Emergency Room (Galveston, Texas)

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Dedicated in 1992, the $38 million, 90,000-square-foot UTMB Emergency Room is one of the largest and most technologically sophisticated emergency care facilities in the world. The facility records nearly 68,000 patient visits each year. Designated a Level I trauma center, it serves as the lead trauma facility for a nine-county region of southeast Texas. With distinctive front parapets and cast stone accents, the structure’s brick exterior is reminiscent of early Galveston styles, yet blends with existing campus architecture to offer an attractive, formal entrance to the hospital area from the north side of the campus.

Emergency treatment areas are located on the second level, the same level as UTMB’s surgical suites. The second level also houses UTMB’s specially designed Children’s Emergency Room. The third level is occupied by the Southeast Texas Poison Control Center, administrative offices, conference rooms and educational facilities.