hether an individual
patient needs trauma care, cardiac care, basic urgent care, or immunizations
and precautions for an
overseas trip, quality care will be provided by the Emergency Department
at the University of Washington Medical Center.
Your visit to the Emergency Department
For general information about the operation of the Emergency Medicine Service, take a virtual visit to our ER.
Fast Track
The Fast Track,
located in the Emergency Department, sees patients without critical, life-threatening
problems but who are unable to wait to visit their private physician.
A team of dedicated Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs) and
Physician Assistants (PAs), lead by Patricia Abbott, ARNP, provide primary
care in the UCS. Dr. Russell McMullen
serves as the Fast Track Medical Director.
Travel Medicine Service
(206) 598-4888
The Travel Medicine Service,
an important and unique medical service providing care to international travelers,
is
situated within the Emergency Department of the UWMC. Travel Medicine Service
visits by patients totaled 5,012 in 2005.
Social Work Service
A social worker (MSW), is on duty at the EMS, Monday to Friday from 8:30am to midnight,
Saturday from 10am to midnight, and Sunday from noon until 8pm. The MSW performs
psychiatric evaluations for Emergency Medicine Service patients, and also provides support
as well, to medical patients and their families.
Maggie Yamanaka leads a staff of MSWs who are responsible for interviewing and assessing
patients who suffer from acute psychosocial and socio-economic problems that interfere
with the ability to manage their environment. They also provide appropriate social service
referrals.
