DEPARTMENTS & SERVICE

The Emergency Medicine Department (EMD) assesses, diagnoses and manages promptly and compassionately a wide variety of patients ranging from patients with urgent complaints to critical life-saving cases through a team of highly qualified and licensed emergency physicians, simultaneously competent registered and practical nurses as well as interns and residents in collaboration with different departments and hospital specialists. The EMD can accommodate a large number of patients in its cubicles, resuscitation and recovery rooms which are well equipped with advanced and proximate equipment to facilitate prompt application of various types of emergency procedures.

Prompt management includes:

- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) with rapid MRI and initiation of treatment for better outcome

- Myocardial Infarction (MI) with immediate catheterization when needed and prompt arrhythmia management

- Polytrauma handled swiftly by a team of trained specialists

-  Ophthalmic, ENT, Gastrointestinal, Obstetrical and Gynecological, pediatrics, orthopedics and all other emergencies are promptly managed at our ER

Our EMD team manages emergency airlifts through the Helipad situated on the top of the hospital for quick rescue services.

EMD physicians and nurses are part of the Lebanese European Academy for Emergency Medicine (LEAEM) which aims at training healthcare workers and civilians in emergency medicine as well as Land Air and Water Emergency Transportation.