Emergency Room

Emergency Medicine Service is a highly complex service that cares for patients of various pathologies focused on the complex subjects, trauma, cancer, transplant and pediatric patients.
Characteristics of an emergency
- Chest pain with sweating and shortness of breath.
- Fainting with loss of consciousness .
- Mutilation accidents.
- Falls, fractures or severe blows.
- Heavy bleeding.
- Sudden changes in mental abilities and/or muscle strength.
- Unusually strong and sudden headache.
- Cardiac or respiratory failure.
- Fever in children under one year.
- Appendicitis.
- Poisonings.
- Alterations in the mental state (does not recognize family members, misplaced in time or talk about inconsistencies).
Heliport with operation 24 hours a day.
Triage
The patient is quickly evaluated by trained nurses who prioritize care, based on signs and symptoms of severity; 5 levels are classified. Patients are given greater priority and safety according to the complexity and severity degree of their situation.
Fast Track Area
An area dedicated to rapid care for minor emergencies in adult and pediatric patients. The fast track service has:
- In-house physicians and orthopedists.
- Independent area.
- Exclusive waiting room.
- 21 cubicles (16 with reclining chairs and 5 with stretchers).
Our service promise: Patient admission in less than 30 minutes, discharge in approximately 3 hours for minor and simple emergencies, after evaluation of the triage.
Emergency area
Urgent and emergency care for adult and pediatric patients. It has specialties 24 hours.
● Urgentologists.
● General Surgeons.
● Internist.
● Pediatritian.
● Orthopedics.
● Intoxicated.
● Isolation room.
● Observation rooms and initial care.
● Orthopedics and traumatology.
● Attention area for patients with private policies.
Jaime Andrés Giraldo
M.D. Urgentologist, Head of Emergencies
Andrés Felipe Naranjo
M.D. Urgentologist
Alfredo Caballero
M.D. Urgentologist
Andrés Estrada
M.D Urgentologist
Maria Claudia Rojas
M.D. Urgentologist
Marcela Castro
M.D. Urgentologist
Johana Caicedo
M.D. Urgentologist
Alejandra Zuluaga
M.D. Urgentologist
Juan Pablo Acosta
M.D. Urgentologist
Maria Claudia Uribe
M.D. Urgentologist
Sebastián Betancur
M.D. Urgentologist
Maria Nelly Milfort
M.D. Urgentologist
(4) 445 94 21 Emergency Service
(4) 445 90 00 for more information
For international patients
(4) 445 9425
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24 hours 7 days a week
Located in Tower A, floor 2