The NUH Emergency Medicine Department (EMD) takes pride in being a world-class centre that upholds the highest standards of patient care, offers rigorous training for our students and trainees, and contributes impactful research discoveries to the global community.
The EMD operates as a 24-hour, high-volume centre, providing care for over 100,000 patients annually. We accurately diagnose and thoroughly treat a wide range of emergencies, ensuring the highest standards of safety and value in our services.
These emergency cases range from common threats such as infections, heart attacks, strokes and motor-vehicle accidents, to less frequent situations like rare genetic diseases and toxic poisonings. With our team of emergency experts, supported by a comprehensive in-house roster of other specialties, patients can trust that they receive the best medical care.
Find out more here about the care experience our patients can expect.
For our students and trainees
As an internationally accredited (ACGME-I) Emergency Medicine specialty training site, we offer excellent postgraduate specialist training. Serving as the anchoring department for the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, we establish a strong foundation in emergency care.
Our impact on medical education is reflected in our department's textbook, "Guide to the Essentials in Emergency Medicine". A distillation of our emergency specialists' combined expertise, it has gained acclaim in the region among undergraduate students and postgraduate clinicians.
Opportunities for training abound for learners at all stages—specialists, fellows, non-specialists and students.
Discover more about fellowship, postgraduate and undergraduate opportunities here.
For our collaborators and colleagues
We are dedicated to advancing patient care through meaningful research. Our specialists' work, published in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, extends into ongoing projects, grants and industry partnerships.
Our notable research includes sepsis, emergency critical care, end-of-life and palliative care, respiratory diseases, heart failure, epidemiology in emergency medicine, medical education and medical technology. We invite subject experts and potential collaborators to join our network.
Read more about our published research and ongoing projects here.
The true celebration of our achievements lies in the good health enjoyed by our patients, in addition to this, we take pride in the numerous accolades earned by our team and the individual members.
Find out more about our achievements here.
