Emergency Services Washington, IN

24/7 Emergency Medical Services

The Emergency Department is staffed by specially trained providers which include physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and paramedics. The Emergency Department is equipped with three trauma rooms and six examination rooms in order to adequately care for a wide variety of emergency needs ranging from minor medical problems to stabilizing trauma victims. Air and ground ambulance services provide our patients with safe transport in the event additional specialty care is required during their emergency.

DCH EMS provides 911 service to all of Daviess County

We have four full-time crews in the following locations – two crews in Washington (stationed at Daviess Community Hospital), one crew in Odon, and one crew in Cannelburg.

• All stations are staffed 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
• Requests for emergency ambulance transport should be made by dialing 911, and will be taken in and dispatched by the dispatch centers in the county. These include Washington Police Department for 911 calls originating from within the city and Daviess County Sheriff department for 911 calls originating from the county.

For questions regarding DCH EMS services, please call 812-254-2760.

Contact

Chrissy Wininger, RN, Emergency Department Nurse Manager
812-254-2760 ext. 1301
​cwininger@dchosp.org

Dr. Chris Nixon, Physician Medical Director

Ashley Burch, EMS Coordinator
aburch@dchosp.org