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Emergency Care at Wellstar Paulding Medical Center

When you experience an emergency, the Emergency Department at Wellstar Paulding provides compassionate care, world-class technology and the most up-to-date medical expertise.

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Here for Your Emergency, 24 Hours a Day


Our Emergency Department at Wellstar Paulding Medical Center in Hiram was created with you in mind. We provide personalized care at the very moment you need it most. Expert care delivered fast is critical in an emergency, and our board-certified physicians are trained to use advanced technology and their deep experience to give life-saving emergency care.

Our cutting-edge facility has earned the Level II Emergency Cardiac Care Center designation and is a Remote Treatment Stroke Center, ready to receive patients experiencing traumatic injury, stroke, heart attack or other serious conditions. We have achieved 2021 Level IV Trauma Designation. We are a Joint Commission certified Primary Heart Attack Center.

The specially trained staff of our Pediatric Emergency Department provide children and teens emergency care that’s tailored just for them. To help accommodate their age-appropriate needs, our Pediatric ED has its own, separate entrance.

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) has recognized our Emergency Department with their Lantern Award. This is a distinction given to emergency departments of international renown which exemplify exceptional practice and innovative performance. Wellstar Paulding Medical Center is also the recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest level of recognition for performance excellence.

Our hospital and its Emergency Department set the highest standards of safety and quality in medical care for the region we serve. We’ve received an “A” Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Group, which means our team always makes your safety our highest priority.

Our state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization lab provides safer, minimally-invasive treatments for heart and coronary artery disease, delivering expert care close to home in Paulding County and the surrounding area. For both major and minor injuries, our Wellstar Paulding Medical Center Emergency Department offers comprehensive, innovative care for everyone in our community.

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At our Emergency Department, our experienced medical team centers care around you. Our board-certified physicians and surgeons, registered nurses, and support team work together to give you expert, compassionate healthcare and help ease any anxiety you may feel.

From imaging to surgical care, our modern medical center utilizes the technology and services needed to address any emergency with skilled expertise. As part of Georgia's largest healthcare system, patients have access to our network of specialists and medical resources.

Every day, we live out our philosophy of “neighbors caring for neighbors” as we provide individualized, Wellstar PeopleCare for all in our community.

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Wellstar Paulding Hospital achieves Level IV Trauma Designation.

Wellstar Paulding Designated a Level IV Trauma Center

Our award-winning hospital receives state recognition as an advanced life support trauma facility. As a result of our commitment to advanced trauma care, Wellstar Paulding Medical Center was designated a Level IV Trauma Center by the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH).

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Wellstar Health System Celebrates Accolades

Awards and accreditations for quality, safety, performance excellence and community service exemplify Wellstar’s commitment to world-class healthcare.

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Wellstar Pediatric Emergency Departments — Dedicated care for kids when it counts

When a kid experiences a sudden medical emergency, it can be a stressful experience for both the parents and the child.

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Emergency Care During COVID-19

Medical emergencies such as heart attacks, strokes or serious behavioral health issues don’t stop during a pandemic. While we are on the frontline fighting COVID-19, our expert medical team is still equipped to safely treat patients with other life-threatening conditions.

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Types of Stroke: Not All are the Same

For many people, the warning signs of a stroke — like numbness in the arm, confusion, loss of balance or trouble speaking and seeing — are unmistakable. But often, the underlying cause of these life-threatening medical events can be harder to uncover.

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Wellstar Paulding Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

Wellstar Paulding Medical Center is turning five this September. It was our first opportunity to design a hospital from the ground up, and it became one of the first hospitals in the country to use a geothermal energy system, which uses the heat from below the Earth’s surface to heat and cool the facility.

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Wellstar Paulding Hospital team celebrates five years without CAUTI.

Wellstar Paulding Improves Patient Safety

Wellstar Paulding Medical Center’s ICU staff recently celebrated their success at improving patient safety by eliminating catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). They have been five years without a CAUTI in the ICU.

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Wellstar Paulding Emergency Department
2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway
Hiram, GA 30141
Open • Open 24 Hours
Phone: (470) 644-7000
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Paulding Emergency Department
33.90072
-84.78371
Wellstar Paulding Pediatric Emergency Department
2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Pkwy
Hiram, GA 30141
Open • Open 24 Hours
Phone: (470) 644-7130
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Paulding Pediatric Emergency Department
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Wellstar Paulding Emergency Department

2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway
Hiram, GA 30141
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Phone: (470) 644-7000

Wellstar Paulding Pediatric Emergency Department

2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Pkwy
Hiram, GA 30141
mi away
Phone: (470) 644-7130

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