Memorial Hermann Emergency Center at Southwest Hospital
- Open 24 Hours
General Information
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital is a Level IV trauma center and stands ready to meet the needs of critically ill or injured patients throughout the southwest area. Our Emergency Center is staffed by affiliated board-certified emergency medicine physicians, advanced practice providers and nurses and technicians specially trained in emergency care.
To contact the Emergency Center at Memorial Hermann Southwest, call (713) 456-5000.
Get information on parking and as well as when to go to the ER and what to expect and bring to the ER.
Services include:
- Digital X-ray, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound
- Diagnostic laboratory
- Patients accepted via walk-in or ambulance
- Most insurances accepted (ER copayment applicable for ER visits)
- Cash and all major credit cards accepted
- Access to higher level of care via ground ambulance or by air via Memorial Hermann Life Flight®
Level IV Trauma Center
Memorial Hermann Southwest is a designated Level IV trauma center with the ability to provide advanced trauma life support, evaluation, stabilization and diagnostic services. If the situation demands, transfer agreements and protocols allow patients to be transferred quickly to a higher level of care within Memorial Hermann’s network of trauma centers.
When to Go to the ER
When to call 911 or go to an emergency room immediately?
If you have symptoms of heart attack or stroke, or feel that your “life or limb” is in danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room immediately.
Memorial Hermann hospitals and Convenient Care Centers treat patients of all ages.
What to Expect in the ER
With Emergency Rooms located throughout the greater Houston area, the award-winning Memorial Hermann Life Flight air ambulance program and the services of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, a Level I Trauma center, Memorial Hermann offers the most comprehensive network of emergency services available in southeast Texas. Each year, some 400,000 people seek treatment in a Memorial Hermann ER.
If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
Parking Information
Garage One and Two:
- 0-15 minutes: Free
- 16-30 minutes: $3
- 31-60 minutes: $4
- 61-90 minutes: $5
- 91 minutes - 24 hours: $6
- Daily in/out pass: $8 per day
Beechnut and Southwest parking lots:
- First 15 minutes: Free
- 16 minutes - 24 hours: $5
- No in/out passes
MP3 (7500 Beechnut) parking lot:
- First 15 minutes: Free
- 16 minutes - 24 hours: $5
- No in/out passes
MP3 parking lot:
- 0-15 minutes: Free
- 16-30 minutes: $3
- 31-60 minutes: $4
- 61-90 minutes: $5
- 91 minutes - 24 hours: $6
- No in/out passes