Ohio State Emergency Department
410 W. 10th Ave.
Columbus,
OH 43210
Phone numbers 614-293-8333
Hours Today: Open 24 Hours
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The Ohio State Emergency Department (ED) offers the most advanced levels of emergency care from experts who’ve devoted their professional and academic careers to emergency medicine.
The ED is located on the main medical center campus near the corner of 12th Avenue and Upham Drive. Get directions to the ED entrance or see a medical center campus map. Follow directional signage.
Get directions to the ED entrance
The Ohio State Emergency Department is:
- One of only two adult Level 1 Trauma Centers in central Ohio, able to care for the most serious injuries
- Central Ohio's only verified adult burn center
- Staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week with stroke care specialists in our certified comprehensive stroke program
- Central Ohio's only hyperbaric medicine center with chambers available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
To visit an emergency patient, you must have the permission of the physician and nurse caring for the patient. Children age 12 or younger must have permission of the charge nurse.
Learn more about Ohio State's emergency medicine services.
Directions and maps
Ohio State’s University Hospital is located just south of The Ohio State University campus in Columbus. View a map of the OSU Wexner Medical Center, including University Hospital, Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital and the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.
Free transportation is available for patients and visitors to and from the medical center parking garages and buildings. View options.
Parking
General Parking Instructions
Emergency Department patients and visitors are strongly encouraged to valet park. You can self-park in any parking garage. The parking facility closest to University Hospital is the 12th Avenue Garage. Also within walking distance are the Wexner Medical Center Garage and the SAFEAUTO Garage.
Refer to this map to see how to get to the Emergency Department entrance from where you’re parked.
Be sure to bring your garage ticket with you to get it validated at the Patient Experience desk in the main lobby or at a registration desk.
Free shuttle service is available to and from many medical center parking garages and buildings. View options.
Valet Parking
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center main campus offers valet services at each of the following locations:
- University Hospital
- Ohio State Emergency Department
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
- University Hospital – Rhodes Hall/Doan Hall
- University Hospital – Pavilion
The cost for valet parking is $10 per day, and there is a maximum charge of $50 for five or more consecutive days. Valet accepts cash, credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay.
After your visit, you can request your vehicle by:
- Presenting your ticket at the cashier podium
- Calling the valet team using the phone number on your ticket
- Scanning the QR code on your ticket
- Using the “Text Down” feature listed on your ticket
Valet service is also available at Martha Morehouse Outpatient Care, Outpatient Care Dublin, Outpatient Care New Albany and East Hospital. Valet costs may vary by location.
Disability Parking
Parking for our guests with disabilities is available in all patient and visitor garages on the medical center campus. The parking garage that is the closest to the Emergency Department entrance is the 12th Avenue Garage.
Hours
- Monday: Open 24 Hours
- Tuesday: Open 24 Hours
- Wednesday: Open 24 Hours
- Thursday: Open 24 Hours
- Friday: Open 24 Hours
- Saturday: Open 24 Hours
- Sunday: Open 24 Hours
Visiting Hours
Visitation is generally 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week in most hospital units.