ECC Structure Located on over 2.8 acres of space at the corner of Armstrong and Butler streets in dowtown Atlanta, the ECC is really divided into 8 contiguous areas where patients are seen and evaluated. All patients who present to the ECC for care receive a triage evaluation. Patients are assigned an acuity classification and a treatment location is chosen for them. The ECC operates with the philosophy that patients should spend as little time as possible in triage or the waiting room and as such, should be moved to one of our treatment sites as soon as possible. 2 large trauma bays, with the capacity for 4 simultaneous major trauma patients anchor this area in addition to general care rooms, an orthopaedic room, an eye, ear, nose and throat room and a GYN evaluation room.
All rooms are capable of cardiac monitoring.
Again, all rooms are fully capable of cardiac monitoring. Patients with mild to moderate asthmatic disease are evaluated in this area that is supported by nursing and a 24-hour respiratory therapist with the patients being placed into NIH guided protocols. The ECC provides acute care for prisoners from the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Dekalb County as well as many as 73 other jurisdictions in the metropolitan Atlanta market. Prisoners will present with all types of medical and surgical illness, as such, this area is primarily designed for prisoners with low acuity illnesses. Those individuals with higher acuity needs are treated in Red or Blue Zones.