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Emergency Services
Overview
San Joaquin Community Hospital’s Emergency Department provides around-the-clock services to approximately 50,000 patients every year – many of whom are admitted to the hospital for continued care. As the busiest ER in Kern County, we’ve partnered with CEP America – one of America’s largest providers of emergency department management to provide timely, expert care for our patients throughout Kern county.
Our Emergency Department features:
- The only Nationally Certified Stroke Center and Nationally Accredited Chest Pain Center under the same roof between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
- 22 state-of-the-art patient rooms complete with the latest life-saving technology.
- A specially trained R.N. located in the waiting room for expedited service.
- Ambulatory and a helipad facilities for receiving patients throughout the county.
- Zoll AutoPulse machines to provide safe and efficient CPR.
If you’re experiencing an emergency, call 911 immediately.
Conditions We Treat
San Joaquin Community Hospital’s Emergency Department provides around the clock services to approximately 50,000 patients every year. Click below to learn more about some of the most common conditions we treat.
- Animal Bites and Rabies
- Appendicitis
- Asthma Attack
- Bee Stings
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Dehydration and Heat Stroke
- Ear Infections
- Fever
- Food Poisoning
- Fractures
- Gallstones
- Headache
- Heart Attack
- Heart Failure
- Heart Murmurs
- Human Bites
- Hypothermia
- Influenza (2009 H1N1)
- Influenza (Flu)
- Insect Bites
- Kidney Stones
- Lead Poisoning
- Migraines
- Non-Traumatic Emergencies
- Pneumonia
- Seizures
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Snake Bites
- Spider Bites
- Stroke
- Ticks and Lyme Disease
- Whooping Cough (Pertussis) in Adults
Locations
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San Joaquin Community Hospital2615 Chester AvenueBakersfield, CA 93301
- PrefPhone:661-395-3000
- Website:http://www.sjch.us
