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Emergency Department (ED)
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About Us
 The main purpose of the ED is to manage all ailments
requiring immediate or urgent attention when delay of treatment may be
detrimental to the health of the patient. It performs its functions in an
efficient and cost-effective manner. It has specialized and dedicated staff that
deal with a large number of critical and complex patients. Our physicians,
nurses and personnel remain calm and compassionate even in the most serious
situations, given their extensive and comprehensive experience.
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Services
- Surgical Services
- Trauma, including lacerations, fractures, joint injuries, motor vehicle
accidents, falls, knife and gun wounds, insect or animal bites, and multiple
traumas
- Drainage of abscess and hematoma
- Treatment of post-operative complications
- Insertion of Foley catheter, chest tube, NG tube, abdominal catheters
- Abdominal lavage
 Handling of
intracranial bleeding and ventriculostomy
- Medical Services
- Management of acute myocardial infarction
- Hematological emergencies
- Urgent dialysis
- Treatment of diabetic coma
- Serious infections
- Immunosuppressed patients
- Stroke management
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Asthma and respiratory distress
- Toxicology and poison center
- Gastric lavage
 Pediatric Services
- Treatment of all pediatric age groups, including neonates and newborns
- Treatment for ingestion of medications, poison, or foreign bodies
- Treatment of seizures, hematological, pulmonary and cardiac
emergencies
- Other Emergency Services
- Psychiatry
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Otolaryngology
- Dermatology
The ED also enjoys the full support of
several services that are essential for its function:
 Initiation of
thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism
or stroke
- CT scan available 24 hours a day
- Cardiac Catherization Laboratory - available 24/7 for emergency and rescue
interventions
- Blood Bank support for multiple transfusions
- Fiber optic technology for difficult cases
- Portable echocardiography and sonography
- Bronchoscopy and GI endoscopy
- Arrhythmia monitors and treatment
- Ventilator support and airway management
- Non-invasive ventilation
- Full clinical laboratory services
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Administrative Leadership Staff
| Name |
Contact Info |
| Amin Antoine N. Kazzi, MD, FAAEM |
Chair and Medical Director
Associate Professor of Emergency
Medicine
Office: AUBMC, ED, telephone: 00961-1-374374 or
00961-1-350000 ext: 6600
Pager: 0640
Email: ak63@aub.edu.lb |
| Nicholas Batley, MD, FAAFP |
Director, Informatics
Instructor of Emergency Medicine
Office:
AUBMC, ED, telephone: 00961-1-374374 or 00961-1-350000 ext: 6600
Email:
nb28@aub.edu.lb |
| Eveline Antoine Hitti, MD |
Instructor of Emergency Medicine
Office: AUBMC, ED, telephone: 00961-1-374374 or 00961-1-350000 ext: TBD
Pager: 0432
Email: eh16@aub.edu.lb |
| Rima Jabbour, RN |
ED Nurse Manager
Office: AUBMC, ED, telephone: 00961-1-374374 or
00961-1-350000 ext: 6605
Email: rj10@aub.edu.lb |
| Marianne Nimah Majdalani, MD, FAAP |
Coordinator - Pediatric Services and Pediatric Intensivist
Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics
Office: AUBMC, 6th floor, room C-654, telephone:
00961-1-374374 or 00961-1-350000 ext: 5511
Mobile: 00961-3-462036
Home
phone: 00961-1-382351
Pager: 0613
Email: mn40@aub.edu.lb |
| Afif Mufarrij, MD, FAAEM |
Director, Undergraduate Medical Education
Instructor of Emergency
Medicine
Office: AUBMC, ED, telephone: 00961-1-374374 or 00961-1-350000
ext: 6600
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Educational
Programs
The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) provides clinical
training to residents, fellows and medical students through a variety of
clerkships, some of which are available to non-AUB trainees. The DEM provides
continuing medical education programs through monthly and periodic scheduled
lectures, grand rounds, morbidity and mortality sessions and sponsorship or
organization of national, regional and international conferences.
- Surgery
- Shock/Trauma
- Burns
- "Advanced Trauma Life Support" course
- Fractures and joint injuries
 Suturing of
wounds and wound healing
- Acute abdomen
- Weekly conferences and seminars
- Medicine
- "Advanced Cardiac Life Support" course
- "Interns' Core Curriculum" course
- Weekly conferences and seminars
Pediatrics
- "Advanced Pediatrics Life Support" course
- Newborn resuscitation
- Weekly conferences and seminars
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Patient
Education
 Pamphlets are prepared for patients' instructions after
discharge from the ED (i.e. instructions for observations of patients with
closed head injury).
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Location
The ED is located on the ground
floor with the entrance across the street from the main Medical Center
lobby.
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Working Hours
- The ED is open and fully staffed for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week all year
round.
- Attending coverage is provided on site 24/7, including weekends, and they
see and treat patients, as well as supervise all operations. This includes
double attending coverage. For pediatric patients, such coverage is available on
call and on demand.
- The trauma team is ready 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with full back up of
an intensive care unit, radiology department and operating theater. Trauma
surgeons are on call to respond immediately.
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Contact
Us
 Telephone: 00961-1-374374 or 00961-1-350000
| Extensions |
- ED Administration: 6600 / 6631 / Fax: 6602 or 00961-340911
- ED Admitting: 6040/1
- ED Cashier: 6098
- ED Nurse Manager: 6605
- ED Pediatric Service: 6626/7
- ED Triage: 6610/20
- ED-1 (High acuity): 6611 - 5
- ED-2 (Lower acuity): 6621 - 5
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