Emanuel Critical Care Center
Emanuel's new three-story, 64,000 square feet facility opened in January 2007 and provides patients and families with all private, individual treatment rooms for Emergency, Critical Care and inpatient hospital care.
The new Emergency Department located on the first floor of the center treats over 55,000 patients annually and includes:
- 20,000 sq. feet linear design to expand and contract as patient load varies
- 17 private patient treatment rooms
- Four (4) acute private treatment rooms (a.k.a. resuscitation rooms designed larger than a standard treatment room to accommodate trauma-related medical equipment and a larger care team)
- Dedicated decontamination room to treat patients exposed to hazardous materials
- Dedicated room (three beds) for patients waiting for test results only, or admission to the hospital
- Two (2) triage stations featuring private rooms for patient confidentiality
- 2,200 square foot family/patient waiting area
- Ambulance entrance located separately from the patient/family entrance
- Medical care in provided in this department by the Valley Emergency Physicians Medical Group
- A security station staffed 24 hours a day
The Critical Care Department with over 22,000 sq. ft. is located on the second floor and provides:
- Coronary care, post-operative care, surgical care, and medical intensive care
- 12 critical care private patient rooms (includes two (2) isolation rooms)
- 20 progressive care (telemetry) private patient rooms
- Intermediate care patient rooms designed to accommodate additional critical care patients if needed
- Entire floor designed to facilitate the use of computerized medical documentation for all caregivers
- All patient rooms on this floor are over-sized, designed especially to accommodate family-centered care (providing space for and accommodations of sleeper/recliners, reading lights, etc. for patient's support person)
- Entire floor equipped with automated/computerized medication dispensing system
The Third Floor of the Emanuel Critical Care Center provides over 20,000 sq. ft. of space for inpatient care and features:
- 36 over-sized private patient rooms that can provide telemetry appropriate patients not requiring critical or intermediate care
- Patient rooms are designed to accommodate family-centered care and include flat screen TVs, sleeper/recliners and reading lights for family members and patients to utilize during their stay.