The Moncton Hospital - Trauma/Emergency/ICU

TRAUMA/EMERGENCY SERVICES
Trauma/Emergency Services Unit

The Moncton Hospital's Trauma/Emergency Services is a combined adult and pediatric care facility that provides quality emergency care to patients who are at risk of loss of life or function and assists patients in the management of their illness. The Moncton Hospital is one of two trauma centres in New Brunswick.

South-East Regional Health Authority provides regional emergency room services at two sites:

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The Moncton Hospital and Sackville Memorial Hospital. The Trauma/Emergency Services at The Moncton Hospital is the Authority's central point for critical care services, and approximately 60,000 patients come to this emergency room each year.

The Canadian Triage & Acuity Scale (CTAS), performed on patients upon presentation to the emergency room, allows the emergency nurse to categorize patients into one of the following levels of acuity: resuscitation (level 1), emergent (level 2), urgent (level 3), less urgent (level 4) and non urgent (level 5).

The multidisciplinary team of Trauma/Emergency Services includes a medical director, an administrative director, specially trained emergency physicians and nurses, a nurse manager, mental health nurses, pharmacists, licensed practical nurses, staff educator, a clinical resource nurse, an orthopedic technician, manager of support services, clerks and ward aides.

Each year, the multidisciplinary team of health care providers in the emergency room sees:

790 resuscitation cases (including cardiac arrest or any other condition that includes a threat to life or limb or imminent risk of deterioration requiring immediate, aggressive interventions).
7,600 emergent cases (including conditions that are a potential threat to life or limb or function requiring rapid medical intervention or delegated acts, such as head injuries with altered mental state, severe trauma or chest pain).
19,300 urgent cases (including conditions that could potentially progress to a serious problem requiring emergency intervention, such as asthma, gastrointestinal bleed or seizures).
26,300 less urgent cases (including conditions related to the patient's age, distress or potential for deterioration or complications who would benefit from intervention or reassurance within one to two hours, such as minor trauma, headache or some types of chest pain).
3,600 non urgent cases (including conditions that may be acute but non urgent or may be part of a chronic problem with or without evidence of deterioration, such as sore throat or vomiting).

Trauma/Emergency Services is located on the main floor of The Moncton Hospital and can be accessed by the emergency entrance on the south side of the facility, off MacBeath Avenue. Ambulance access is via West Lane and Walsh Street.

Emergency parking is available on a limited and short-term basis near The Moncton Hospital Emergency entrance, off MacBeath Avenue. This is for emergency patients only. Vehicles should be moved at the earliest convenience to a general parking area.

Included in South-East Regional Health Authority's redevelopment project is a new Trauma/Emergency department which will allow the Authority to maintain and enhance its role as a major acute and trauma referral centre for New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and northern Nova Scotia.
See Ambulatory Care for more on this project.

It is the mission of Trauma/Emergency Services to provide quality emergency care for those at risk of loss of life or function and assist others in the management of their illness.

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