Here for You, 24/7, When Every Second Counts
At LifeCare Medical Center, we are committed to delivering fast, expert emergency care—day or night. From life-threatening trauma to minor injuries and urgent care needs, our team is trained and ready to respond with skill, compassion, and efficiency. Whether it’s in our emergency department, on the road, or in the air, you can trust LifeCare Medical Center to be there when you need us most.
Emergency Department
Our Emergency Department is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year—staffed by highly skilled providers, nurses, and emergency personnel. We are proudly designated as a Level IV Trauma Center and Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Minnesota Department of Health, equipped to handle critical emergencies with speed and precision. Every patient receives timely, patient-centered care in a safe, supportive environment.
What is a Level IV Trauma Center? Among other criteria, this means LifeCare Medical Center has:
- 24-hour immediate coverage by emergency medicine physicians and nurses
- Nurses have Trauma Nursing Core Course certification
- Providers also have Trauma certification(s)
- Trauma Surgeon on staff
- Prompt availability of general surgeons and anesthesiologists
- Demonstrates ability to provide prompt assessment, resuscitation, surgery, intensive care and stabilization of patients in emergency situations
- Current transfer agreements with Level 1 and level 2 trauma centers for patients requiring more comprehensive care
- Provides comprehensive quality assessments and strives service excellence
- Provides safe quality care for our rural community and assists other community hospitals when called upon
- Continuing education for our trauma team
- Connections and continuing education through WESTAC and the MN State Trauma Program
- Involvement in prevention efforts and outreach programs in the community.
What is an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital?
- This designation from the MN DOH means that LCMC has been certified in providing emergent stroke care.
- LCMC currently has 4 Advanced Stroke Life Support staff. (3 nurses and 1 paramedic)
- First in the State of MN to achieve this LCMC has transfer agreements for patients requiring more comprehensive care at a primary or comprehensive stroke center.
- Tele stroke available 24/7- this allows ER providers to have video chat access with Stroke Neurologists and Neurologists at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo.
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
LifeCare Medical Center’s EMS team is made up of highly trained, compassionate professionals—many of them your friends and neighbors—who are dedicated to delivering life-saving care before you even reach the hospital. Our team provides high-quality, evidence-based pre-hospital care directly to your doorstep or wherever help is needed in our community.
Air Transport
For rural, critical access hospitals like LifeCare Medical Center, having reliable critical care transport services available is important for those patients needing higher level or specific services not available locally. In addition, to provide advanced and critical care transport services with its own paramedic units, LifeCare continues to partner with air medical agencies to provide the same fast, safe, high-quality air transport services the citizens of and visitors to Roseau County have come to expect.
LifeCare Medical Center works with North Memorial Air Care to coordinate both scene responses and hospital-to-hospital transfers by rotor or fixed-wing aircraft. North Memorial will source transport aircraft from its own fleet as well as other cooperating agencies such as Altru, Sanford, LifeLink, and Guardian Flight, resulting in LifeCare’s patients always receiving the closest, most-appropriate air transport to hospitals in Grand Forks, Fargo, the Twin Cities, Rochester, and beyond.
Whether you’ve been evaluated by our physicians and nurses in the emergency department or our paramedics and EMTs at home or on the scene of an accident and need to be transported to a higher-level specialty center, you can count on LifeCare Medical Center and its air medical partners to continue to provide the highest quality ground and air transport services.
Convenience Care
Not all health concerns follow regular office hours. That’s why LifeCare Medical Center offers Convenience Care—a walk-in service available through our Emergency Department for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries that need attention after hours. From sore throats and minor cuts to sprains and fevers, Convenience Care helps you and your family get the treatment you need, when you need it.
Convenience Care Hours:
Monday – Friday 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Holiday hours to vary. Call with questions.
We’re Ready When You Need Us
From emergencies to after-hours care, our team is here—prepared, experienced, and committed to your well-being. At LifeCare Medical Center, we’re proud to be your trusted partner in health, no matter the hour or the need.
For more information or in case of emergency, please call 911 or contact our Emergency Department directly.
