Emergency & Trauma - Overview

The Department of Emergency and Trauma is the first point of contact for patients in need of emergency medical care. It provides immediate care to patients with life threatening, frequently complex medical and surgical illnesses. The facilities available are at par with international standards and are available 24x7. It has the only dedicated Surgical Trauma Services in the region.

The department is well designed to enable rapid assessment and management of critical patients. It has a dedicated triage area with two resuscitation beds that are equipped with all required infrastructure needed to save lives. It is complemented with ten observation beds with monitors to treat patients till their transfer to definitive patient care areas. The department has an attached operation theatre and a procedure room. In addition, Blood Bank, Radiology Services and Medical ICU are situated within the complex to prevent any time loss and patient discomfort.

The department is staffed with qualified and trained Emergency Physicians and Nurses who follow international protocols such as Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS). The Emergency and trauma team is fully supported with round-the-clock availability of specialists from Trauma Surgery, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Plastic surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Anesthesia, Critical Care, Pediatrics and Neonatology.

The department provides emergency medical services in the area by six ambulances. Two Advanced Life Support ambulances are capable of shifting critically ill patients. These ambulances are equipped with ventilators, multichannel physiologic monitoring systems, infusion pumps, continuous oxygen supply, advanced airway equipments, defibrillators, splints, spine boards, dressing materials and emergency drugs. Services are well connected to the command centre in the department by mobile phones and GPRS system. The ambulances are staffed by qualified and trained paramedics for achieving quality patient care outside the hospital.

The department conducts regular mock drills and training of the staff to maintain its state of preparedness in the event of disasters like road traffic accidents, poisonings, bomb blasts etc.

In case of emergency dial 0120- 4188188, 4173002 for Emergency Medical Services