Emergency Treatment Center

Quick Facts

At A Glance: ETC Renovation

Current facility 

• 21,000-square feet, built in 1978
• Built to accommodate 20,000 patient visits per year
• 7,000 additional square feet of office/support space is located elsewhere within UI Hospitals and Clinics, but will be incorporated in the new facility

Future facility

• 60,000 square feet, scheduled completion in 2009
• Built to accommodate 45,000 patient visits per year

Timeline

• Multiple construction phases, beginning in February 2005
• Initial phases: adding temporary patient parking, relocating utilities, constructing larger, permanent parking area
• Later phases: building the new clinical area, slated for completion in early 2007
• Final phases: staff moves into new ETC area while construction workers will renovate the existing facility
• Completion of the project is scheduled for 2009.

Design Goals: Patients First

• Patient and family-centered atmosphere
• Personal, private experience for each patient
• Spacious, quiet, non-threatening patient care areas encourage family involvement and assure patient confidentiality
• Multiple private triage and registration areas promote efficient, confidential interaction with patients entering and leaving the Emergency Treatment Center
• Improved parking and access

Technology

For the protection of patients and staff, the new facility incorporates:

• Tracking devices
• Entrance and exit controls
• Sophisticated security cameras

Modern Design Features

• 28 spacious, private patient rooms
• Three major critical care rooms
• Three specialized trauma rooms, each able to accommodate two stretchers
• Two rooms for psychiatric emergencies
• One specialty room for ophthalmologic and dental emergencies
• Special accommodations for evaluations of sexual assault victims, management of bariatric patients, and observation of patients with chest pain
• Designated areas for pediatric and urgent care
• Expanded nursing station (four times larger than current area) provides an unencumbered area for staff and specialty service consultations
• Visible and accessible room layouts, strategic equipment placement, and user-friendly work areas
• Hallway width will increase from 8-feet to 10-feet wide
• Private corridor to shield trauma arrivals from public

Additional Accommodations

• UI Hospitals and Clinics Emergency Medicine residency program
• Trauma and emergency medicine administration
• Teaching areas, including an auditorium
• Designated space for laboratory and radiology services