When the trauma of accident, injury or sudden illness occurs, the Meditrina Hospital, Trivandrum casualty department stands ready 24 hours a day to provide service.

         Situated at the heart of the city of Trivandrum, Meditrina Hospital is accessible for all patients in and around Trivandrum.

         Emergency Room is the "point of first contact" to the hospital at the time of any medical crisis.

         The Emergency department offers first aid and emergency medical treatment to all kinds of casualties.

         Our mission is to give the best possible treatment and management of the patient’s condition without failure in medical emergencies.

         This is a round-the-clock service with 24x7 accesses to modern operation theatres, a 24-hour pharmacy, imaging services and stat laboratory services assisting in immediate and accurate diagnosis for immediate treatment of the patient's condition.

         Our Emergency Department is staffed by a combination of full-time emergency physicians with a special interest in emergency medicine, along with nurses and other health-care professionals with expertise in acute care.

         Casualty department ready to handle any sort of emergency manned by 2 well qualified casualty medical officers who will be available round the clock to handle any casualties that may come in.

         In addition to it, consultants from other departments are also available round the clock.

         Also available round the clock are an anesthesiologist and a radiologist.

The department provides 24-hour ambulance service and prescribed treatment to OPD patients.

CASUALTY SERVICES INCLUDES

         Medical emergencies like infections/Sepsis like Dengue, malaria, Leptospirosis, Typhoid Hepatitis, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis and pyrexia of unknown origin, Hypoglycaemia / hyperglycaemia (high) / Ketoacidosis, Hyperpyrexia with severe dehydration episodes, severe allergic reactions.

         Cardiac Emergencies: Heart Attack (MI/CAD), Heart Rhythm Problems (Arrhythmias), Cardiac Failure, etc

         Obstetrics and Gynaecological emergencies like preterm labour, antepartum haemorrhage, eclampsia, post partum haemorrhage, cervical incompetence, menorrhagia, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, twisted ovarian cyst etc

         Neurological Emergencies: Acute Stroke (CVA), Seizures, Headaches, Vertigo / Loss of consciousness / hyponatremia etc

         Respiratory Emergencies: Severe Asthma/COPD, Pneumothorax, hemoptysis etc

         Gastrointestinal emergencies like abdominal colic (acute abdomen), haemetemesis, constipation etc

         ENT emergencies like epistaxis

         Environmental Emergencies, Burns, etc

         Surgical Emergencies like acute appendicitis, pancreatitis, obstructed hernia, perforation peritonitis, intestinal obstruction etc

         Accident/Trauma Care

         Paediatric emergencies including febrile convulsions

         Urological emergencies like renal, ureteric colic, Acute urinary retention etc

         Toxicological Emergencies: Snake Bite, Envenomation, Drug Overdose, Poisoning, etc

         All open and laparoscopic emergency procedures

These are a few of the injuries that can be attended to by the Casualty Department:

         Cuts, grazing and bruising

         Wounds that may need stitching

         Minor burns and scalds

         Tetanus immunization after an injury

         Removal of foreign bodies from eyes, ears or nose

         Minor eye problems

         Insect bites and other animal bites

         Head injuries, injuries to other parts of the body

         Nose bleeds, etc

         Equipment and Facilities

The Casualty department is equipped with all necessary equipment and medication for the smooth and effective delivery of emergency services.

Our equipment includes:

         ECG

         Multipara monitors

         Defibrillator

         Central oxygen and suction facility

         Ventilator

         Ultra Sonography

         Portable incubator

         Crash cart with emergency lifesaving drugs

         Surgical theatre equipment

         Gynaecological examination bed

         Orthopaedic bed

         Two examination beds

         Day clinic with three beds

         Attached Minor OT with anaesthesiology equipment for performing emergency procedures

         24x7 on call support from various specialties including cardiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, urology, surgery, orthopaedics, ENT, physical medicine and rehabilitation, paediatrics etc

         The department is supported round the clock by portable X-Ray, Ultrasound, stat laboratory and pharmacy

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