Once stabilization has occurred and therapy been initiated, patients are evaluated for either admission or continued outpatient treatment, with care coordinated by their primary care physician or a physician at the Medical Center if needed.
Every effort is made to involve the primary care physician in the treatment plan of the patient.
An eight-bed Express Care unit provides rapid treatment of patients with minor complaints, usually resulting in discharge within 90 minutes of registration and often in under an hour. This unit offers a designated area for the treatment of children, staffed by pediatric house officers, pediatric emergency nurses and child life specialists, and is supervised by on-site attending emergency medicine physicians. The Acute Care Unit offers a spacious and modern facility to treat acute medical, surgical, gynecological or traumatic illnesses. Every room in the ED is equipped with central monitoring capabilities so that full resuscitation can be performed on a patient of any age, from newborn to senior. The facility includes a dedicated head and neck room complete with standard dental chair and dental x-ray unit, a dedicated ophthalmology room and four critical care rooms with eight beds specifically designed for our sickest patients.