The first of its kind in Alabama, Brookwood’s $19 million freestanding emergency room will provide hospital-level emergency services for children and adults. The 19,598-square-foot facility will provide around-the-clock-care by board-certified emergency medicine physicians with specialty physicians available 24 hours a day. It will also participate in the Birmingham Regional EMS System Trauma Net for EMS protocols, according to the report.
The facility will have 24-hour fully staffed laboratory services, along with pharmacy and diagnostic services, including CT, MRI, X-ray and ultrasound. Triage protocols will be in place for stabilization and immediate transfer of patients requiring care from existing acute-care hospitals in the Birmingham area, and helipad will be available for emergency air transfer.
The facility will bring emergency services closer to resident of the growing area around Highway 280, according to the report.
Read the release about the Brookwood Medical Center freestanding emergency department.
