Emergency Care

When an Emergency Strikes, We Stand Ready

Our emergency room is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to receive adult and pediatric patients who need immediate medical attention. A highly-trained trauma team of physicians, nurses and lab technicians is always available to administer top tier care for accident victims and patients with life-threatening illnesses.

Staffed with board-certified emergency physicians and a trauma-trained nursing staff, the Emergency Department at WellStar West Georgia Medical Center treats about 60,000 patients a year. With nearly 33,000 square-feet, the department was designed to maximize comfort, privacy and efficiency.

Specifically, the Emergency Department offers:

• Private registration and triage rooms.
• Private treatment/exam rooms with doors, not curtains.
• Eight urgent care rooms.
• Fourteen treatment rooms.
• Four trauma rooms.
• Four cardiac care rooms.
• Dedicated high-tech diagnostic imaging.
• A dedicated 16-slice Computerized Tomography scanner.
• Four isolation rooms.
• Direct access to Operating Rooms.
• A decontamination room.
• Seven private family lounges.
• A children’s play area.

If you experience an emergency, please call 911.

For more information, call (706) 882-1411.