Madison Messenger - Madison Health Special Edition - January 13th, 2019

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January 13, 2019
More privacy in new Emergency Department
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Messenger Editor
More privacy. More beds. More space.
Madison Health’s new Emergency Department
has all three.
In the previous setup,
most of the department’s 11
beds were separated only
by curtains. In the new
space, all 16 beds are
housed in private treatment
rooms with walls and
doors.
“Now, you don’t have to
hear your neighbor’s problems,
and they don’t have
to hear yours,” said Jennifer
Piccione, RN, BSN,
MHA, vice president of
nursing and clinical services.
In addition to enabling
patients to discuss sensitive
topics with the doctors
and nursing staff, the private rooms increase the
number of family members who can accompany
patients, reduces the risk of cross contamination,
and optimizes the use of portable medical equipment.
With 13,000 square feet, the new department
Charles Lutterloh, assistant administrator
at Madison Health, installs a sitstand
computer arm in an exam room
in the new Emergency Department.
is three times the size of the old one, which means
more room for not only patients and their families,
but also staff.
“We learned to work in the old space. It’s going
to be an adjustment having so much more room,
but obviously for the good,”
said Erin Beair, BSN, RN,
Emergency Department director.
Part of the new space is
dedicated to specialized rooms,
including a room for victims of
sexual assault, a safe room for
patients at risk of harming
themselves, and a private consultation
and bereavement
room where medical staff can
meet with patients’ loved ones.
The department also features
a large trauma bay for trauma
cases and patients in cardiopulmonary
distress.
New, too, is a dual entrance
system. Previously, walk-up
patients and emergency squad
personnel used the same entrance. Now, walk-up
patients enter the Emergency Department from
the Park Avenue side of the expansion. Emergency
squad personnel have their own entrance
off of Main Street.
Each of the Emergency Department’s 16 treatment rooms are private. Interior
curtains can be pulled across the sliding glass doors for increased privacy.
“There’s a place to park their
squad vehicles, they have direct access
to the trauma room, and they
have direct access to the decontamination
room, if they need it,” Piccione
said of the emergency personnel entrance.
The hospital also set aside a room
for emergency squad personnel where
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