Emergency Care

• Increased space and capacity to respond to community growth and demand
• Enlarged patient care spaces with 47 treatment bays
• Negative pressure isolation rooms
• Dedicated behavioral health care rooms
• Focus on patient confidentiality, comfort, and privacy
• Televisions in most ED treatment bays
• Improved space for families to visit with patients
• Comfortable waiting area for families.
• Easy parking for patients and families
• Improved patient flow processes and reduced wait times
• Fully electronic medical record to enhance medical care and patient safety
• Digital radiology to improve diagnostic efficiency

Highlights

Our highly skilled and specialized physicians, nurses, radiologists, and other staff at Kent Hospital provide compassionate care for people with all types of emergency healthcare needs.

• Intensive, compassionate care for critical, life-threatening illness or injury.
• Emergency care for medical conditions such as chest pain, shortness of breath, falls, fractures, bleeding, dehydration, and severe injuries and pain, as well as for less serious conditions.
• We are sensitive to and respect the diversity of all of our patients.

Collaboration with Our Other Departments

• Some patients may be referred to or brought to the Intensive Care Unit at Kent Hospital. The multidisciplinary team works to care for critically ill patients with severe conditions.
• Those suffering from a heart attack benefit from our cardiac catheterization lab and interventional cardiology program, ready anytime angioplasty is needed to open a blocked artery or other cardiac condition. 
• The Stroke Program at Kent Hospital is available to provide immediate care if you suspect you have had a stroke. 
• Behavioral Health
• Radiology
• Surgical Services
• Wound Care

Victims of Sexual Assault

Kent Hospital strives to provide care that respects the emotional and physical needs of sexual assault victims while respecting the privacy and safety of a victim and collecting evidence as part of the protocol through the State of Rhode Island.

The examining provider and staff will follow the following best practices: 

• Assess the victim’s understanding and needs
• Collect, identify, and preserve evidence quickly and efficiently
• Conduct an examination privately
• Continuity of care from the beginning of the exam to the end
• Ensure the victim understands the medical and legal process before obtaining written consent for an examination
• Explain crime reporting options
• Maintain confidentiality of records and discussions
• Offer the option of an advocate to come to provide additional support to the victim
• Provide secure language interpreter services
• Provide victim-centered medical response
• Provide referrals for further medical care and follow-up

Responding to An Emergency