Jail Emergency Area

Jail Medical Director: Marie Russell, MD
Jail Emergency Area Medical Director: Kathyrn R. Challoner, MD, M.P.H

The Department of Emergency Medicine has the responsibility for the very busy Emergency Area of the Jail Service. This area serves adults in-custody patients brought from the street as well as those brought in from jail and court facilities. Included are an emergency evaluation monitored and procedure area, a point of care laboratory, an observation area and a respiratory isolation room within a securely locked environment. Physicians assigned to this area treat a full spectrum of medical, surgical, traumatic and toxicological problems as well as problems specific to custody patients such as Taser injuries and dog-bites.