The Emergency Department is a full-service department which sees the full spectrum of patients, a volume of 54,000 patients and a wide range of pathology and acuity.
Patients arrive from throughout northwestern New Jersey via helicopter and ambulance.
There is a separate waiting area and examination area for pediatric patients. There is an extensive emergency medicine library available on-site. The Emergency Department is the base station for the MICU State certified paramedics provide pre-hospital care, under physician control, via voice communication with the Emergency Department base station. The MICU Medical Director is a member of the Department of Emergency Medicine.