Whether this is your first visit with us or you’ve been a patient before, we know you have a choice when it comes to healthcare. We thank you for choosing St. Luke’s for your emergency medical needs.
Our Mission: To provide you the best in medical care as quickly as possible. We want to help you understand how St. Luke's Emergency Services operates and what you can expect from us.
St. Luke's Emergency Services (all locations) are acute care, non-trauma designated (as defined by Texas Department of State Health Services) medicine facilities. Services are operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including all holidays.
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Emergency Departments
The Emergency Departments are hospital-based campuses that provide comprehensive emergency care to a primarily adult population. Patients arrive by Houston Fire Department Emergency Medical Services (911 Service), private car/walk-in, and private ambulance. Consultation by specialists in all major medical disciplines is readily available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including all holidays. Individuals seen in the hospital campus setting are dispositioned as follows:
- Examination, treatment, discharge home, or
- Examination and transfer to another facility as appropriate, or
- Examination, treatment and admission to the hospital.
The Emergency Departments have access to all hospital services including clinical laboratory and transfusion service, diagnostic imaging service, surgery, cardiac catheterization, pharmacy and other ancillary support services.
Community Emergency Centers
The Community Emergency Centers are free-standing emergency centers located in community neighborhoods that provide comprehensive emergency care to the adult and pediatric population. Patients arrive by private car/walk-in, and private ambulance. Consultation by specialists in all major medical disciplines is readily available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including all holidays. Individuals seen in the Community Emergency Center® setting are dispositioned as follows:
- Examination, treatment, discharge home, or
- Examination and transfer to another facility as appropriate, or
- Examination, treatment and admission to the hospital.
The Community Emergency Centers provide on-site clinical laboratory testing and diagnostic imaging services. Patients who require surgery, cardiac catheterization, other ancillary support services are transported to the hospital. The Community Emergency Centers arrange appropriate transportation for patients who must be transferred to another facility for treatment or who will be admitted to the hospital. The hospital's Pharmacy Department provides medication, support and consultation to the Community Emergency Centers.
What is the difference?
Emergency Departments at the St. Luke's Hospitals: St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital and St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital offer comprehensive emergency services for both major and minor injuries and illnesses. Referral and admittance to the hospital may be necessary based on the patient's condition and will be determined by the physician.
St. Luke's Community Emergency Centers: The Community Emergency Centers are free-standing emergency centers that are supported 24 hours a day by hospital departments and medical staff. These neighborhood centers provide emergency care and service for patients in community neighborhoods, in areas with easy access, and easy free parking. Services are available for children and adults when they have immediate medical needs.
Medical care is offered at St. Luke’s Community Emergency Centers for patients with both major and minor illnesses or injuries that may not need the full resources of a hospital-based Emergency Department, such as an admission to the hospital (for example, an overnight stay). Referral and transport to the hospital may be necessary based on the patient's condition and will be determined by the physician.
