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Emergency & Pre-Hospital Services provides
integrated emergency care in pre-hospital and acute care settings.
Our responsibilities include:
- Emergency departments in ten hospitals and two health centres;
- the provincial air ambulance service;
- the road ambulance service and;
- the First Responder program.
To prepare for your ER visit click here (pdf)
Location and Hours of Operation of Emergency Departments
- Saskatoon City Hospital Emergency
(701 Queen Street)
- 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Children's Emergency Services (Royal University Hospital - 103
Hospital Drive, Saskatoon) - 8:00 a.m. to midnight
- Royal University Hospital Emergency
(103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon) - 24 hours
- St. Paul's Hospital Emergency
(1702 20th Street, Saskatoon)
- 24 hours
- St. Elizabeth's Hospital Emergency (1210 9th Street North,
Humboldt) - 24 hours
- Lanigan Hospital Emergency (36 Downing Street E.,
Lanigan) - 24 hours
- Rosthern Hospital Emergency (2016 2nd Street , Rosthern)
- 24 hours
- Wadena Hospital Emergency (533 5th Street N.E., Wadena
- 24 hours
- Wakaw Hospital Emergency (301 – 1st Street North, Wadena)
- 24 hours
- Watrous Hospital Emergency (702 – 4th Street E., Watrous)
- 24 hours
- Wynyard Hospital Emergency (300 – 10th Street East, Wynyard)
- 24 hours
- Cudworth Health Centre Emergency (Cudworth)
- 24 hours
- Nokomis Health Centre Emergency (103 – 2nd Avenue E.,
Nokomis) - 24 hours
A full range of emergency services are available at all sites.
Staff of our emergency departments are not able to provide medical
advice over the telephone. If you require general health advice,
call the HealthLine toll-free at 1-877-800-0002
HealthLine is a free, confidential 24-hour health advice telephone
line, staffed by registered nurses. They can provide you with immediate,
professional health advice or information, and direct you to the
most appropriate source of care. HealthLine can help you decide
whether you should treat your own symptoms, go to a clinic, wait
to see your doctor, or go to a hospital emergency room.
In a true emergency, call 911.
Saskatchewan Poison Centre
Emergency and Pre-Hospital Services also manages the contract providing
poison information services to the province. Call the Saskatchewan
Poison Centre toll-free at 1-866-454-1212
When To Use the Emergency Department
Saskatoon Health Region Emergency Departments are for just that
– an emergency.
Nurses, physicians, and other emergency health specialists in our
Emergency Departments provide care to people who are severely ill
or have suffered life-threatening injuries.
When people with non-urgent medical concerns use the emergency,
they put additional pressure on emergency staff, and on patients
and family members who are waiting to receive urgent medical care.
The health system itself is stretched trying to keep up with everyone’s
demands in order of priority.
In Emergency, people in greatest need are seen first. If you come
to the emergency department with a non-urgent medical concern, you
will have to wait. When your need is not urgent, we would
like you to consider an alternative to the Emergency Department.
When your need is urgent – we are there.
Saskatoon Health Region asks you to use our Emergency Departments
for emergencies only. Please be responsible and help our staff better
care for the people in our community who have a life-threatening
illness or injury.
Please use the Emergency Departments only for an actual emergency.
emergency medical conditions include:
- Any chest pain
- Difficulty breathing
- A sudden, severe headache
- Frequent vomiting and diarrhea
- Large cut or wound
- Suicidal thoughts
- Sudden confusion or weakness
- Possible broken bone
- Severe abdominal pain
Please do not use the Emergencies for non-urgent medical concerns.
Non-urgent medical conditions include:
- Minor cut
- Need for a prescription refill
- A cold
- Mild flu
- Rashes
In these cases, please contact your family physician. After normal
business hours most physician offices have an answering service
that will refer you to a doctor on call. Or you can go to
a medical clinic with extended hours.
Care About Your Health And Plan Ahead
An ongoing relationship with a family physician is the best way
to receive medical care.
- Talk to your family physician about when you should use an
Emergency Department.
- Ask your doctor where to go - other than to Emergency –
for non-urgent medical problems after hours when the office is
closed.
- Many physician practices have a doctor-on-call after hours who
can also provide advice.
- Find out what medical clinic is located closest to you.
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