Detroit Receiving Hospital is a 320-bed adult tertiary care facility specializing in trauma care and emergency medicine, and located on the central medical campus of the Detroit Medical Center.

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Emergency Medicine

More than 84,000 patients are seen in Detroit Receiving's emergency department (ED) each year, with approximately 25% requiring hospital admission. The ED also serves as medical control for pre-hospital care in southeastern Michigan and houses a base station telemetry unit to facilitate communication with Detroit Emergency Medical Services. The ED is currently undergoing a $20 million renovation, expected to be completed in 2004.

In 2001, Detroit Receiving's ED ranked among the top emergency rooms in metropolitan Detroit, according to a poll of nearly 170,000 households, conducted by National Research Corporation (NRC), a national leader in healthcare performance measurement and the market research industry.

Current, the patient care space in the ED is comprised of three functional areas: the acute care area, ambulatory care reception center and observation care unit. The acute care area is composed of four modules (each with 8 patient bays, 2 of which are critical care beds), an emergency medicine observation unit (EMO) for which we utilize our observation medicine protocols (3 patient bays, all monitored), a resuscitation suite (3 critical care bays), an individual pelvic examination room, an orthopedic cast room, a STAT laboratory, a 4 room x-ray suite, a CT scan suite, and a satellite pharmacy.

The ambulatory reception center is adjacent to the acute care area and contains 5 individual examination rooms, an eye room with a slit lamp, and a holding room with 1 stretcher and an ENT examination chair. The observation care unit is located down a hallway from the acute care area and is an 18-bed unit which includes 3 telemetry patient bays and an isolation room.

A separate area, maintained for emergency psychiatry care, is staffed around the clock by psychiatrists, social workers, and nurses. The total number of beds is 89, including 11 critical care beds, 3 emergency medicine observation unit beds with telemetry capabilities, and 3 observation care unit beds with cardiac monitoring capability. Approximately 230 patients are seen in a 24-hour period throughout the entire emergency department.

Detroit Receiving has a long history and strong tradition of training physicians in emergency medicine (EM). In 1976, before EM was recognized as a specialty, DRH began a postgraduate EM training program.

For more information on emergency medicine at the Detroit Medical Center, click here. Also, click to purchase the Detroit Receiving Hospital Emergency Medicine Handbook.

For more information, contact:

Department of Emergency Medicine
Detroit Receiving Hospital
4201 St. Antoine, Suite 3R
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: (313) 745-3330
Fax: (313) 745-3653

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