Overview

If you are having an emergency and cannot get to a hospital on your own or with someone’s help, dial 911.

Currently, one visitor is also allowed to accompany a patient for care in our Emergency Department. For the most current hospital visitation hours and policies, please see our Visiting the Hospital page. 

También se permite un visitante acompañando a un paciente bajo atención en el Departamento de Emergencias. Para conocer las políticas y los horarios de visita al hospital, consulte nuestra página Visitando el hospital.

Emergency Department

Our Emergency Department is located on the Cooley Dickinson Hospital campus (30 Locust Street, Northampton, MA, 01060). From the traffic light on Route 9, follow the signs to the Emergency Department. You will see a large red “Emergency” sign above the Emergency Department entrance.

We staff the ED with responsive, compassionate medical professionals whose goal is to make sure you have the best possible outcome, and we treat all emergency patients regardless of their ability to pay. Last year the ED had just below 34,000 visits.

Clinical Staff

Cooley Dickinson’s ED doctors are specialty trained and board-certified in emergency medicine, having earned advanced specialized training. ED doctors provide individualized care, and coordinate care with a patient’s primary care doctor when appropriate. Additional staff members include nurse practitioners, physician assistants and emergency-care nurses certified in trauma care, advanced cardiac response and pediatric life support. Support teams include technicians, administrative support and patient observers who also assist in providing timely, compassionate care.

Experts on Call

Cooley Dickinson’s Emergency Department has access to specialists who can be mobilized in minutes to respond to life-threatening conditions, including:

• Cardiology
• Critical care medicine
• Internal medicine
• Neurology
• Orthopedics
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Stroke
• Surgery