WHAT WE OFFER
The Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Emergency Department (ED) provides 24-hour unscheduled emergent, urgent and non-urgent patient care to more than 90,000 adults and children per year. It is the only emergency care facility located in Peterborough.
Click here to find care alternatives in the community for unattached patients
WHO WE ARE
ED staff assess and treat a complete range of patients from the region. We are a designated Trauma Centre. Learn more about the Trauma Program here.
The ED has an interprofessional team consisting of:
We are a formal teaching site so you may see learners as part of your care team.
SEEKING CARE
When patients arrive in the ED, they will be seen by the triage nurse who will assess their condition. Patients will then be asked to register and take a seat in the waiting room. In the ED, the sickest patients are seen first, meaning you may wait longer even if you arrived first.
Neurosurgical, major trauma and burn emergencies are treated in our department. If required, these patients can be transferred through CritiCall by air or land ambulance to regional accepting facilities, predominantly in Toronto or Kingston.
As the District Stroke Centre for this region, PRHC provides emergency stroke care to patients from Peterborough and four surrounding hospitals.
Do You Need a Family Doctor?
If you need a family doctor, you are an “unattached patient” and need to be connected. Here are two options:
Register for Health Care Connect and a nurse will search for a doctor or nurse practitioner who is accepting new patients in your community.
Contact an Ontario physician to ask if they are accepting new patients.
- Use The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s Find a Doctor search.
- Choose “Advanced Search” to find a doctor near you (by city/town or postal code).
- Click on “Additional Search Options” to narrow your search (to family doctors and/or language spoken).
- Contact the doctor to check if they are accepting new patients
