Hennepin County Emergency Department

Hennepin county coordinates resources to ensure adequate preparation for large scale public health crises.

Hennepin county emergency department.

Welcome to hennepin county medical center s emergency medicine residency page. The ed peer program encompasses approximately 100 volunteers who are assigned to different areas throughout the emergency department and work closely with staff patients and other volunteers. Contact the minnesota department of human services appeals office at 651 431 3600 or hennepin county appeals representative jonathan miller at 612 543 5560. When hennepin county residents are in a financial crisis that poses a direct threat to their physical health or safety the county may be able to help by providing short term aid.

Hennepin healthcare is minnesota s premier level one trauma center and the busiest emergency department in the state. Working with residents and local state and federal government to prepare for and respond to natural and man made disasters. As one of the oldest em training programs in the country we have a long standing emphasis on innovation and cutting edge emergency care. If you have an emergency call 911.

Please visit the homepage of hennepin county medical center for details about the other departments at our institution. We are very excited that you are interested in learning more about our program. Board certified emergency medicine physicians provide 24 hour coverage and outstate emergency consultation. In 1989 hennepin healthcare was the first hospital in minnesota verified by the american college of surgeons as a level i trauma center.

The department of emergency medicine is comprised of the physicians physician assistants and staff dedicated to the delivery of emergency medical services for hcmc. Emergency temporary shelter. A hennepin county human services representative can help file the appeal forms. The emergency department is the busiest in the state with more than 90 000 visits annually.

Some of the dangerous conditions we monitor include dam breakage extreme heat fires flooding hazardous materials spills infectious disease outbreaks thunderstorms tornadoes and winter storms acts of terrorism or other man made disasters.