Laboratory services at Roseau Area Hospital are available 24-hours a day, seven days a week. These services include, but are not limited to, routine and specialty tests in general chemistry areas such as liver function, cardiac, electrolytes, and thyroid tests. The lab provides follow-up testing for transplant patients, kidney dialysis, cancer markers, plus pre- and post-chemotherapy tests. Blood transfusions, lipid studies (cholesterol fractions), coagulation studies for Comadin (INR) and deep vein thrombosis (quantitative D-Dimer), and microbiology tests are also available. The lab also has direct internet access to the Mayo Clinic’s lab for esoteric tests.

Behavioral Health Services were made available at Roseau Area Hospital in 2002. This department provides psychological evaluations and testing to all ages.  Anger management assessments, gastric bypass pre-operative assessments, and children’s behavioral (attention deficit / hyperactivity) assessments are some of the specialties. Patients come to this department with emotional and behavioral disorders. Appointments are made upon self-referral, as well as referrals from physicians, schools, court, legal, and social service systems.  Appointments can be made by calling 463-4732. Staff includes psychologists and clinical social workers.

Local physicians at Roseau Area Hospital are able to provide a wide variety of surgical procedures. Among them are laparoscopy including cholecystectomy (removal of the gall bladder) and tubal ligation, hernia repair, OB/Gyn procedures such as Caesarian-section and hysterectomy, PE tubes and tonsillectomy. Roseau Area Hospital’s brand new Operating Room provides a spacious and pristine environment for our surgical team to work.

A sleep study is a test that is performed to test a person for sleep abnormalities. The most common of which is Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Obstructive Sleep Apnea is a condition that occurs when the muscles of the upper airway partially or completely collapse during sleep, resulting in the closing of the airway. Symptoms may include frequent snoring, high blood pressure, being overweight, morning headaches, not waking up refreshed, difficulty concentrating or completing tasks at work, feeling sleepy during the day, dozing off easily during the day, awake at night gasping for air or choking, kicking or twitching movements during sleep, pauses in breathing, and falling asleep while driving.

MRI is proving to be very beneficial for imaging knees, shoulders, and spines. The scanner is a large magnet with exceptional image quality. Orthopedic and neurological surgeons rely on these scans to decide the right course of action for correction. MRI is also used to check arterial blood flow to organs such as the brain and kidneys. This is called MRA (magnetic resonance angiography.

CT Scans have been around a lot longer than the MRI and its application is more for injuries, stroke, and bleeds in the brain. Biopsies are done with CT guidance by a radiologist. The CT scanner is also used with injections done for pain management. A radiologist can inject a medication directly into a joint space or spinal region that can alleviate the chronic pain in instances where it is appropriate.

X-ray, or regular radiography, is performed at Roseau Area Hospital through computerized radiography. This allows the radiologist to adjust on computer the contrast (black & white) and the densities (darkness & lightness) on a film to enhance the image and obtain the most information possible. It also makes it possible to send these images to a connected site or burn on a CD or store in an archive for future comparison.

Pulmonary Rehab is an individualized education and muscle conditioning program designed to help manage individuals that have the following respiratory problems: chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, cystic fibrosis, or any other type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The program, which is held twice a week for 10 weeks, consists of exercise and education of their disease process for about an hour per session. Benefits include enhancement of doing daily tasks, reducing hospitalizations, increased exercise tolerance and performance, relief from symptoms of their respiratory disease (less short of breath), improvement in their emotional well being, and increased survival rate for some patients.

All general ultrasound is performed routinely at Roseau Area Hospital, with echocardiology done on a weekly basis. High-resolution sound waves diagnose gallstones, breast masses, fetal growth and other anomalies as well as placental and gynecology and testicular pathology. Transvaginal ultrasound is performed to better visualize small structures like ectopic (outside the uterus) pregnancy. The equipment used here is all Dicom compliant meaning it can be networked for emergency readings if necessary.

The birthing center at Roseau Area Hospital features private rooms for labor, delivery, and post partum. Each with its own private bath and whirlpool, these rooms offer a home-like environment to encourage family bonding. Quality medical equipment is available in each room. To maintain a home-like atmosphere, this equipment is neatly tucked away in cabinetry when not in use. The OB wing includes a family room for expectant relatives to relax as they wait for news of the delivery. Convenient and close to home, Roseau Area Hospital’s birthing wing provides progressive pain management techniques, and is always ready to work with expectant mothers to help them meet their birth plan.

Rehab services are performed at Lake Therapies, a department of Roseau Area Hospital & Homes. In addition to the commonly known rehabilitation categories of Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Therapy, Lake Therapies offices in Roseau, Warroad, and Greenbush offer many specialized, yet equally important services. These include splint assessments and fabrication, wound assessment and care, orthotic assessment and fittings, pre- and post-surgical exercise programs, athletic injury assessment and treatments, athlete development programming, and child to adult speech screenings.

These services at Roseau Area Hospital include sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and gastroscopy. Tests are done for purposes of diagnosis and screening. In most cases, these disorders include colon cancer and stomach complications.

Cardiac services at Roseau Area Hospital offer stress testing, which can include regular exercise stress tests, cardiolyte stress tests which are done with dye, or persantine stress tests which are accomplished with medications when a patient is unable to exercise. Stress testing is done for diagnostic purposes and screening. New equipment in this department allows the medical team to process the stress test information within one day, while some larger facilities need two days to accomplish the same testing. Patients in need of cardiac rehabilitation services can enroll in the hospital’s cardiac rehab program, supervised by specialized nurses.