Emergency
Emergency Services
Emergency Department: Standing ready at all times, a highly trained staff of Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physicians and Nurses provide compassionate definitive care in Phelps' ER to approximately 22,000 people each year. Phelps Emergency Services operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Facilities include: operating rooms; examining rooms; an eye ear, nose and throat room; observation rooms; a trauma room; an orthopedic treatment room; a 24-hour x-ray room; laboratory; cardiovascular diagnostic services; and a comfortable waiting area. Phelps Emergency Department: 914-366-3590 - or call 911.
The Phelps Emergency Department is serviced by the ambulance corps of Ardsley, Briarcliff, Chappaqua, Cortlandt, Croton, Dobbs Ferry, Elmsford, Greenburgh, Irvington, Mohegan, Montrose, Mount Pleasant, Ossining, Peekskill, Pleasantville, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Thornwood, Valhalla and Verplankc.
PromptCare is located adjacent to the Emergency Department and is open from Noon until 11 p.m. each day (weekends included). PromptCare is a modern "fast track" center that provides rapid assessment and treatment of urgent medical problems that do not require the acute attention of the Emergency Department. (914-366-3660)
Emergency Preparedness
Phelps has been at the forefront of emergency preparedness for many years:
- Phelps had already made in-depth reviews of emergency preparedness operations and had begun construction of its free-standing Decontamination Unit before September 11, 2001. Phelps conducted the first decontamination drill in Westchester County (perhaps the first in New York State) in November of 2001. Chemicals or other toxins can be washed off of as many as 40 patients an hour at the Decontamination Unit, preparing them for entry to the Emergency Department if necessary.
- Phelps adopted the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System early in 2001. The purpose of HEICS is to minimize confusion or chaos that might occur in the event of a local disaster. Phelps staff members have been assigned and trained to carry out specific duties should a disaster bring large numbers of patients to the hospital. The staff is also trained to disseminate information about local mass emergencies, as well as nuclear, biological, and chemical terrorism.
- With regard to radiological contamination, as one of the closest hospital outside the 10-mile "safety zone" surrounding Indian Point, Phelps has had an agreement with Entergy (formerly New York Power Authority) under which annual training sessions and decontamination drills have been held for Phelps' staff for more than 20 years.
Dr. Emil Nigro, Director of Emergency Medicine, and members of his department have ensured that Phelps continuously bolsters its readiness for events that we hope will never happen.
The Emergency Life Support Training Center at Phelps provides training and education programs for emergency response agencies (Police, Fire, EMS), corporations, and the public. Programs include basic and advanced EMT, CPR and First Aid, ACLS & PALS, bloodborne pathogens, Epi-Pen administration, and automated defibrillator courses. For more information please call (914)-366-3676 or visit phelpshealth.org.
Poison Education: Located on Phelps' campus, the Hudson Valley Poison Education Center & Center for Terrorism Education serves 24 NYS counties from the Bronx border to Canada. To arrange an educational presentation, call (914-366-3675) or visit phelpshealth.org. For Poison Emergencies, call 1-800-222-1222.