Emergency Medical Services
EMR's, EMT's and paramedics
begin care to the sick and injured that will be continued in the hospital.
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Contact: Robert D. Sidman, MD, Director of Emergency Services
E-mail: rsidman@wwbh.org
Phone: (860) 823-6389
Address: 326 Washington Street | Norwich, CT 06360
Location: Backus Hospital Campus, follow signs for Emergency.
Backus Hospital's Emergency Department is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week providing comprehensive emergency medical treatment. The department provides care for more than 55,000 patients each year, and has recently been expanded and completely renovated.
The department is fully staffed with physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, as well as a staff of nurses and technicians specializing in emergency medicine, trauma, and critical care. All physicians are Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, and two of whom have additional Board certifications in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
The department has 42 beds, including nine beds in the Convenient Care area of the department.
The Emergency Department works in collaboration with emergency services such as LifeStar, trauma surgeons and nurses, various emergency transport companies throughout eastern Connecticut, and the diagnostic and testing laboratories and departments throughout the hospital to provide its patients with the most comprehensive medical treatment possible.
Backus Hospital’s Edward and Mary Lord Emergency Care and Trauma Center is one of the most modern emergency departments statewide. As part of a recent expansion, the ED is nearly double its former size to accommodate continually increasing patient volume – more than 60,000 visits per year. Despite this increase, the department routinely places among the top percentile nationwide for patient satisfaction.