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LSU Interim Hospital/University Hospital

LSU Interim Hospital/University Hospital is the main teaching facility of the LSU Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the Medical Center of Louisiana encompassed two major teaching hospitals - Charity Hospital and University Hospital - within New Orlean's downtown core. The main teaching site, Charity Hospital, was established in 1736, forty years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The hospital has been reconstructed six times since 1736, with the current facility completed in 1939, but unfortunately has been closed since Katrina. Built by then governor Huey P. Long, upon completion the twenty-story behemoth housed the largest medical facility in the world, with over 1450 beds.

In 1991, Hotel Dieu, a private hospital, was purchased by the state to expand the facilities of Charity in New Orleans. The facility was renamed University Hospital. Located four blocks west of Charity, University Hospital used to house the majority of the medicine ward patients, obstetrics and pediatric patients.

After Hurricane Katrina, an expanded and renovated University Hospital was reopened and renamed the LSU Interim Hospital, with a potential capacity of 400-plus inpatient beds and over 50 ED beds. 

As of August 2008, the new Emergency Department consists of 29 major trauma/medical beds - 4 of which are full resuscitation beds, 8 Fast Track beds and 10 observation unit beds and 20 emergency psychiatric beds. The ED sees approximately 60,000 patients per year, with that number expected to continue to increase as the city rebuilds and further hospital services come on line. 

All major consult services are represented at University Hospital, except for ENT. Both Tulane and LSU residents and medical students rotate through the LSU Interim /University Hospital. 

In addition to ED rotations the EM residents rotate through Trauma ICU and MICU at LSU Interim Hospital/University Hospital.