Welcome to the Emergency Department!

Our Services...

The Emergency Department at Kaiser Permanente San Jose is a 25 bed, level one, basic emergency department providing care to a variety of patients with minor to acute injuries and medical illnesses. Services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All patients upon arrival will receive a medical screening exam and disposition to appropriate care. We strive to provide quality and timely care to all our patients.

Some of the new features and technology the new facility includes:

• More private patient treatment rooms than the traditional curtain-separated rooms in most emergency facilities.
• Computer monitors in each room to allow physicians and nurses faster access to medical information, such as lab tests.
• Private triage rooms for patients and family members.
• Continuous cardiac and vitals monitoring in all treatment rooms.
• A negative pressure room with an "anteroom" to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
• A pneumatic tube system that speeds up the transportation of lab specimens.
• An environmentally safe system that flushes waste away and biodegradable bedpans.
• A designated security station with security monitors, cameras and card reader access to the main emergency department.

Emergency Department Fast Facts...

• Approximately 52,000 people are triaged through the ED a year.
• Approximately 170 people visit the ED per day.
• Approximately 150 staff and physicians work in the ED and Minor Injury Clinic.
• The new facility, at 17,700 square feet, is about four times the size of the 30-year-old emergency department.

Disclaimer
If you think you have a MEDICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY, CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY or go to the nearest hospital. DO NOT attempt to access emergency care through this web site. An emergency medical condition is a medical or psychiatric condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that you could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in any of the following: serious jeopardy to your health, serious impairment to your bodily functions, or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part. An emergency medical condition is also "active labor," which means a labor when there is inadequate time for safe transfer to a Plan hospital (or designated hospital) before delivery or if a transfer poses a threat to the health of the member or unborn child.

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