Emergency care
Emergency room (ER) in Savannah, Georgia
If you experience a life-threatening event, we are ready to give you prompt medical attention.
At Memorial Health University Medical Center, our doctors provide 24/7 emergency care for individuals of all ages. In addition to adult care, we have dedicated ERs for newborns and children, as well as devoted trauma and stroke centers.
Expert advice, available 24/7
Free health-related advice is just a phone call away. Our licensed nurses will help you understand your symptoms, answer health-related questions, and navigate where to seek care.
Free health-related advice is just a phone call away. Our licensed nurses will help you understand your symptoms, answer health-related questions, and navigate where to seek care.
About our emergency department
Our goal is to provide seamless support for you and your family. To do this, our emergency department offers a variety of services that allow for continuous care throughout treatment and recovery.
Dedicated stroke center
A stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain has been interrupted, requiring emergency care to prevent permanent damage.
Our board-certified emergency medicine physicians work alongside our on-site neurologists to provide potentially life-saving care, identifying and treating strokes as soon as possible.
Emergency care for children
Level I Trauma Center
Neonatal intensive care
Our emergency care providers
Our emergency department includes a multispecialty team of doctors, surgeons and nurses who are committed to providing high-quality care when you need it most.
We collaborate with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to continuously improve our heart attack transport and door-to-balloon times, as well as our stroke door-to-treatment times.
ER vs. urgent care
Deciding between emergency or urgent care isn’t always easy, especially in the moment. We help you differentiate between the two, so you know where to go when you need swift medical treatment.
Conditions treated in the ER
Go to the closest ER as soon as possible if you experience any of the following:
- Asthma attacks
- Behavioral health issues
- Broken bones
- Chronic abdominal pain
- Concussion
- Head trauma
- Heart attack
- Open wounds
- Seizures
- Serious chest pain
- Severe allergic reaction
- Strokes
- Traumatic injuries
- Trouble breathing
Conditions treated in urgent care
Our urgent care centers provide treatment for commonplace sicknesses and injuries, such as flu symptoms and ankle sprains. However, unlike our ER facilities, our walk-in clinics aren't open 24/7 and are unable to treat more serious conditions.
Through urgent care, we treat a variety of conditions, including:
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Common colds
- Ear infection
- Flu (influenza)
- Head lice
- Minor cuts and falls
- Mononucleosis (mono)
- Pink eye (conjunctivitis)
- Strep throat
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
If you are unsure whether a symptom requires emergency or urgent care, our Consult-a-Nurse® line is available 24/7 at (844) 706-8773 (844-70 NURSE). Consult-A-Nurse is a free service from our HCA Hospitals designed to provide you with health information and physician referrals. Our nurses staff our free hotline to help you determine the right type of care for your injury or illness before you leave home.
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Emergency care