Inside the Emergency Room
You’ll benefit from timely, efficient care in the Emergency Room at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.
We have three emergency areas to serve you best:
Priority Care Center - quick assessment and treatment for patients with non-life threatening emergencies
Trauma/Critical Care Area – for patients with life-threatening emergencies
Emergency Treatment Area – for patients who need quick
help with medical emergencies including obstetrics/gynecology,
orthopedic, and psychiatric problems, which may not be life threatening
but still require emergency care.
To reduce waiting time
Bedside registration – Nurses help you avoid delays in the waiting room by taking care of paperwork at your bedside.
Patient tracking system – We continually monitor your treatment and progress by computer.
Radiology Room – X-ray equipment is conveniently located within the Emergency area – not down the hall or on another floor.
Easy access - Surgery, Intensive Care and other vital parts of the hospital are close to the Emergency area.
Visitors
When a patient is being attended to in the emergency room, a visitor’s
pass will be given to one family member. We encourage that family
member to serve as the information contact for other loved ones.
The hospital staff cannot give information to family members without an okay from the patient.
To reach the Emergency Room at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, please call (865) 541-1285.