Emergency Medicine

Overview

Cleveland Clinic Florida emergency rooms offer world class emergency care in communities throughout the Treasure Coast and South Florida, providing care for patients experiencing severe medical problems like strokes and heart attacks, to critical injuries such as car accidents and falls. Our emergency services departments are staffed by board-certified emergency medicine physicians who have access to multi-disciplinary care teams and the state-of-the-art technology needed to diagnose and treat patients efficiently and effectively, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Below are examples of when you should seek emergency care:

• Accidents, including falls and car crashes.
• Chest pain.
• Sudden or unexpected paralysis (stroke symptoms).
• Shortness of breath.
• Coughing up or vomiting blood.
• Severe or persistent abdominal pain.
• Drug overdose.
• Fever.
• Head injury.
• Injuries caused by violence.
• Life-threatening conditions.
• Loss of consciousness.
• Major trauma.
• Poisoning or suspected poisoning.
• Severe burns.
• Severe headache.
• Suicidal or homicidal feelings.
• Uncontrolled or excessive bleeding.

For Non-Life-Threatening Injuries and Illnesses, consider an Urgent Care or Express Care facility near you (see listings below). If you have a condition that is a medical emergency such as chest pain, severe shortness of breath or require immediate assistance due to an accident or injury, please call 911.

Our Doctors

View Photos of the Newly Renovated ER

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• The expanded Emergency Services Department includes emergency bays with opaque glass doors and ready access from caregiver workstations.

• Natural light streams through elevated windows along the Emergency Services Department’s central space.

• An observation bay in Cleveland Clinic Florida’s expanded Emergency Services Department looks out onto an atrium, creating a healing environment infused with natural light.

• An atrium was built adjacent to the expanded Emergency Services Department to provide patients and families access to natural light and a healing environment.

• The new Emergency Services Department waiting area is part of an expansion that triples the department’s size.

Awards & Certifications

Certified Primary Stroke Center & Comprehensive Stroke Center Designations

Cleveland Clinic Florida is an accredited Primary Stroke Center, certified by Joint Commission and American Heart Association. This achievement demonstrates that our stroke program follows national standards and guidelines that can significantly improve outcomes for stroke patients.

Cleveland Clinic Florida has also been designated a Comprehensive Stroke Center by Florida’s Agency for Health Care Association.

In addition, our program has been the recipient of the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus.

Locations

Emergency departments

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital – Vero Beach, FL
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health at St. Lucie West – Port St. Lucie, FL
Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital – Port St. Lucie, FL
Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital – Stuart, FL
Cleveland Clinic Martin South Hospital – Stuart, FL
Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital Emergency Department – Weston, FL

URGENT CARE (For non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries in patients 6 months and older; Imaging, EKGs and suture (stiches) services available) No appointment is necessary and patients are seen for a variety of conditions, including unexpected minor illnesses, flu symptoms, bumps and bruises, and other minor ailments. Urgent Care costs less than an emergency room visit and is open almost every day of the year.

Go to our Urgent Care Clinic for:

• Unexpected minor illnesses.
• Flu symptoms.
• Bumps and bruises.
• Other minor ailments.

Sebastian Primary Care and Urgent Care – Sebastian, FL
Pointe West Primary Care and Urgent Care – Vero Beach, FL
Cleveland Clinic Family Health Center – Stuart, FL

EXPRESS CARE (For non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries in patients 2 years and older, NOT requiring imaging or sutures (stiches)
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health Express Care Clinic – Palm City, FL
Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital Emergency Department – Weston, FL
Online Express Care

Stroke Awareness

The American Stroke Association recommends that if you experience any of the following symptoms to call 911 immediately:

• Loss of speech.
• Slurred speech.
• Blurry or double vision.
• Dizziness and vertigo.
• Paralysis. 
• Weakness. 
• Severe headache, often accompanied by neck stiffness and vomiting.