The Life Sustaining Management and Alternatives Program (LSMA) is an Emergency Department Palliative Medicine Program which is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The nation's first and only Emergency Department-based Palliative Medicine Program, LSMA will take on the task of translating palliative care into the emergency setting
- Often, patients arrive in the Emergency Department with known or newly diagnosed terminal illness, with physical and emotionally distressing symptoms. These patients present emergency physicians with palliative care opportunities--chances to relieve pain and suffering, and to work collaboratively with the patient and family to establish treatment goals that support and honor their wishes
- The program will also concentrate on helping individuals understand their disease and how to manage their lives
- Since the beginning of the program, we have helped meet the goals and wishes of more than 400 patients.
- More information will be available throughout 2012
For additional information please contact:
Mark Rosenberg, DO, Chairman, Emergency Medicine, Director of LSMA and Emergency Department Palliative Care Program: 973.754.2240
Emergency Department Geriatric and Palliative Care Services: 973.754.2243
Adult Emergency Department: 973.754.3735
Pediatric Emergency Department: 973.754.2240
Emergency Medicine Residency Program: 973.754.2918
Emergency & Trauma Services: 973.754.2242
Emergency Department: 973.754.2251
Psychiatric Emergency Services Hotline Number: 973.754.2230
