Lake Charles Emergency Medicine
Innovative, Modern & Coordinated Emergency Care
Critical care requires the full support of a TEAM of experts and specialists all in ONE place. Every step of your care has been carefully considered from treatment to recovery because a heart attack, stroke or fractured hip doesn't stop at the emergency room.
Emergency Center
Memorial's newest milestone, the 40-bed, 26,000 sq. ft. Emergency Center, doubles the size of our previous ER and includes a CT and digital x-ray technology in the center with specialized treatment areas for trauma and critical care, mental health and fast track non-critical emergencies.
Trauma Center
Memorial is accredited by the American College of Surgeons as the only Level III Trauma Center serving Southwestern Louisiana.
Telestroke Program
Memorial's TeleStroke Program was created in partnership with Tulane Medical Center. The program is a form of telemedicine that provides Memorial patients with enhanced in-house stroke care and 24-hour access to Tulane Medical Center’s specialized stroke experts.
Primary Stroke Center
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s
Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Primary
Stroke Certification. Joint Commission standards are developed in consultation with
health care experts and providers, measurement experts and patients. The
reviewers also conducted onsite observations and interviews.
The Joint Commission measured Memorial against national standards for the care of stroke patients and Memorial has met these guideline standards thanks to the interdisciplinary team’s use and development of written care protocols, education programs, quality reviews and performance improvement activities across the health system.
To learn more about this excellence measure, visit The Joint Commission
The Memorial Difference
Lake Charles Memorial Emergency Medicine is located on the Oak Park campus on 2nd Street in Lake Charles. As the largest full-service health system in Southwest Louisiana with the most specialists, Memorial provides board-certified emergency medicine physician coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year with the support of medical and surgical specialists.
Our emergency services are supported by the:
- Most Medical Specialties and Sub-specialties in SWLA
- Only Level II Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in SWLA
- Only Orthopedic Trauma Trained Specialists in SWLA
- Only Sexual Abuse Nurse Examiner in SWLA
- Only Trauma Center in SWLA
- Only Family Medicine Residency Program in SWLA
