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 In an Emergency, Call 9-1-1
St. Vincent's emergency department treats over 64,000 patients each year. Our mission to deliver highly competent and dignified care to all patients who come to us for care. We treat every type of acute medical and surgical condition in people of all ages. As one of only five Regional Trauma Centers in Manhattan and the only one south of 114th Street on the west side, we are the major emergency care resource for millions of residents, workers, and visitors to lower Manhattan. Click here to read about the current renovations to the emergency department that will provide increased comfort and privacy for patients.
Care for the Most Critical Conditions
Staffed by physicians who are trained and board certified in Emergency Medicine -- who have completed residency training programs at some of the finest institutions in the country - we are highly qualified to identify and treat the most serious illnesses and injuries. We are a designated stroke, heart attack, hypothermia/cardiac arrest and Regional Trauma Center. Our Regional Trauma designation -- the highest available -- granted to us by New York State, indicates that our surgeons, board certified in cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and other specialties and subspecialties, are available within minutes to care for the most severely injured or sick patients. We are specially equipped and designated by the city to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients experiencing heart attacks, cardiac arrest and acute strokes. We routinely treat the most critical conditions at a moment's notice and have served as the front line response to many of our city's worst disasters.
Our Emergency Care Team
Our team consists of our doctors, emergency nurses and emergency technicians. They work together to streamline your care, provide for your needs and treat your illness. We also work closely with many of the other services in the hospital, and, if necessary, can obtain consultation for particularly complex cases. In addition, we have social workers dedicated to the emergency department as we understand that many of our patients have needs that impact upon their acute illness.
Institute of Emergency Care
Our own, state-of-the-art paramedic ambulances, operating through the New York City 911 EMS system, provide 24-hour coverage to the Lower Manhattan area, and our Institute of Emergency Care is the oldest continuously operating EMS training center in the New York City region, graduating some 600 paramedics and thousands of Emergency Medical Technicians who currently serve throughout the city.
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