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 When seconds count, you’ll find North Valley Hospital’s 24-hour Emergency Department equipped with highly qualified doctors, nurses and staff and state-of-the-art technology. To meet or patients'needs, our Imaging Department is a short distance from Emergency offering MRI, ultrasound, 64-slice CAT scans, echocardiograms and X-ray. Our 24-hour Laboratory has a physician/nurse entrance right inside the Emergency Department. If a surgery is required, we have a General Surgeon on-call 24-hours a day to provide you with the necessary care.
The Emergency Department works in collaboration with a variety of physician practices to ensure that each patient receives the appropriate level of care needed. For specialized services, physicians on-call are available for consultation. These services include: orthopedic, obstetrical, gynecological, urological, general surgery, internal medicine and pediatrics. The specialized physician services are billed separately from North Valley Hospital.
North Valley Hospital’s Emergency Department has a centralized monitoring system/physician and nurse station for the six private treatment rooms and two trauma. We are open 24 hours/day, seven days/week to provide comprehensive emergency medical treatment. The department is staffed each day with physicians and nurses trained to provide you or your loved ones with the proper care needed. Our triage nurse assesses patients and prioritizs their condition or severity of symptoms. This may mean that patients who arrive after you and have more critical issues may be seen before you. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
 To accommodate the entire family, the Emergency Department’s main waiting area offers privacy from the rest of the hospital; a family consultation and grieving room is available. Should the patient require treatment not available at our facility, our team will arrange transfer by ambulance or air transport to a facility that can provide the services you need. Upon release from North Valley Hospital, discharge instructions will be provided including follow-up care and applicable medication instructions. In some cases, you may need assistance from a family member or friend to ensure your safe return home.
North Valley Hospital is designated as a Community Trauma Center. The Emergency Department staff at NVH has been training, updating equipment and creating new policies and procedures regarding trauma care the past two years. The designation means that NVH is approved to care for seriously injured patients; however, major traumas may be transferred to a higher level center. Due to seasonal tourism combined with a wide variety of outdoor activites, trauma seems to be on the rise. North Valley Hospital's Emergency team is fully capable and equipped to respond with the necessary care that trauma patients need.
In the event that you need emergency care, North Valley Hospital is here to serve you.
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| For non-emergencies call |
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