Mission Statement of the UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine

The mission of the Department of Emergency Medicine of the UC Davis Health System is to serve our patients and our community by:

• Providing equal and guaranteed access to compassionate, state-of-the-art emergency care
• Educating future generations of emergency health care providers and leaders
• Conducting innovative research and communicating scientific discovery
• Advancing the field of emergency medicine

UC Davis Level 1 Trauma Center and Emergency Department:

• For 16 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report magazine has ranked UC Davis Medical Center among the nation's top 50 hospitals in its annual survey of more than 5,000 hospitals nationwide.
• UC Davis' level 1 trauma center helped lower Sacramento County's preventable death rate below the national average.
• Directed nationwide research efforts to develop new procedures and best practices for burn injuries.
• Serves a 33-county, 65,000 square-mile area north to the Oregon border and east to Nevada and beyond.

Behind the Scenes in Emergency Medicine

A total of 26 specialists who are board certified in emergency medicine evaluate and treat approximately 60,000 patients each year with the assistance of 42 residents in emergency medicine.

Emergency services range from resuscitation and stabilization of the critically ill or injured patient utilizing advanced airway management techniques, to treating common fractures and infections including intubations, central line placement, chest tubes, complex wound repair, closed reduction of fractures and dislocations, lumbar punctures, thrombolytic administration, advanced stroke management and surgical drainage of soft tissue abscesses. These services are provided with the full support of advanced technology, such as rapid helical computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, angiography and dedicated emergency laboratory and radiology services 24 hours a day. Along with the busy pediatric emergency department, special programs within our unit include:

• Acute Chest Pain Intervention Service
• Paramedic Base Station
• National Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Center
• Trauma - Emergency Care Collaboration Group
• State of California designated Poison Center
• Wilderness Medicine
• Emergency Medical Services - Injury Prevention Section
• Ultrasound Research Center
• Injury Research Program

Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion

October 6, 2010 marks the move of the UC Davis Emergency Department to the new Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion. Patients in need of urgent care will receive it far more readily as a result of the relocation of the department. The new, larger facility accommodates significantly more patients than the previous ED premises. For more information and updates, click here.