Emergency Department

We are a full-service hospital with a modern 16 bed emergency facility, staffed with board-certified Emergency Physicians. We are a level–4 trauma center and experience high volumes of trauma cases due to our proximity to  many of the desert off-road recreational areas in Southeastern California. The Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area (also referred to as Glamis because of the town site on the eastern side of the dunes) are approximately 28 miles from Pioneers Memorial Hospital.  During the winter months as many as 120,000 off-road enthusiasts visit the dunes each holiday weekend.

Our Emergency Department has an excellent reputation; most patients are seen within 7 minutes by a physician and only at the busiest times will you find our patients waiting in the waiting room. Many other hospitals use our ER as the model to improve their waiting time.