Emergency Medicine

The Emergency Department is a 35-bed facility that provides 24/7 professional medical care to all patients regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, and social status. Board certified emergency medicine specialists, highly trained nurses, and dedicated support staff are readily available to cater to all types of urgent and emergent concerns.

Trained triage nurses streamline patient flow to ensure efficient prioritization of cases based on severity of illness. Catering over 50,000 cases a year, the Emergency Department delivers compassionate care, value-based service, and a wholistic approach to treatment.

Emergency Medicine is the medical specialty committed to the diagnosis and treatment of acute illness and injury. The practice includes initial assessment, management, and coordination of care among multiple clinicians and disposition of any patient requiring expeditious medical and surgical care.

Emergency Medicine encompasses planning, oversight, and medical direction for acute critical care, ensuring safe continuity of care while liaising with interdisciplinary teams.

The AHMC Department of Emergency Medicine shall become the recognized leader in providing acute and critical care specialized in cardiac, neurologic, and infectious disease emergencies

• Vigilance
• Courage
• Justice
• Impartiality
• Trustworthiness
• Resilience

• Acute stabilization and central monitoring system for critical patients
• Coordinated activation of multispecialty pathways for rapid management of neurologic and cardiac emergencies
• Negative pressure isolation zones for infectious cases that need adherence to specific infection control protocols
• Separate treatment area for pediatric patients
• Dedicated laboratory that provides fast and accurate point of care testing
• Dedicated pharmacy that allows immediate dispensing of emergency and high alert medications
• Dedicated registration section, admitting section and cashier

• Diplomates of the Philippine Board of Emergency Medicine (PBEM)
• Fellows of the Philippine College of Emergency Medicine (PCEM)