Brigham and Women's Hospital

The base hospital for HAEMR, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is located immediately adjacent to the Harvard Medical School campus in the Longwood Medical Area. BWH, a 719-bed hospital, is a major teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners HealthCare System. Internationally recognized as a leading academic health care institution, BWH is committed to excellence in patient care, medical research, and the training and education of health care professionals. BWH is a respected leader in tertiary and quaternary care and is a Level I Trauma and Burn Center. BWH has consistently been named one of the country's top ten hospitals by U.S. News and World Report.

Brigham and Women's Hospital is home to one of the most powerful Biomedical Research Institutes in the world. Over 500 scientists and $240 million in research grants are committed to bringing the latest advances in medical care and basic science to the BWH. Over the last ten years, BWH has been either the largest or second-largest non-university recipient of research funding from the National Institutes of Health.

The Emergency Department at Brigham and Women's Hospital is a state-of-the-art facility designed by emergency physicians from the ground up to meet the needs of a high-volume, tertiary-care patient population. The ED serves an average of 56,000 patients per year, from throughout the city of Boston, the state of Massachusetts, and the world. The ED offers some of the most advanced technologic and therapeutic modalities available in emergency medicine, including bedside ultrasound, a new-generation multi-detector helical CT; a highly sophisticated advanced airway management system, including fiberoptic intubating scopes; and a filmless digital radiology system. The ED is also home to a state-of-the-art, nationally recognized patient-tracking and order entry system, which was developed by BWH emergency physicians.

The 39-bed ED contains a 12-bed Urgent Care Unit, a 13-bed Acute Care Unit, including two resuscitation bays, a 4-bed Fast Track Unit, and a 4-bed Acute Heart/Stroke Unit . A 9-bed Observation Unit, designed and operated by emergency physicians and residents, supports patients who require prolonged observation to determine appropriate disposition, or who would benefit from a short period of intensive therapy to allow for discharge. The observation facility provides residents with first-hand exposure to this rapidly developing area of emergency medicine.