Emergency Services

Farmington
phone -- 573.760.8475
TDD -- 573.756.5817

Bonne Terre
phone -- 573.760.4675
TDD -- 573.358.1045

Key physicians:
John Hunt, MD, medical director
Michael Clippard, MD
James Hawk, MD
Braxton Degarmo, MD

Providing diagnosis and treatment for:
Emergency situations for all age groups

And more ...

• The new Emergency Department opened at the Farmington facility in August 2008, doubling its size; it is the first phase of a $30 million plan for the Hospital campus over the next several years
• The new ED is twice the square footage and double the capacity of the previous one
• The ED has two major trauma rooms and 14 additional treatment rooms; three rooms are for patients awaiting admission or transfer
• A state-of-the-art electronic tracking board keeps staff updated
• The new facility is designed for expediency with direct access from triage to the Emergency Department with a tube system for lab work
• Parkland's combined Emergency Departments treat 30,000 patients a year
• Both facilities are staffed 24/7 with trauma-trained physicians, nurses and technicians
• Certified sexual assault nurse examiners are available at both EDs and emergency nurses are also trained in pediatric advanced life support and advanced cardiac life support
• A heliport is at both facilities
• Parkland's ED serves as a teaching facility for Mineral Area College's EMT, paramedic, nurse practitioner, LPN and RN students