Services
Hanover Hospital's Emergency Department provides care and treatment for acute and non-acute injuries and illnesses.
The ED Physicians specialize in emergency medicine. Emergency Department Nurses have Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification and many are Certified Emergency Nurses with Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification.
Our recent expansion of the Emergency Department provides patients with a different kind of emergency room experience. Emphasis has been placed on increasing efficiency in patient flow, privacy and confidentiality, customer comfort and satisfaction and new state-of-the-art equipment for the entire department.
The Emergency Department has grown 110% in area from 8,700 square feet to 18,300 square feet, increasing the number of patient beds from 14 to 23. Each patient care area is a private room with telephone and television amenities for patient convenience and relaxation.
The Emergency Department is maximizing its efficiency in patient flow from admission to discharge or admission to the hospital. Each area features patient cardiac monitoring and equipment to handle a cardiac emergency. The Emergency is also equipped with a vacuum tube system to speed transmission of specimens to the laboratory improving diagnosis time. A specialized electronic patient tracking system also improves efficiency by prompting the completion of diagnostic testing. The facility also features a helipad to decrease transport time by up to one hour for those who are critically ill or injured.
Our focus on customer needs and comfort is evident in the design of the attractive, larger waiting room. The waiting room features a children's area and a video library that is accessible to our customers. Comfort, care and convenience offer patients, family and friends a different kind of Emergency Room experience at Hanover Hospital.
Hanover Hospital's Emergency Department is not a trauma center. Seriously injured trauma patients will be stabilized at Hanover Hospital and then transported to a certified trauma unit.
Patients requiring psychiatric or detox treatments will be stabilized and transported to a certified psychiatric or detox facility.
CARE FLIGHT SERVICE
Hanover Hospital's Emergency Department features a helipad that provides access for efficient, life-saving helicopter transport to certified trauma facilities.
AMBULANCE SERVICE
In an emergency, please call 911 and an ambulance will be sent to you immediately. The Emergency Department at Hanover Hospital is in direct radio contact with ambulance crews and can receive information about a patient while an ambulance is still en route to the hospital. This allows our physicians to begin diagnosis and treatment even before the patient's arrival, which can save precious seconds in emergency cases.
WHEN TO CALL 911
Medical emergencies happen far more often than you may think. Chances are that you, a close friend or family member will need emergency care during the course of an average year. Because seconds can make a difference, it is important to become familiar with the emergency numbers in your area. If you live in Adams or York Counties in Pennsylvania or Carroll County in Maryland and have a life-threatening emergency or need an ambulance, call 911.
Life-threatening situations require immediate medical intervention. Call 911 whenever the following symptoms are involved:
- Loss of consciousness
- Chest pain
- Difficulty breathing
- Extensive burns
- Weakness to one side of the body or difficulty speaking
- Poisoning
- Severe allergic reactions
- Severe, unaccustomed headache
- Chemical injuries
These are only examples, of course; you must use your own judgment to decide if an ambulance is needed.
MEDIC 46
Hanover Hospital has one of the few hospital-based medic units remaining. We are privileged to have the paramedics and ALS providers on site for continuity of care.