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Emergency Care, Close to Home
Effingham Hospital is a Level IV Trauma Center with a proven track record of providing advanced trauma life support. The ER includes dedicated, fully equipped treatment rooms for trauma, cardiac, and stroke (includes REACH for telemedicine) and observation.
HOURS: Open Monday-Sunday, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
LOCATION: Effingham Hospital, 459 Hwy 119 South, Springfield, GA 31329
You Spoke, and We Listened
Our Emergency Room treats almost 21,000 patients each year. We have added additional treatment space within our Emergency Room, which, along with dedication and commitment to innovation and best practices, will improve your patient experience.
Emergency Medicine Specialists
Our entire team of Emergency Medicine Specialists is board-certified and residency-trained to specialize in Emergency and Trauma Care to treat all patients—including newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. The nursing staff is Trauma Nursing Core Certified—with training in rapid identification of life-threatening injuries, comprehensive patient assessment, and enhanced intervention for better patient outcomes.
A Modern Emergency Department
The Effingham Health System Emergency Department is a newly remodeled, modern facility that provides the best possible care in a calm, comforting environment. The facility’s state-of-the-art resources include private rooms and telemedicine capabilities that link the ER team to specialist partners who provide life-saving expertise in emergencies.
Every Minute Counts for Stroke and Heart Attack
As a Critical Access, Level IV Trauma Center, the goal of Effingham Health System is to stabilize patients and mitigate the risk of further damage through triage and immediate treatment. In the case of a heart attack, our emergency physicians can stabilize the patient and administer life-saving drugs before transferring him or her to a catheterization lab. For stroke patients, we have direct access to neurologists through state-of-the-art Telemedicine equipment and our partnership in the St. Joseph’s/Candler Regional Stroke NET-work.
Effingham Health System has a transfer agreement to ensure a patient can be transferred to a higher level of care due to the status of the patient, noted by the provider. Transfer options for critically ill patients include medical helicopter transport.
