Emergency Room (ER)
NOTICE: Routine COVID-19 testing for people without COVID symptoms is NOT available in our Emergency Department. If you need a COVID-19 test, please visit a COVID-19 testing site or use an at-home test.
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Access to the Main Emergency Room Entrance is at 23 Rawson Avenue.
Complete Emergency Care That Goes Beyond The ER
The Anna Jaques Hospital Gerrish Family Foundation Emergency Department offers some of the most advanced emergency services available in a community hospital setting. Our team cares for an estimated 27,000 people annually—24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Urgent Care Centers and freestanding Emergency Rooms can't offer the comprehensive care of a full service Emergency Department of Anna Jaques where we treat people of all ages with minor and major illnesses and injuries — and specially trained doctors and nurses available when you need them most.
Featuring:
- Tele-stroke service with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Consults/Referrals across 50 specialties
- Radiology
- Laboratory
- Diagnostic Imaging (CT Scan, MRI, etc.)
- Open 24 hrs /365 days a year
- Access to more in-network providers
Treating:
- Abdominal Pain
- Allergic Reactions
- Animal Bites
- Asthma
- Back Pain
- Coughs
- Cuts or lacerations
- Dislocations
- Drug Overdose
- Eye Infections
- Fever
- Flu Symptoms
- Food Poisoning
- Fractures or broken bones
- Heart Issues (chest pain)
- Heat Stroke
- Migraines
- Minor burns
- Rashes
- Seizures
- Sinus Infections
- Sore Throat/ Cough
- Sprains
- Stroke Symptoms (changes in speech, limb weakness, numbness, dizziness)
- Tick Bites
- Upper respiratory infections
- Uncontrolled Bleeding
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
- Vomiting
- Workplace Injuries
Experience and Expertise for Every Member of the Family
Our Gerrish Family Foundation Emergency Department is staffed by highly skilled, expert physicians and midlevel providers (nurse practitioners and physician assistants). Our nurses are specifically trained in emergency medicine, and all of our full-time emergency physicians are board certified in emergency medicine. This is an exceptional qualification that only a few community hospitals can claim. It means that each of our emergency physicians has individually undergone rigorous training to gain board certification specifically in emergency medicine.
Read more about our high quality care and patient satisfaction.
Gerrish Family Fast Track Service
Designed to reduce wait times in the Gerrish Family Foundation Emergency Department, Fast Track sees patients with minor illnesses or injuries that require treatment, but not extensive evaluations, in a shorter period of time. Our goal is to have all Fast Track patients seen, treated, and released in two hours or less.
Named for a generous gift by the Gerrish Family, the Gerrish Family Foundation Fast Track officially opened in fall 2008. The long-awaited improvement to the Emergency Department added 2500 square feet of Fast Track space with four treatment rooms, a nurse's station, a mid-level practitioner's office, and waiting room, all well integrated into the main ED.
The Gerrish Family Fast Track Service is open seven days a week, 10:00 am to 10:00 pm.
Practices
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