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| The Long Island Jewish
Medical Center Emergency Department treats 60,000 patients per year.
Of these over 25% are admitted to the hospital: they constitute over
35% of total annual admissions.
The Emergency Department has four major resuscitation rooms including two pediatric trauma rooms, 27 examination rooms including specific areas for pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, minor surgery and a fully equipped dental suite. The communities served by LIJ are primarily Nassau and Queens counties, with a total population of 3.3 million. Fifty four percent of the patients come from Queens County, thirty five percent from Nassau County, four percent from Brooklyn, and the remainder from other New York City and New York State counties. The substantial population base provides the Emergency Medicine program with an unusually large and varied patient mix. Ride along with an ambulance as it approaches
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