Emergency Department
Call 505.662.420124/7 Care
Los Alamos Medical Center's state-of-the art 9-bed Emergency Room, which opened in January 2006, is staffed 24 hours a day by board-certified Emergency Medicine Physicians. For more serious emergencies, the hospital has immediate access to an air ambulance service.
Los Alamos Medical Center and it's Emergency Department is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and is also an accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC), the accrediting arm of the American College of Cardiology.
In cooperation with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos Medical Center also maintains an ultra-modern decontamination facility, fully equipped to handle medical trauma patients. Our Emergency staff leads the hospital’s yearly participation in community disaster-preparedness drills.