Christiana Emergency Department

Christiana Emergency Department in Middletown, Delaware handles high numbers of patients and works to move people through quickly, with spaces for rapid diagnosis and treatment, including separate areas to stabilize patients and get them checked in right away, and there are emergency rooms open all day and night for urgent care. They handle everything from serious wounds that need stitches to bigger emergencies, with specialized care units right there in the department. They've got a front desk focused on fast intake and a kind, welcoming staff, and the beds are clean and comfortable. The facility includes patient waiting areas and offers services to both adults and children, like Adult Outpatient Psychiatry & Therapy, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Inpatient Psychiatry, which might help families in times of stress. Staff like physician assistants and constables are there to give thorough evaluations and keep things moving and safe. There are ambulance and trauma services for when people come in really hurt, plus quick testing, diagnostic and imaging services, and special units that handle different concerns like heart, cancer, bone, joint, or brain problems, and there's even a Center for Advanced Joint Replacement with documents and FAQs for hip and knee replacements. They've added extras, like multidisciplinary programs called the Autism Program, Project Engage, and Project Recovery, and if someone needs it, there's help for anxiety or PTSD in the MRI department, as well as outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, cardiac and pulmonary rehab. Rehabilitation and therapy services also help people recover from accidents or other health problems. As part of ChristianaCare Health System, which is not for profit, they try to focus on patient comfort, safety, and timely treatment. There's an electric charging station outside for people who wait, and the hospital moved to taking only online appointments starting June 1, which is different from how it used to allow walk-ins, and they have tools like a patient portal for handling bills and records. The place covers many types of care, including emergency services, primary care, specialty care, surgical and testing services, and even home health, women's health, and behavioral health, so a wide range of problems can get addressed under one roof, both for emergencies and for follow-up care.