Whether you have a sprained ankle from a run on the boardwalk or you're in the midst of a life-threatening heart attack, it's comforting to know the emergency staff at Shore Memorial is ready, willing and able to help.
Emergency medicine is the only specialty that allows doctors to use every facet of medicine.
In addition, each one of our specially trained nurses is certified in the latest life-saving techniques and emergency care. When the emer-gency room is particularly crowded, initial treatment and diagnostic tests may begin in the waiting room. About one-quarter of Shore's emergency patients are children. Detailed accounts of former pediatric cases show how deeply involved the staff gets. After we treated him, I found his butterfly net under the gurney.