Department involves care of patients with acute illness or injuries that require immediate attention. Hospital has got a well equipped Department is equipped to handle all emergency cases.
Activities carried out are :
- Resuscitation . Trained Doctors resuscitate patients who are critically ill or injured.
- Triage : Patients are Prioritized based on the severity of the conditions.
Stabilization : patients are urgently attended and stabilized to prevent further deterioration.
Transfer : After emergency treatment patients are transferred to concerned departments if required referred to higher centre.
Thinking on our feet and taking the right calls can make the difference between life and death.
Our emergency department works quickly and efficiently under nerve-wracking circumstances while handling all types of cases, from minor to the most challenging. Using an all-hands-on-deck approach to saving lives and specialising in emergency treatment, we thus administer the best possible critical care to all our patients.
Our emergency team works in a layered hierarchy to ensure that resources are used judiciously and with maximum precision. A Resedential Medical Officer (RMO) is on duty 24X7. Our Chief Physician round the clock attends required Emergencies. There is also a senior Sister-in-charge who is assisted by skilled staff nurses and nursing assistants. Cases requiring special attention are further attended by the respective speciality consultant.
After a patient is stabilised, Consultants take a call on whether he/she needs to be admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or the wards.
Patients who need to be admitted to the ICU but refuse to do so must sign a consent from stating that they have taken this decision at their own risk.
Patient requiring minor procedure it is done at treatment room. Patient who require observation and Day care are admitted for short term duration and is discharged after stabilising the condition.
Treatment Room
We carry out all minor procedures such as dressings, suturing, reduction & plastering, plaster cutting, injections, suture removal etc. This department is equipped with all necessary equipments and articles. Patients who avail of these services are referred either by our OPD or by the visiting Consultants. For referred patients a letter from the treating Doctor is mandatory .
Medico-Legal cases
Medico Legal cases will not be send out of Hospital unless all the formalities are completed. In case of death before releasing the body Police clearance is required. After registering as Medico legal, to obtain any patient documents court order is required. Medico legal procedures will be undertaken even if the patient is referred after giving first aid in the Emergency department.