When you need specialized care in a hurry, count on the professionals at Hillcrest Hospital's Emergency and Trauma Center, 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week. Hillcrest Hospital has also created a state-of-the-art Pediatric Emergency Unit to diagnose and treat young patients.
Emergency care is provided by a team of experienced, highly trained and dedicated professionals. Independent physicians are specially trained and certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Registered nurses working in the Emergency Department have received training and certification in advanced life support, mobile intensive care nursing and trauma care.
To our trauma surgeons and emergency staff, saving lives is not a job, it's a lifestyle that they take very seriously. Hillcrest is a Level II Trauma Center, the second highest trauma rating a hospital can receive. We are ready to handle any emergency from a simple cut to life-threatening injuries.
The Hillcrest Hospital Chest Pain Center provides intensive cardiac treatment within our highly specialized Emergency Department, Level II Trauma Center.
The Pain Center offers an independent cardiologist on call 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week. Our specially trained medical staff will make an evaluation, admission or discharge determination within four hours, provide bedside monitoring and perform established treatment protocols.
As an emergency department, we see patients according to the severity of illness or injury. Most routine blood tests and x-rays require time for processing. Some medical problems require an observation period and while some patients respond quickly to medication or treatment, other do not. Also, it may tike time to reach a patient's private physician regarding treatment. All of these factors can make an emergency visit seem longer; but it's important that we give patient's as much time as needed to provide proper care.
Emergency and trauma service charges can be paid by Medicare, Medicaid, prepaid health plans and commercial insurance coverage. If you have questions regarding hospital charges, please call the Hillcrest Hospital billing office at 216.636.8500.
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE)
Hillcrest Hospital has a staff of top-notch resources to help a sexual assault patient throughout the healing process. Hillcrest has nurses 24 hours a day, seven days a week with additional training to become forensic nurses – or Sexual Assault Nursing Examiners (SANE). This 24/7 care makes Hillcrest a designated Sexual Assault Response Team hospital – just one of four in the Cleveland area. Dedicated to caring for the sexual assault patient with compassion and professionalism, sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE's) are expert at obtaining and documenting history, medical legal examination, crisis intervention and precise evidence collection.
Today, prosecutors in Ohio can use 98 percent of evidence collected from SANE units as compared to 30 percent from non-SANE trained examiners. It is also part of theforensic nurse examiner's role to testify his or her findings in a court of law. For more information please call 440.312.7890.
For more information about the Emergency Department, please call 440.312.4600.