Emergency Services

In 1997, FMCH completed a new Emergency Department addition, which was built on the north side of the hospital complex. This addition houses the Emergency Room. Its design features a multi-track entry system to reduce waiting time for patients and provide for each individual's care through the most appropriate unit. The Emergency Room is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to treat conditions when a patients' regular physician is unavailable.

Features of the Emergency Room include:

• Accredited Level III Area Trauma Care Facility
  
• Physician-staffed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
  
• A spacious, circular drive-through to accommodate multiple emergency vehicles
  
• A decontamination shower room
  
• A large, double-bay trauma room and two private treatment rooms
  
• A private consultation room for families dealing with grief over a loved one in trauma or in a life-threatening situation
  
• 3 Clinic examination rooms to "fast-track" our non-emergency patients
  
• Holding room for those patients who require extended observation with all the comforts of a normal patient room
  

Appropriately, the Emergency Department is situated between the hospital's Surgery and Radiology Departments and is just opposite the hospital's lighted helicopter pad. This layout is most advantageous when dealing with cases of trauma or life-threatening situations.


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