St. Luke's Hospital - Allentown Campus

Emergency Department - 610-628-8383

The Emergency Department at St. Luke's Hospital – Allentown Campus has board-certified doctors and trained emergency room nurses who are ready to help with serious medical conditions such as:

Newly expanded to meet the community's needs: The Emergency Department at St. Luke’s Hospital-Allentown Campus is equipped to handle 60,000 patient visits annually, from major illnesses such as heart attack and strokes to less urgent injuries such as lacerations. A comfortable, spacious waiting room area features flat-screen TVs and an area for children. The security office is adjacent to the waiting room. A private family consultation room is also available.

The new East Entrance main lobby, located next to the Emergency Department, offers a coffee kiosk and a new Gift Shop for the convenience of patients and visitors.

Convenient parking: Ample parking for patients and visitors is available at the East Entrance, at the corner of 17th and Hamilton Streets, adjacent to the Emergency Department entrance

Rapid assessment: The Emergency Department features four new triage bays for rapid assessment of emergencies.

Additional exam and treatment rooms: St. Luke’s has added 19 new exam and treatment rooms, bringing the total to 32 rooms in the Emergency Department. Seven of the rooms are dedicated as Fast Track rooms for minor illnesses and injuries.

Dedicated Fast Track: Patients who are assessed for Fast Track care are seen by dedicated, certified emergency room clinicians. Fast Track is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The goal in Fast Track is to have patients seen and discharged in 90 minutes or less.

All-new digital X-ray systems: All new digital X-ray systems from GE Healthcare are now located within the Emergency Department to further expedite care and treatment. Emergency radiology services are available round-the-clock. St. Luke's Radiology staff includes board-certified and fellowship-trained radiologists, sub-specialty registered technologists and critical care-trained nurses.

64-slice CT scanner detects life-threatening illnesses: A state-of-the-art 64-slice CT scanner from GE Healthcare is located in the Emergency Department. This innovative technology provides rapid, precise imaging to diagnose disease and life-threatening illnesses, including cardiovascular disease and stroke, while improving emergency wait times. St. Luke’s Hospital-Allentown Campus is a certified stroke center.

Cardiac emergencies: Patients who require immediate intervention for cardiac emergencies receive care in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories that are equipped with state-of-the-art technology from GE Healthcare. Open heart surgery is also performed at St. Luke’s Hospital-Allentown Campus.

Critical Care: St. Luke’s also has a 15-bed Intensive Care Unit with advanced monitoring equipment and staffed by critical care nurses is available for patients with more serious health concerns.

The History of St. Luke's Hospital-Allentown Campus

St. Luke's Hospital - Allentown Campus was founded 1945 as the Allentown Osteopathic Medical Center and is located in the west end of the City of Allentown. In 1997, the Medical Center entered into a merger with St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network. Since joining the Network, the Allentown Campus has experienced a 99 percent increase in admissions.

The first major expansion to the 99-bed hospital was completed in June 2003, with the opening of a new five-story addition that included a 10,000-square foot Emergency Department expansion, five state-of-the-art operating room suites, some of the most advanced imaging technology from GE Healthcare, the addition of a 10-bed Intensive Care Unit, and various support departments.

St. Luke's has added outpatient facilities in close proximity to the Allentown Campus to meet the community's health care needs. These include St. Luke's Cancer Center-Allentown, St. Luke's Family Health Center, a women's health center, St. Luke's Perinatal Center and St. Luke's Women's Imaging Center.

Nationally-Recognized Heart Program

In January 2007, St. Luke's nationally-recognized heart program was introduced at the campus. The comprehensive program includes emergency care for heart attacks provided 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week, cardiac testing, cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology studies and procedures and open heart surgery by some of the most experienced physicians in the region.

St. Luke's Cancer Center-Allentown

In August 2007, St. Luke's opened an outpatient Cancer Center at the Integrated Health Campus at 240 Cetronia Road in South Whitehall Township. The center provides a very comfortable, inviting environment where patients from the Allentown community can receive high quality, compassionate outpatient cancer care under one roof.