In cooperation with the intensive care service, the hemodynamic room, surgery rooms, the maternity, laboratory, the advanced imagery which are at a 24-hour service and due to the highest dedication of the staff of doctors and nurses, the American Hospital emergency units have become the doors where many citizens, not only from the capital, come to knock for health emergencies.
The emergency service constitutes an essential link in the work of the American Hospital, as it is the only cardiovascular emergency unit in the country which treats patients with acute cases of myocardial infarction, aortic aneurysms, etc, by transporting these cases by ambulance or helicopter in a very short time and provides coronary angiography, stent or surgery interventions, where required.
Medical home care is a novelty provided by this centre for all those patients who require it, but in particular for cases of dialysis, oncologic cases, post-surgery, for third-age people, patients with severe chronic diseases, etc.
The American Hospital emergency service is one of the strongest patient management links in the structure. Equipped with the proper capacity to handle every kind of emergency, ranging from the routine cases to the major cases of multiple trauma or accidents, this service can admit 700 emergencies on a monthly basis in its two 24-hour units in Lapraka and Rruga e Dibrës, Tirana.
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