Sutter Coast Hospital Emergency Department (ER) serves approximately 1800 patients per month. It is a designated California-Oregon Trauma Center and EDAP certified (Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics). Sutter Coast Hospital Emergency Department is staffed with Board Certified Emergency Physicians, State-Licensed Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, Patient Care Technicians Secretaries, Laboratory and Radiology Imaging professionals all experienced in treating patients with emergency medical conditions. Patients seeking treatment in the Emergency Department are first triaged and level of medical emergency is assessed and prioritized.  Triaging is a process that makes sure patients with the most serious needs are treated immediately.  Less serious medical conditions are tested, re-evaluated, and treated in order based upon the seriousness of all being treated in the Emergency Department, including new arriving patients. The Emergency Department gives top priority treatment to Emergency Ambulance arrivals 24 hours a day seven days a week. For this reason the Emergency Department is designated as an Emergency Trauma Treatment Center and not intended to be utilized for simple non-emergency services which can be obtained with less waiting at Sutter Coast Rural Health Center during normal daytime hours of operation.

Sutter Coast Rural Health Center (RHC) offers prompt treatment for non-life-threatening medical problems 7 days a week. Staffed by qualified, licensed physician assistants, family nurse practitioners and nurses, RHC offers daily walk-in services as a convenient alternative to the Emergency Room.  RHC also known as “Urgent Care” is a portion of Sutter Coast’s  Emergency Department, treating those with urgent, but less serious, non emergency conditions.  RHC also provides weekly specialty clinics for patients with Medi-Cal coverage.  Those without a primary care Doctor or are un-insured can also receive same day patient care services. RHC patients are treated daily on a “First come first serve basis” in the order of arrival based upon a sign-in sheet, no appointment necessary.  Those seeking typical non-emergency treatment at RHC can receive the same highly skilled professional services as in ER much more economically with less waiting. Neither RHC nor the Emergency Department operate as a Physician Family Practice and are not available to the public as Primary Care Physicians. For this reason all patients are encouraged to seek and obtain their own personal Primary Care Doctor. Sutter Coast Rural Health Center is located in the Washington Square office building across the street from Sutter Coast Hospital at 785 East Washington Blvd, Crescent City, CA and is open daily from 9:45 am to 7:30 pm.  Phone: 707-464-8818