Our Services

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Hospital Services

Faulkton Area Medical Center is a critical access, twelve bed hospital, with an attached provider-based rural health clinic located in central Faulk County, South Dakota. From caring for children, to using current technology in radiology, medical professionals at FAMC offer patients a wide range of health care services.

Meet Our Providers

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Dietician and Nutrition Services

Dietician and Nutrition Services

Proper nutrition is needed to live a healthy life and to promote healing. FAMC Dietary Services provide a selective menu for inpatients and outpatients staying over the meal hour.

Nutrition counseling for those with special dietary needs or for those who would like to lose weight is also available on a referral basis. April Sorensen, RD, LN, serves as the facility dietician. To schedule an appointment, contact your primary health professional for a referral or call 605-598-1147.

April is a registered, licensed dietitian. The state of South Dakota requires licensure for dietitians to help monitor information for accuracy, safety and efficacy. She is also a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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Programs & Classes

At FAMC, we provide the community with many classes, programs, and events that emphasize good health and wellness. We have programs available for all ages throughout the week such as Smoking Cessation Class, Cancer Support Group, CPR/first aid classes, blood glucose screenings, and Healthy South Dakota. Our calendar of events will be available in the Faulk County Record on a regular basis. For more information on the programs, events, and classes available at FAMC, call 605-598-6262.

Rehabilitation Services

We offer inpatient rehabilitation, a swing bed program, cardiac rehabilitation, and outpatient physical, speech, and occupational therapy. Our rehab therapy department is furnished with the newest equipment available, thanks to gifts given to the Foundation.

Laboratory

Lab & X-Ray

The laboratory provides important information about your health status. This information is used by your provider to diagnose and manager your treatment. We are a lab of 5 full-time technologists that cover the department 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; to meet daily and emergency needs. Our lab is well versed and up to date on standards and regulations.

The lab is equipped with state-of-the-art analyzers to perform the following tests:

  • General Chemistry

    • High Sensitivity Troponin (One of the 1st in SD to have this test)
  • Immunology
  • Hematology
  • Coagulation
  • Therapeutic Phlebotomy
  • Point of Care

    • Blood Gases
  • Limited Microbiology
  • Blood Storage
  • Kit Testing

    • Covid & Influenza

Radiology

The Radiology Department consists of four registered technologists covering the department twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to meet daily and emergency needs.

  • X-Ray
  • CT
  • C-Arm
  • Mobile Ultrasound (weekly)
  • Mobile Echocardiagram (weekly)
  • Mobile MRI (bi-weekly)
  • Mobile Mammography (bi-weekly)
  • Mobile Nuclear Medicine (monthly)
  • Mobile Dexa-Bone Densitometry (monthly)

FAMC has been awarded the ACR Gold Seal in Computed Tomography.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine

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Telemedicine makes it possible for patient clinic visits with several specialty physicians located elsewhere.

Telehealth is a means of providing communication for healthcare-related programs and education to various medical satellite facilities, like ours, that are connected on a bridge between Avera McKennan in Sioux Falls, SD, and/or Avera St. Luke’s in Aberdeen, SD.

The Faulkton Area Medical Center Foundation, along with grant monies from Avera, has provided funds for new, updated equipment, which includes a polycom, monitor, and modem to transfer information between facilities, an electronic stethoscope, electronic otoscope, and a camera. This equipment is state of the art and we have it all right here at FAMC!

Patient clinic visits via telemedicine with a specialty provider save time, the cost of traveling, and, most importantly, are much easier on the patient.

If you are interested in a telemedicine clinic visit, please talk to your healthcare provider.

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