UAMS Medical Center
Emergency Department at the UAMS Medical Center
The UAMS Medical Center Emergency Department is a state of the art facility that handles more than 60,000 visits per year with a 30% admission rate. It houses three state-of-the-art resuscitation bays, 27 beds for major and minor medicine/trauma, four psychiatric evaluation rooms, and a decontamination suite. The Emergency Department provides full-service on a 24-hour basis with in-house faculty in attendance at all times, and it is JCAHO level I accredited. The Department is capable of managing medical, trauma, neurological, surgical, and obstetrical emergencies. The telephone number for the Emergency Department is 501-526-2000.
The department also houses the Clinical Decision Unit which opened in March 2017. This is a unit staffed by APRNs and managed by the attending Emergency Medicine physicians to optimize observation admissions and provide more appropriate care to a substantial percentage of our population.
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Arkansas Children’s Hospital sees over 60,000 annual patient visits and is part of the only hospital system in Arkansas dedicated solely to the care of children (Arkansas Children’s also has a hospital in Northwest Arkansas). It is staffed 24/7 by Board-Certified pediatric emergency medicine physicians and serves as a primary site for pediatric emergency medicine and PICU rotations within the Emergency Medicine Residency Program. During the PGY-1 year, residents complete a full month of pediatric emergency medicine and a two-week pediatric anesthesia rotation. In the PGY-2 year, residents rotate through the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Throughout the second and third years, residents continue to gain experience in pediatric emergency medicine with two to four shifts per Emergency Medicine block in the ACH Emergency Department.
Baptist Health
Baptist Health, Little Rock Campus
Baptist Health Medical Center is a high-volume community emergency department with over 50,000 annual visits, offering residents valuable experience in a non-academic setting. Part of a statewide health system with more than 175 points of access—including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation, and wellness centers—Baptist Health has been providing care to Arkansans for over 80 years. Emergency Medicine residents rotate here for two months, gaining exposure to community-based emergency care through a combination of traditional ED shifts and transport experiences.
John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital
John L. McClellan Memorial Veteran’s Hospital
Opened in 1984, the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital, located adjacent to the UAMS campus, provides residents with core training in adult critical care. PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents rotate through the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), gaining valuable experience managing critically ill adult patients in a veteran population.