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The Emergency Department (ED) at MMC is a state-of-the-art facility designed to meet the needs of a high-volume, tertiary-care patient population. | |||
The ED is the busiest in Maine and serves approximately 70,000 patients per year from Maine and New Hampshire, as well as visitors from all over the world. | |||
Its ED utilizes some of the most advanced technologic and therapeutic treatment modalities available in emergency medicine today, including bedside ultrasonography, light-speed CT scanning, digital radiography, and advanced airway management systems. The MMC ED is the gateway to the most advanced trauma system in Maine. It offers a full spectrum of emergency and trauma care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to patients of all ages. | |||
The ED is staffed 24 hours a day by board-certified emergency medicine physicians. The MMC ED is home to the original, and still only one of two emergency medicine residency-training programs in northern New England. In addition, the full spectrum of sub-specialists, such as cardiologists, neurosurgeons, orthopedists and neonatologists, are available to assist in the care of our patients. Emergency nurses are highly-trained in all areas of emergency care and maintain specialty certifications in the administration of advanced adult and pediatric life support as well as adult and pediatric trauma care. | |||
Its department serves patients from two locations. The Bramhall Campus Emergency Department is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and provides all types of emergency and trauma care. Brighton FirstCare is open from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM daily and cares for patients with urgent injuries and illnesses. | |||
==Leadership== | ==Leadership== | ||
Revision as of 03:59, 29 April 2016
History
The Emergency Department (ED) at MMC is a state-of-the-art facility designed to meet the needs of a high-volume, tertiary-care patient population.
The ED is the busiest in Maine and serves approximately 70,000 patients per year from Maine and New Hampshire, as well as visitors from all over the world.
Its ED utilizes some of the most advanced technologic and therapeutic treatment modalities available in emergency medicine today, including bedside ultrasonography, light-speed CT scanning, digital radiography, and advanced airway management systems. The MMC ED is the gateway to the most advanced trauma system in Maine. It offers a full spectrum of emergency and trauma care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to patients of all ages.
The ED is staffed 24 hours a day by board-certified emergency medicine physicians. The MMC ED is home to the original, and still only one of two emergency medicine residency-training programs in northern New England. In addition, the full spectrum of sub-specialists, such as cardiologists, neurosurgeons, orthopedists and neonatologists, are available to assist in the care of our patients. Emergency nurses are highly-trained in all areas of emergency care and maintain specialty certifications in the administration of advanced adult and pediatric life support as well as adult and pediatric trauma care.
Its department serves patients from two locations. The Bramhall Campus Emergency Department is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and provides all types of emergency and trauma care. Brighton FirstCare is open from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM daily and cares for patients with urgent injuries and illnesses.
Leadership
- Department Chair: Michael Baumann, MD
- Program Director: Andrew Perron, FACEP, MD
- Associate/Assistant Program Director:
- Research Director: Tania Strout, Ph.D
Training Locations
Primary Hospital
Maine Medical Center
Secondary Hospital
Curriculum
PGY1
- ED - 5 months
- ED/Ultrasound - 1 month
- Anesthesia - 1 month
- Cardiology - 1 month
- Critical Care - 1 month
- OB - 1 month
- Pediatrics - 1 month
- Trauma -1 month
PGY2
- ED-7 months
- Critical Care - 2 months
- Elective - 1 month
- Toxicology - 1 month
- Trauma - 1 month
PGY3
- ED-8 months
- Admin/EMS - 1 month
- Elective - 1 month
- PICU - 1month
- Teaching - 1month
Electives
Fellowships
Contact Information
Residency Coordinator: Jana Ricker Phone: +1 207 662 7050 Fax: +1 207 662 7054
External Links
http://www.mmc.org/emergency-medicine-residency