Emergency

Recently renovated and expanded, the ED of NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital is serving the surrounding community around the clock. We accommodate more than 40,000 patients a year, with over 7,000 subsequently admitted for inpatient care. We are also a 911-designated receiving hospital, treating both adult and pediatric walk-in patients. Our state-of-the-art emergency facility is designed to enhance the quality and efficiency of care while providing a comfortable environment for both patients and colleagues.

ED nurses make full use of the multidisciplinary expertise across our hospital. Physicians of various specialties, along with other disciplines of the healthcare team, regularly collaborate with the ED team. Special features include the Chest Pain Center and the Pediatric Room, a child-friendly area separate from the rest of the ED. Pediatric patients requiring admission are transferred to one of our other sites.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center is a Level II Adult Trauma Center. We provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for severely injured patients. As a 911 receiving facility, we have approximately 137,000 visits per year through our Adult Emergency Department (ED), UrgiCare Center, Pediatric ED and Comprehensive Psychiatric ED. These services reflect our overarching clinical mission: to provide emergency and specialty care to our community.

The Adult Emergency Department alone cares for approximately 73,000 patients annually, 35% of whom arrive by ambulance. We admit around one-fourth of all Adult ED patients to the hospital, a significant number of whom require resuscitation and intensive care. We run an active Chest Pain Evaluation Program in collaboration with our Division of Cardiology. Digital radiology technology (PACS) is available throughout the department, as is the web-based Clinical Information System (giving immediate access to patient-care data).

NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is a Level I Regional Pediatric Trauma Center, with the ability to accept any and all pediatric patients. Our Pediatric ED provides treatment to nearly 50,000 patients a year and handles nearly half of all admissions to NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. Over the past seven years, our pediatric volume has increased a dramatic 40%.

Our patients benefit from being cared for by highly skilled specialty nurses, who offer emergency treatment for the full range of illness and injuries. Our new ED opens in 2011. Not only will we be able to expand our services beyond what we offer now, the new facility will also have the technological and safety amenities expected in a post-9/11 world. That includes a separate HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) system that could sustain its own uncontaminated air supply in the event of a dirty bomb or biological attack.

As a Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level I Regional Pediatric Trauma Center, our NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center location is one of the busiest EDs in New York City. We house the full range of resources necessary to care for the most severely injured and critically ill patients. Our ED cares for over 68,000 patients annually, 17,000 of whom are admitted for inpatient care.

In addition, our ED is ready to accept critically ill patients who are referred to us from other hospitals. Patients experiencing severe burn conditions are directed here from our five NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital sites, our health care system partners and beyond.