The emergency center is divided into three distinct stations or pods, each serving a designated area. In addition, EMS crews have a comfortable break room, a space for cleaning equipment and also computers for making reports. Forensic, gynecological and psychiatric areas are also part of the unit. A storeroom and dispensary as well as a dietary kitchen are included. Doerger pointed to a badge on her jacket.
Cell phones are also a quick method of communication between staff members.
The treatment rooms look more like regular hospital rooms with solid walls and doors with glass panels, monitors, call buttons, intercoms and in some rooms televisions and phones. An operating room is located directly above the emergency rooms so patients can be transferred quickly if surgery is indicated. Hall joined the tour and commented on the new facility. They got excellent care but the old space wasn t designed to treat that many people. Doerger expects that they will see approximately 94,000 patients by the end of 2001.