Emergency Department at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital is designed, equipped and staffed with highly skilled and competent dedicated professionals to treat the critically ill and injured patients.
Being a tertiary and referral hospital, we are providing a patient focused high level of care for all medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties for adults and children in a multidisciplinary approach utilizing the resources of all medical and clinical departments whenever needed.
Availability of staff and standardization of work load coverage around the clock including weekends and public Holidays.
Full and efficient coordination with all medical and clinical departments that provide tertiary care including cardiac (adult and pediatric), neurology, neuro-intervention, trauma, intensive care, and surgical teams. These disciplines provide 24/7 consultations to ER team as warranted by the patient’s clinical condition.
Strict infection control precautions that keep all patients and staff safe even during epidemics.
Availability of all diagnostic services (lab, radiology) and other ancillary services at all times.
Having performance indicators that consistently monitor the staff performance to ensure delivery of optimal care.
Listening to our customers and assessing their satisfaction to capture any opportunity for improvement.
The broad scope of coverage includes emergencies involving disorders of all body organs, traumatic injuries, occupational exposures, burns, postoperative complications, and infectious illnesses.
Immediate management of a patient presenting to ER with acute myocardial ischemia. Such patients were immediately transferred to the DSFH cath lab to have primary transcutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA). DSFH boasts a Door to balloon time that is better (shorter) than international standards
Polytrauma team: Considering that patients with polytrauma need comprehensive thorough multidisciplinary care, we established a polytrauma team that responds within minutes to any patient presenting with a history of polytrauma.
