Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center

Going to the ER is not an experience anyone wants deal with. I had suddenly become VERY sick and was referred by urgent care to go to the ER. I received the best care ever. The nurses, physician assistant and doctors were very caring. Thanks for helping me get back to normal. -Steven

Nothing for a kid to do while their parent is in the er. Got scolded for trying to get my child to stop messing with stuff so I tried just keeping him with me and then got kicked out for my child screaming because I couldn't get him to stop. Not child friendly at all worst er waiting room ever.

Wait time to get back to a room was ridiculous, over 1.5 hours. When i asked about it i was told all rooms were full. When we finally got called back, 10 min after i asked, we passed multiple empty rooms. Dr was great and everything went fast after we were finally in the room. But for an emergency room they are VERY slow getting people in rooms to see a dr. Only gave 3 stars cuz the dr and nurse were awesome otherwise it would have been 1.

I got sent here from Urgent Care in baxter. I went in with what I assumed to be kidney stone pain. They ran the CT scan and said they hadn't found anything so they went back to the original diagnosis of sciatica. The doc ended up sending me away with a prescription for muscle relaxers after arguing about when I filled my last prescription (he thought the current month was JANUARY. I, under the influence of morphine, politely informed him it is currently FEBRUARY). Today, 2-18, I ended up in urgent care with the same pains. Turns out kidney stones WERE PRESENT on the CT scan, though nobody bothered to inform me of this and actually told me 'the scan came back clear'. I only found out I was correct on assuming kidney stones when the urgent care doctor said it was noted in my chart!? I'll be filing formal complaints on the doctor with the state medical board as soon as possible because this doesnt feel right. Finally on meds to get rid of my kidney stones with absolutely 0 help from st Joe's. Muscle relaxers!? Come on..

After reading all of the reviews; I was extremely skeptical about taking my son into the ER even though it was necessary and recommended. After making the decision to take him - I was extremely pleased with all of the staff. Immediately upon arrival my son was evaluated and taken to his own private room where he was taken care of by wonderful nurses, EKG techs, x-ray techs, lab techs and an amazing doctor too!! I would highly recommend this ER and have no problem taking my children there again!!! Every person in which we interacted with, made our experience extremely pleasant.