• Expresscare Service
• Pediatrics (ED Junior)
• Emergency Hyperbaric Medicine

Staffed by board certified physicians and experienced emergency nurses, Kent's Emergency Department (ED) is the second largest in the state. Caring for 60,000 patients annually, the ED offers 24 hour a day comprehensive, critical care for all types of medical problems in a state-of-the-art facility backed by the latest clinical information and diagnostic systems.

Our Expresscare Service offers convenient access to care for non life-threatening illnesses and injuries seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

Emergency Department Expansion

ED Project Photos & Updates

Completed in early 2005, the $11.6 marked department expansion doubled the size of the former facilities and has significantly enhanced patient comfort, convenience and privacy.

The Kent Emergency Department offers:

• Increased space and capacity to respond to community growth and demand
• Enhanced patient confidentiality, comfort and privacy
• Improved patient flow and decreased waiting times
• Enlarged waiting areas and improved space for families to visit with patients
• New grade level ambulance entrance with overhead shelter for multiple arriving EMS Units
• Enlarged patient care spaces-45 dedicated hard-walled treatment bays
• Dedicated isolation and behavior health care rooms
• State-of-the-art decontamination facility & a mobile unit for additional capacity
• New separate walk-in entrance and registration areas
• Dedicated emergency pediatric unit; waiting area and treatment rooms staffed by experienced pediatric specialty doctors and nurses
• Digital radiology to enhance diagnostic services and speed diagnoses
• A design that can accommodate up to 90,000 patients annually

Expansion of the ED was generously supported by the community through The Campaign for Kent Hospital.