Emergency Care Hospital in Coimbatore

Overview
Treatment & Procedures
Our Facilities
Team of Doctors

Emergency Medicine Overview

The emergency Department at GKNM Hospital has a deep routed commitment in providng ethical service without compromising quality and patient safety. Our catchment ranges over 100kms and we offer variety of services in ER which includes Cardiology, Neurology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Oncology, Polytrauma, Acute Medicine and Surgical Emergencies. Being a level 1 centre for Cardiology and Neurology, we are fully trained and equipped to manage mass causalities.

Our Department consists of 8 Consultants, 15 Junior Doctors, 32 Nurses along and 8 Paramedics.

Treatment & Procedures

Cardiology
Nephrology
Pulmonology
Gastroenterology
Vascular
Radiology
Orthopaedics
General
Neurology

Transcutaneous Pacing, Chemical and Electrical Cardioversion, Thrombolysis, Co-ordinating with Cardiology team for Primary and Facilitative PCI

Our Facilities

Beds
Triage area
Patient Information
ER Counselling room
Resuscitation room
Staff Training
Ambulance Service
Adult Immunisation Service

Beds

We have 19 beds in ER (Including 1 triage and 3 pediatric beds) which is split based on Triage Zones into Red, Yellow and Green. We have 5 beds in Red Zone, 6 in Yellow (including a bed for emergency Hemodialysis), 3 in Green zone and 1 bed for Isolation. Red zone takes care of all Emergent and critically ill patients. Yellow zone takes care of Urgent cases and Green zone takes care of walk in patients. All the beds in ER are resuscitation beds in case of emergency. We have a dedicated Pediatric emergency room with 24/7*365 coverage of Pediatric Doctors.

Apart from this we have Urgent care with 5 beds in iOP for managing Emergencies in Outpatient block.

Triage area

Our ER has a dedicated Triage area with doctors and nurses manned 24/7 to assess the severity of patients and allocate beds accordingly. The Triage area also guides the patient attenders/ relatives about the management in ER and gives them regular updates.

Flow chart of our ER Triage area – Red zone, Yellow zone, Green Zone.

Patient Information

Attender leaflet, Discharge Advice, Finance Counseling by PRO team

ER Counselling room

Is used to counsel the patient attenders about the patient condition, the plan of management and the risks of illness and treatment involved. It is sometimes used as area for grieving patient attenders for the loss of their loved ones. Patient attenders are updated about the patient condition in a timely manner especially if there is any change in their condition. We also collect feedback from Patient Attenders to improve our service.

Resuscitation room

It is part of Red zone to immediately receive the most sick or unstable patients.

Staff Training

We provide regular updates and training to all ER staff to give the best quality service to our patients. All ER staff are trained regularly to perform Basic Life support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS).

Ambulance Service

We have 5 ambulances which can provide Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) as well as Basic Life Support(BLS). Ambulance staff includes Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics and drivers depending on the need and call of the hour. We have one ambulance exclusively for Neonatal and pediatric Retrieval.