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St. Joseph’s Emergency Department Expansion:
EMS Resources
St. Joseph's Hospital is renovating and expanding our Emergency Department. During this time we are asking for EMS partnership to ensure we best meet your needs, as well as the needs of patients and visitors. Construction of the Emergency Department will take approximately 10 months to complete and will occur in three phases. Phase one started March 1, 2009.
We will continue to update this page throughout the construction project.
Phase 2 - began April 2, 2009
Phase 2 includes our north wing, driveway and parking lot near the Emergency Department.
- Only critical care patients should be dropped off at the emergency department entrance.
- Non-critical/non-urgent care patients will be directed to our Exchange Street
entrance.
- See maps for EMS patient drop-off locations (pdf).
St. Joseph's Hospital is committed to partnering with all of our EMS partners to ensure the best possible care for our patients and ease in access of services to our EMS providers. Here is some things we have put into place to meet the needs of both our patients and EMS partners:
- A covered awning will extend out to 10th Street to protect EMS and patients from weather conditions.
- Designated ambulance-only parking will be reserved for EMS crews while transporting patients.
- New signage has been placed around the campus to help direct EMS both inside and outside of the hospital.
- Hospital security will be stationed at the ED entrance to help with traffic flow and direct EMS partners.
- A refreshment station is available in the ED for all EMS providers.
- Laminated maps available for quick reference in ambulances.
Phase 3 - February 2010
In February 2010 the new ambulance garage and new emergency department expansion will be complete. All service will move into the new space and renovation of the old emergency room will begin.
If you have feedback or questions
During construction, we'd like to know how we are doing. We have placed a suggestion box at the refreshment station in the ED. Each month we will be posting communications regarding your input on a communications board within the ED department and here on our web site. We will also be pulling a name from the suggestion box each month for a special prize.
If there is anything that we can do to make access or communication easier, we want to hear from you.
Mike McMahan, Operations Executive
Phone: 651-232-2784
memcmahan@healtheast.org
Melanie Gullixson, Emergency Department Director
Phone: 651-232-3555
Pager: 651-864-0741