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Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

New London, Connecticut

47,000 annual visits


Hospital Information

  • Lawrence & Memorial Hospital is a 280-bed hospital serving more than 200,000 people in the area
  • One of Connecticut’s most contemporary health centers offering the latest technology in the practice of medicine
  • The region’s only provider of inpatient critical care and rehabilitation services and neonatal intensive care
  • Clinical collaborations include The Yale-New Haven Health System, Rhode Island Hospital, and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford
  • Excellent equipment includes CT, MRI and cardiac cath lab

Emergency Department

  • ED visits are comprised of a broad community type pathology and high medical acuity
  • Approximately 20% of emergency patients are admitted; 20% of the ED volume is Fast Track
  • Efficient layout with 18 treatment beds
  • Less than 1% patents transferred; less than 1% penetrating or blunt trauma
  • Responsive lab with a 45 minute turnaround time; state lab 30 minute turnaround time
  • Full department status
  • ED physicians do not write admitting orders
  • ED is responsible for monitoring/supervising paramedics/ambulance by radio

Emergency Department Schedule

10 hour shifts with double and triple coverage

New London, Connecticut Community

Southeastern Connecticut has it all! We have a variety of housing options including year-round waterfront homes, excellent schools, and a safe family-oriented community! We also have miles of beaches in the shoreline communities, along with boating, swimming, sailing and kayaking. There are a dozen golf courses for the golfers, weekly sailing competitions and numerous tennis clubs. We also have state parks right on the water, offering hiking trails, mountain biking and swimming. There are active local community theater groups, a local opera company in Stonington, and Shakespeare in the Park in Groton.