Emergency department
Sint-Trudo Hospital has a specialised emergency department. Patients in an urgent or life-threatening situation or in need of urgent medical care are quickly and efficiently cared for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by a specialised team of nurses and emergency doctors.
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What can we help you with?
The medical team of our emergencies department is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to help and care for you.
Our highly qualified doctors and nurses provide non-scheduled, medical assistance for just about any condition and health care needed.
In the emergency department, the initial tests and treatments necessary to ensure your well-being are performed. Is follow-up treatment necessary? Then you will be referred to a specialist or GP.
When do you come to the emergency department?
Do you have a medical problem? Then you can go to your family doctor (GP) or outside his working hours at the GP emergency department. CLICK HERE for on-call services in the region. At weekends, this is the GP out-of-hours service next to the hospital, which can be reached at the telephone number 089 59 00 59. The GP can then refer you to the emergency of the hospital if necessary.
Urgent medicines needed?The on-call pharmacy can be found here.
The Belgian Antipoison Centre offers advice by phone in the event of poisoning on the toll-free number 070 245 245 24/24, 7 days a week.
How quickly will you be helped?
Of course, all our staff will do everything they can to help you as quickly as possible. You will also be taken care of immediately by the triage nurse when you enroll.
How quickly the doctor can see you depends on the severity of the situation, not the order of entry. In any hospital, the severity of the situation determines the order. Upon coming in, the triage nurse will assign you a triage color or priority code.
- Red = life-threatening
- Orange = high risk
- Decreasing degree of severity: yellow, green and blue
Who needs care most urgently is always given priority. Meanwhile, the triage nurse can already administer pain relief or first wound care.
The video below shows you how the triage system works and why you sometimes have to wait a while in the emergency department.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Reanimation
When breathing or heartbeat suddenly stops, CPR is used. Through drastic action, we bring it back on track. Acting quickly is crucial, as the brain can only go for a short time without oxygen.
Click HERE for more information on CPR.