Skyline’s emergency department encounters the same wide range of a big city emergencies without the volume of patients. With a full-time surgeon on staff (along with numerous experts on call) and trauma-trained nurses, Skyline is prepared to respond to trauma situations. The staff is dedicated, competent, and personable.

Skyline provides emergency medical services through their Advance Card Life Support (ACLS) Ambulance Service and a 24-hour emergency department. ACLS retrieves traumatized pediatric and adult patients from the community and stabilize patients within the scope and capabilities of the hospital’s resources.

Life saving Surgical interventions are provided by our surgeons when necessary; however, the primary goal as a designated Trauma Level IV facility is to provide rapid, efficient stabilization, and transfer of the trauma patient to an appropriate higher level trauma facility, usually Emanuel Hospital in Portland, Oregon, 63 miles to the west. Some less injured patients transport to Mid Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, Oregon, 25 miles to the east.

Skyline has the only FAA-approved hospital-based heli-pad in the gorge.

These transfers occur either by the Skyline ACLS Ambulance crew or Lifeflight’s helicopter. Skyline has the only FAA-approved hospital-based heli-pad in the gorge. The heli-pad improved during the 2009 renovation.