Carteret Health Care: Emergency

Carteret's emergency department offers 24-hours a day, seven days a week service to treat emergency medical problems. Patients who visit the emergency department will be initially evaluated through our triage system. This means that each patient is seen by a specially trained nurse or physician to determine the level of medical emergency. The process allows us to know which patients have the most serious needs and begin their treatment first. Sometimes we begin your care to diagnose and treat you before you have been assigned a bed. This may include performing lab tests, x-rays or other diagnostic tests. Though you may be in the waiting room during this time, we hope this will reduce the time in the treatment area.