Emergency Department
NEW VISITOR RESTRICTIONS: To help prevent further community spread of COVID-19, we have implemented temporary visitor restrictions at Maine Medical Center. As of Dec. 4, no visitors are allowed in adult critical care and inpatient areas, except as needed for care plan discussions at the time of admission or as arranged with the care team. Emergency Department: Visitors are not allowed to wait in the ED. Please understand that we do this for the safety of our patients and care team members. Other restrictions also apply. See New Visitor Rules ›
The Emergency Department (ED) at Maine Medical Center (MMC) is Maine's only American College of Surgeons Level One verified trauma center. Located in Portland, the MMC ED is also home to Maine's only Pediatric Emergency Department, which is part of The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital. Our state-of-the-art facility is designed to meet the needs of a high-volume patient population from Maine and New Hampshire, as well as visitors from all over the world.
The most advanced trauma system in Maine
Offering the most advanced technology and treatments available in emergency medicine today, MMC’s ED is ready and able to care for patients of all ages 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
- Staffed by board-certified emergency medicine physicians
- Full access to trained specialists, such as cardiologists, neurosurgeons, orthopedists and neonatologists
- Highly-trained emergency nurses who maintain specialty certifications in the administration of advanced adult and pediatric life support and trauma care
- Dedicated radiology suite offering imaging such as x-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound
- On-site lab resulting in faster turn-around time for results
- Acute Psychiatry Unit (APU) specially designed to safely manage patients experiencing a wide range of psychiatric emergencies