Why choose Ochsner Health for your emergency care?
In an emergency, every minute counts. You need expert medical care, fast.
At Ochsner, our team of experts is here to help with any sudden orlife-threatening situation. With our network of facilities and specialized doctors, we offer top-notch emergency care near you. Our emergency rooms are open all day, every day.Our experienced staff is ready to assist you with any emergencies that come up.
Ochsner’s emergency services are available in Louisiana and Mississippi.
If you are experiencing an emergency, call 911 or find a location near you.
How do I know whether I should visit urgent care or the emergency room?
Minor illnesses and injuries are best treated by your primary care provider or Ochsner’s urgent care services. When your symptoms are severe or you have a life-threatening emergency, you need the emergency department.
A few symptoms that should lead you to make an emergency department visit include, but are not limited to:
Bleeding that will not stop
Chest pain
Feeling and acting tired or confused after mild or major trauma
Loss of balance or coordination
Passing out
Problems speaking or understanding speech
Severe abdominal pain that may worsen when urinating
Sudden leg, arm or facial weakness or numbness
Trouble breathing or catching your breath
Vision loss
Worst headache ever experienced
Wounds from stabbing or gunshot
When seeking emergency care, leave jewelry, medication and other valuables at home. If possible, bring the following:
Emergency contact information
List of current medications and allergies
Medical records
Photo identification
In the heat of your stressful moment, we strive to provide an excellent patient experience. That’s why we greet you promptly and begin your care as soon as possible.
Here's what to expect when you arrive at the emergency department:
Soon after you arrive, a nurse will check your vital signs and ask your primary reason for seeking emergency care. Based on this information, the nurse will determine the severity of your problem. If your issue is life-threatening, you’ll go to a patient room immediately.
Once in a patient room, your team will work to determine or confirm a diagnosis. Blood or urine tests, along with radiology and diagnostic imaging tests (MRI, CT, ultrasound, etc.) could be ordered.
Your team will begin treatment.
When you are OK to leave, you will be sent home with follow-up orders. If you need additional care before going home, you may be admitted to the hospital for additional testing, treatment or evaluation.
In addition to general emergency services, Ochsner offers specialized emergency care including:
Pediatric emergency care
Comprehensive Stroke Centers at Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans and Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Trauma care the Level I Trauma Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport – Academic Medical Center. A Level II Trauma Center is available at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center.
The caring professionals on staff at every Ochsner emergency department are specially trained to diagnose and treat emergency issues so you get back to your life as soon as possible. If you need a higher level of care, we can transfer you to another facility with ease.
Need specialty care? Ochsner doctors are trained in dozens of areas. Within moments, our emergency staff can consult with cardiology, orthopedics, pediatrics, neurology, psychology and many other specialists. Our specialists can even evaluate you virtually to help you get the right diagnosis and the right treatment as soon as possible.
When you visit an Ochsner emergency department, you’ll receive care from a team of experts. Our emergency staff includes:
Case workers
Emergency medicine physicians
Nurse practitioners and physician associates (advanced practice providers)
Nurses
Paramedics
Social workers
Ochsner actively works to improve the future of emergency care. Every emergency services department reviews data for process improvement opportunities.
Some Ochsner facilities help train future emergency medicine physicians and advanced practice providers. These physicians in training work alongside our team of experts. During their residencies, they get real-world experience providing patient care to those in need.
Every day, Ochsner emergency services specialists bring health and healing to those needing critical care. Once you receive a diagnosis, your team creates a treatment plan, and care begins immediately.
Depending on your needs, your provider may prescribe medication, surgery, therapy or another intervention. Whatever you need, you get it in a timely manner.
FAQs
Not necessarily. The emergency team makes every effort to evaluate patients as soon as they arrive.
Sometimes, there are more patients in the emergency room than there are beds available. If a bed isn’t available, the emergency team might talk to patients in different locations like triage or small rooms. They also might use virtual technology called “TeleTriage” to make sure patients are safe and get their treatment started while they wait for a bed.
That depends on why you're there. The medical staff wants to get a diagnosis and potential treatment started as soon as possible — sometimes even before an emergency department bed is available.
For example, a patient with a suspected sprained ankle may be evaluated when they arrive, then sent for an X-ray before an emergency department waiting room is available. Once the X-ray is complete, the patient would go to a results waiting room and be sent home with treatment instructions.
In this case, the patient would receive an evaluation and diagnosis from the emergency department team without ever getting a bed in the emergency room.
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Emergency Medicine & Emergency Departments Locations
Ochsner American Legion Hospital
1634 Elton Road
Jennings, LA 70546
337-616-7000
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Ochsner Children’s Hospital - Emergency Room
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA 70121
800-231-5257
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2390 West Congress St.
Lafayette, LA 70506
337-261-6000
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Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
1305 Crowley Rayne Highway
Crowley, LA 70526
337-783-3222
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Singing River Gulfport
15200 Community Road
Gulfport, MS 39503
228-575-7000
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Ocean Springs Hospital - Singing River Health System
3109 Bienville Blvd.
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
228-818-1111
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Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
210 Champagne Blvd.
Breaux Bridge, LA 70517
337-332-2178
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Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
1310 West 7th St.
Kaplan, LA 70548
337-643-8300
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Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
1214 Coolidge St.
Lafayette, LA 70503
337-289-7991
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Ochsner St. Mary
1125 Marguerite St.
Morgan City, LA 70380
985-384-2200
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Ochsner LSU Health - Monroe Medical Center
4864 Jackson St.
Monroe, LA 71202
318-330-7000
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
318-626-0000
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St. Tammany Health System Mandeville Emergency Department
2929 US-190
Mandeville, LA 70471
985-773-1550
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Ochsner Medical Center - Hanco*ck
149 Drinkwater Blvd.
Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
228-220-5200
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Ochsner Emergency Room - Marrero
4837 Lapalco Blvd.
Marrero, LA 70072
504-703-3260
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Ochsner Medical Complex – River Parishes
1900 West Airline Highway
LaPlace, LA 70068
985-652-7000
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St. Charles Parish Hospital
1057 Paul Maillard Road
Luling, LA 70070
985-785-6242
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Ochsner Medical Complex - Iberville
25455 La Highway 1
Plaquemine, LA 70764
225-761-5200
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Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
1978 Industrial Blvd.
Houma, LA 70363
985-873-2200
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Slidell Memorial Hospital East
100 Medical Center Drive
Slidell, LA 70461
985-649-7070
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Ochsner Children's Hospital
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA 70121
1-866-624-7637
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Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
17000 Medical Center Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
225-752-2470
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Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank Campus
2500 Belle Chasse Highway
Gretna, LA 70056
504-392-3131
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Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
4608 Highway 1
Raceland, LA 70394
985-537-6841
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Ochsner Baptist - A Campus of Ochsner Medical Center
2700 Napoleon Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70115
504-899-9311
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Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner
180 West Esplanade Ave.
Kenner, LA 70065
504-468-8600
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