Emergency Care

Inside our emergency room—named the Hope Emergency Center—we can help you with many different injuries and sicknesses, including:

• Terrible pains in your stomach or back
• Unexplained bleeding
• Head injuries
• Broken bones
• High fever—especially in babies and children
• Serious burns
• Seizures—this could mean epilepsy

We also treat non-emergency things like minor cuts, mild asthma, and sprains.

You should call 911 if you have any of these symptoms:

• Experiencing pain in the chest
• A headache that comes on very fast and is so bad that you can’t function
• Suddenly can’t talk normally
• Feel weak on one side of your body
• Feel suddenly off-balance

Sometimes a trip to the emergency room means you might also need to stay at the hospital for a brief time. Some of the reasons you might need to stay overnight, or for several nights, might be:

• Head injury
• Heart attack
• Internal bleeding
• Serious burns
• Stroke

You’re in labor. You’re having a baby! That means you need to come to the hospital. Our maternity team is ready 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Having a baby is the most natural thing in the world, but being in a hospital can make it a lot easier. We have very skilled doctors, midwives, and nurses to take care of you and your baby as he or she enters the world. Your own private room, sleeping space for your partner or support person, and a state-of-the-art infant security system are available to all new moms who give birth at our hospital.

Read more about having your baby here.

Sometimes you need an operation. For example, you may have appendicitis and need your appendix removed. Or, you may have severe broken bones that require surgery.

At our hospital, our highly trained surgery team is here for you. Our team includes surgeons, other necessary doctors like anesthesiologists, operating room nurses, and more.

We have the latest technology for your safety and good outcomes. You’ll find comfortable recovery rooms and pain management specialists to help ease your recovery.

We do everything we can to ensure that our hospital is a safe environment for our patients and visitors. A security check is part of every emergency room visit.

For the privacy of our patients in the treatment area, family members or friends are asked to remain in the waiting room while you receive treatment. Our nurses will offer to give updates to whoever is waiting for you.

If you need a type of treatment that we don’t provide yet, we may transfer you from our emergency room to another hospital that provides that service.

After a doctor says, "Ok, we're going to send you home now," there are a few more steps. First, a nurse will give you instructions for taking care of yourself at home. You may also get a prescription. When it’s time for you to go, the nurse will take your hospital ID from you and let you know you’re all set.