1. Emergency Department Design By Idrees Iwaidat Idrees Iwaidat Al-Ahli Hospital

2. Goal To create ideal Emergency Department design To create ideal Emergency Department design

3. Objectives Identification of Population needs for Emergency Department Identification of Population needs for Emergency Department Ideal Emergency Department structure and design to meet population need Ideal Emergency Department structure and design to meet population need

4. ER to ED Health care expectations Health care expectations Function of ER room Function of ER room History of ER design History of ER design

5. Present ER structure Beds Beds Rooms Rooms Resources Resources Staff Staff Services Services

6. Ideal ED structure and design Function- Environment safety- patient/staff Environment safety- patient/staff Space- system Space- system Expedite assessment, care, TX and disposition Expedite assessment, care, TX and disposition Cater unique patient population Cater unique patient population Maximize human reources Maximize human reources

7. What does the ideal structure look like? Refer to attached diagram Refer to attached diagram Structure description Structure description

10. Conclusion Over the last forty years Palestinian hospitals have transitioned from treating emergency cases in hospital wards to the establishment of minimally staffed/equipped emergency rooms. We are currently in the next phase of development in emergency care and need to move our Emergency Rooms to fully functional Emergency Departments in both structure, system, and design.

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