Emergency Services provides emergency medical care to all patients presenting with an emergent, urgent or a non-urgent condition(s).
The Duke Emergency Department (ED) is a designated Level 1 Emergency Department and Trauma Center staffed and equipped to provide initial stabilization and emergency care to critically ill adult and pediatric injured patients. Included within the department is a dedicated Pediatric Unit, Psychiatric Unit, Trauma Unit, Clinical Evaluation Unit, and a four-bay Triage area. The Emergency Department staff has been built on a foundation of teamwork with the goal of providing excellent care to every one of their patients.
Life Flight
Duke Life Flight is Duke’s critical care transport program, providing emergency air and ground transport to all of North Carolina, as well as portions of South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee. North Carolina’s first hospital-based helicopter service, Life Flight has been transporting critically ill or injured adults, children, and neonatal patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week, since 1985.
Life Flight staff are dedicated to quickly getting patients to the appropriate medical facilities when time and/or specialized skills or resources are vital to their outcomes.
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