Patent ID: 8112942

Claim:
A hospital layout comprising: (a) a plurality of adjacent OR/intervention rooms configured and equipped to perform surgery and other procedures; (b) a plurality of intubation rooms directly connected to adjacent OR/intervention rooms, said direct connection of the intubation rooms to the OR/intervention rooms enabling passage directly between in the intubation rooms and OR/intervention room without having to pass through another area of the hospital, said intubation rooms configured and equipped to prepare patients for procedures to occur in the OR/intervention room, said preparation occurring while the OR/intervention room is being prepared; (c) at least one extubation room directly connected to adjacent OR/intervention rooms, said direct connection of the extubation rooms to the OR/intervention rooms, enabling passage between the extubation room and OR/intervention rooms without having to pass through another area of the hospital, said at least one extubation room configured and equipped to post-intervention awaken and extubate patients; and (d) a plurality of universal patient rooms approximate the OR/intervention rooms and physically separate from the intubation rooms and the extubation rooms, said universal patient rooms specifically physically configured and specifically and permanently equipped with equipment used to perform all of the functions of admitting patients for surgery intervention, preparing patients for surgery intervention, allowing patients to recover post-intervention, and discharging patients post-recovery.