The Emergency Center

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For urgent and after-hours care, we are there

With a dedicated team of skilled emergency medicine specialists, Tift Regional's 24-hour Emergency Center provides quality urgent care for injury and illness.  Located in Tifton on the corner of Lee Avenue and 20th Street, the Emergency Center has six trauma bays, 13 exam rooms and separate entrances for ambulances and walk-in patients.

Maximizing time with quality of care

The Emergency Center is devoted to providing quality urgent care in the most expedient manner possible by offering bedside triage and a secondary waiting room program. Quick tube access to laboratory services, proximity to advanced medical imaging equipment and a dedicated phone line to radiology assures patients that their diagnostic testing and treatment are being coordinated in the quickest and most efficient way possible.
 
With Tift Regional's advanced GE Lightspeed Scanner, the first in South Georgia, images are made six times faster than traditional CT scanners. In many cases, emergency physicians rely on images from CT scanners to assess the extent of internal injury during the “Golden Hour”, which is the first and most critical hour for trauma patients in emergency rooms.  Reducing the scan time by a few minutes or more can allow Emergency Center physicians to begin treating the patient more quickly.

MedChoice: after-hours care for little emergencies

An extension of the Emergency Center, MedChoice provides after-hours medical care in a clinical setting, available to treat minor illnesses or injuries.  Open on weeknights, weekends and holidays, MedChoice sees walk-in patients whose medical problems are acute and do not require extensive diagnostic procedures or consults. 

Since MedChoice is available to treat minor illnesses and injuries, it helps clear up heavy traffic at the Emergency Center by allowing physicians to focus on more severe medical problems.  This results in a better response time in both areas.  If a medical problem requires more extensive care after an initial evaluation, clinical personnel can stabilize the patient for a quick and seamless transfer to the Emergency Center, which is conveniently located across the street.

Located across from the Emergency Center at 1824 North Lee Avenue, MedChoice is open Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and weekends and holidays from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.  Under the direct supervision of an Emergency Center doctor, MedChoice is staffed by a physician's assistant and a registered nurse.