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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System has been named a recipient of the Women’s Choice Award®  as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Emergency Care for a fourth consecutive year. The methodology for America’s Best Hospitals for Emergency Care award is unique because it combines Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and…
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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System was recently recognized as a top-ranked Community Value Provider by Cleverley + Associates (Columbus, OH). Cleverley + Associates, a leading healthcare financial consulting firm specializing in operational benchmarking and performance enhancement strategies, released the findings as part of its new publication: State of the Hospital Industry…
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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) has received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award for the fourth consecutive year. The award recognizes PLHS’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that emergency and cath lab…
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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System has successfully attested for Stage Two Meaningful Use and is proud to be the first healthcare facility in the state to do so. Meaningful Use is a nationwide program with three stages of objectives to use certified electronic health records (EHR) technology to improve quality and…
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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System believes that protection in a car should begin with a newborn's first ride home from the hospital.

Infant Car Seat Program

To encourage proper use of child safety seats, Prairie Lakes Healthcare System offers car seat education. Trained staff teach all aspects of safety related to car seats for infants and children. In this interactive session you will receive instructions on securing an infant as well as features of the infant car seat.

This individualized instruction will be followed by proper installation of the car seat in your vehicle. Our staff will check the installation for accuracy and assist you with any necessary corrections. The session provides one hour of instruction to help you make the best choices related to car seat safety as your child grows. Upon completion of the class you will feel comfortable taking your baby home from the hospital safely. 

For more information or to register please call 605-882-7735.

Car Seat Checks

Car seat checks provide an opportunity to have your infant or toddler car seat checked by trained staff. You will be given an appointment time and should arrive with your seat already installed in your vehicle. Staff will check the seat and have you make any necessary changes to the installation of the seat. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call 605-882-7735.

Child Safety Seat Distribution Program

For parents who qualify, seats are provided at no cost through a partnership with the South Dakota Department of Social Services. Parents must be South Dakota residents and be participating in an income eligibility program including Medicaid, WIC, SNAP, CHIP, Child Care Assistance or Head Start. Learn more about this program.

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Respiratory therapy provides both inpatient and outpatient services for a variety of patients of all ages with emphysema, asthma, COPD, farmer's lung, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), chronic bronchitis, Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) and other diseases that affect breathing. Respiratory therapists at Prairie Lakes are available 24/7.

Therapies may include:

  • Pulmonary Function Tests
  • Oxygen evaluation
  • EKG’s
  • Arterial blood gases (ABG)
    • An ABG test is used to check how well your lungs are able to move oxygen into the blood and remove carbon dioxide from the blood.
  • Nebulizer treatments
  • CPAP/Bipap
    • A non-invasive form of therapy for patients suffering from sleep apnea. Both machine types deliver pressurized air through a mask to the patient's airways.
  • Ventilator Support

Respiratory therapists are also involved in the Pulmonary Rehab program. Pulmonary Rehab is meant for patients with a chronic lung disorder. It is personalized program of education and exercise that can help patients return to a higher degree of physiological and psychological function. Read more

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Watertown was a big winner during an awards ceremony at the 2016 Dakota Transit Association Fall Conference in Spearfish. Watertown Area Transit Inc. was named the Innovative Agency of the Year in the State of South Dakota; Wendy Cline, the assistant director of Watertown Area Transit, won the Support Staff…
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