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Anesthesia Cases
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Outside facilities 2006
(includes 7 community hospitals, the Eye Center of Eastern Maine, Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, Acadia Hospital)
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3,343
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EMMC 9/2006-9/2007
(in patient 7,453;
outpatient 7,751)
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15,204
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