Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency Program
Four-year (PGY 1-4) program
The first Emergency Medicine residency to receive a 5-year accreditation on 1st review
Full accreditation has been awarded in every subsequent review
Moving towards continuous training:
2013: the residency accepted its first four categorical EM interns.
2017: a full complement of ten EM categorical interns
Diverse Training Environments
Multiple affiliated training sites
Comprehensive exposure to EM core curriculum
High acuity training in intensive care and trauma
Hands on learning of life-saving procedures
Independent care of critically ill patient populations
Get to Know Our Hospital
One of the busiest EDs in the Navy
70000 patients per year
200-250 patients per day
25% pediatric patients
Designated Chest Pain Center
24-hour catheterization lab availability
Ongoing efforts towards becoming a Stroke Center
Department layout
25 “Main Side” beds, five triage beds, two resuscitation bays, two observation unit beds, one forensic exam room, four dedicated psychiatric beds
Fast Track: 15 Physician Assistant Staffed rooms and three orthopedic beds
ED Personnel
40 nurse corps officers, over 50 corpsmen, and over 15 civilian workers are members of the department