Emergency Medicine

We treat conditions that pose a threat to life, limb, or have a significant risk of death.

Emergency medicine is a medical specialty in which physicians and allied health caregivers care for patients with acute illnesses or injuries which require immediate medical attention. While not usually providing long-term or continuing care, emergency medicine practitioners diagnose a variety of illnesses and undertake acute interventions to stabilize the patient.

At Gila Regional, emergency medicine caregivers practice

• hospital Emergency Department, 
• in pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services at locations where initial medical treatment of illness takes place,
• and recently the Special Care Unit.

Emergency practitioners aim to diagnose emergent conditions and stabilize the patient for definitive care.