About the Department
The Department of Emergency Medicine provides an initial response to sick and injured patient who come to Mayanei HaYeshua at all levels of urgency. These include those who have a referral from doctors in the community. The service operates 24 hours a day, all year round.
The department conducts the initial diagnosis and treatment, from which patients are routed for further treatment and hospitalization between the various hospital departments or for treatment outside the medical center.
The team is committed to providing quality care while maintaining human dignity (his family and his faith) and to act as necessary to alleviate illness and affliction, using up-to-date professional tools and integrating the spirit of the place and the halachic rules that are applied there.
Reception
Opening an ER file in the reception office in the lobby of the hospital entrance.
Contact the ER Secretary for registration.
- Initial admission by a triage nurse – the nurse will classify the referral according to the level of urgency.
- It is important to remember that the order of treating patients in the ER is not necessarily according to the order of their arrival at the ER, but according to the level of urgency determined by the treating staff. The level of urgency may change during the patient’s stay in the department, and the priority of his treatment may also change in accordance with this.
- The Psychiatric ER is an integral part of the General ER. It is located within it in a part that is more hidden.The admission process to this ER is the same as when admitting a patient to the General ER, but there are unique emphases because there are cases that sometimes involve a risk to either the patient or those around him.
- The Psychiatric ER is open from 09:00 to 13:00, and provides a response for patients applying for treatment or requesting advice from the various ERs at the center.
– Psychiatric screening is part of the Mental Healthcare Department at the medical center; it combines medical treatment while preserving the values of the Haredi community.
• Upon arrival at the ER, it is highly advisable to bring a referral letter from the attending physician.
• You should bring medical documents that are as up to date as possible, including ECG charts and imaging tests.
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If the patient is on regular medication, bring an updated list of medications.
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You should come to the ER with only one escort.