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Emergency care close to home
Highpoint Health - Sumner Station with Ascension Saint Thomas in Gallatin, Tennessee, is a free-standing emergency department. Our doctors and care teams are committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered 24/7 ER care for adults and children. We provide care for life-threatening and severe illness and injury -- including heart attack, stroke, concussion, broken bones, and more. Experienced ER care teams listen to quickly understand your needs to deliver the right care for you and your family. You are connected to the right follow-up care across the Highpoint Health System sites of care by our specialists before you leave the ER.
Seconds count when experiencing a medical emergency
If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, go directly to the ER or dial 911. Signs or symptoms of an acute emergency may include shortness of breath, chest pain, open fracture, fainting, severe bleeding, head injury or other major trauma, one-sided weakness or numbness, loss of consciousness or fainting, severe abdominal pain, or bites or stings.
HighPoint Health – with Ascension Saint Thomas has a network of emergency rooms in three Northern Tennessee communities. Learn more
Emergency care services include:
- Admission (when needed) to Ascension Saint Thomas hospitals
- Board-certified emergency care doctors and ER nurses
- On-site imaging
- On-site lab
Care right away -- 24/7 emergency care
Doctors, nurses and care teams in our ER at Highpoint Health - Sumner Station with Ascension Saint Thomas deliver advanced care for life-threatening symptoms and conditions. Call 911 or go directly to an emergency room if you or a family member are experiencing:
- Abdominal pain (moderate to severe)
- Back pain (severe)
- Chest pain
- Coughing up or vomiting blood
- Major trauma
- Pregnant and having labor pains
- Severe allergic reactions
- Severe burns
- Severe skin infections or complicated abscesses
- Shortness of breath
- Sudden neurologic changes like weakness, difficulty speaking, numbness, difficulty walking, or loss of consciousness
Connected to specialized follow-up care
Your care doesn’t stop when you leave the ER. We help connect you to leading specialists and follow-up care to support your care plan and recovery. Your care team also helps you manage your medications and sends prescriptions to your local pharmacy or through Ascension Rx. And you will always have access to our other services, like imaging and lab.
About Highpoint Health System
Highpoint Health System is a jointly owned regional health system with Ascension Saint Thomas and Lifepoint Health that includes Highpoint Health – Sumner and Highpoint Health – Sumner Station in Gallatin, Highpoint Health – Trousdale in Hartsville, Highpoint Health – Riverview in Carthage and more than 15 affiliated clinics and sites of care. The healthcare system's partnership with Ascension Saint Thomas brings together the organizations’ clinical excellence, best practices and talented caregivers to collaborate in new ways that improve access to clinical programs and specialty care for patients and communities while expanding access to high-quality care and services in Northern Middle Tennessee.
