Hospitals and Clinics

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For emergencies, call 911 (or 9-911 if you are calling from a room in one of the park lodges). Emergency phones at ranger stations connect directly to the park switchboard and do not require coins. Your cell phone isn’t likely to get a signal inside the canyon (or even on the North Rim). River guides carry satellite phones and are trained to assist in emergencies. Rangers and clinic staff handle emergencies on the South Rim, where a walk-in clinic (928/638-2551) is open all year. (You can fill prescriptions here, but only with a handwritten order from your doctor.) Flagstaff Medical Center is about 90 minutes from the South Rim. The North Rim is more remote, and park rangers have first-aid certification or EMT training. The nearest small hospitals are in Page (125 miles) or Kanab, Utah (82 miles). Air transport to Flagstaff Medical Center is possible from either rim.

© Kathleen Bryant from Moon Grand Canyon, 4th Edition

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