MemorialCare Long Beach Hospitals Unveil Newly Renovated Emergency Department for Less Waiting, Quicker Throughput
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On Wednesday, May 19, MemorialCare’s Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach completed a $2.1 million year-long project to renovate the Emergency Department and upgrade the department’s “Fast Track” triage area to an enhanced “Super Track” with the ultimate goal of decreasing wait times and improving the patient experience.
The Super Track was designed to have low-acuity patients closer to the Emergency Department entrance, while high-acuity patients are treated closer to the elevators leading to patient rooms, should they need to be admitted. This design facilitates a “one-way system,” providing patients with enhanced privacy and more effective workflow for staff. It also offers private rooms for added comfort and privacy.
Healthcare heroes: How one Syracuse hospital learned to fight COVID-19
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At first, Dr. Douglas Fetterman was struck by how COVID-19 defied the treatments that had worked well on seemingly similar viruses in the past. He also worried that the burden of care might overwhelm his staff.
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‘The power of collaborative teamwork across nations is key’
Critical-Care doctors from St. Joseph’s hospital share how they fought the pandemic, with help from around the world
In terms of contagious disease, COVID-19 may have posed the biggest threat to human life in 100 years. Practices that had worked with previous coronaviruses worked less well, or not at all. Across the globe medical caregivers had to learn how best to treat it, even as patients were filling hospital beds. Members of the critical care team at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital in Syracuse shared their recollections of how they adapted, and their thoughts on lessons learned. Doctors included:
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez
Occupation: President of the NYS Nurses Association and has worked at the Montefiore Hospital for over 30 years
Quote from the interview: “We think that health care equity is critical. We think that everybody has the right to health care; that it is a human right. Everybody has the right to have a nurse when that patient needs a nurse and we are very committed to that. It is a beautiful profession and it is an honor to be a nurse. There is nothing like it so I highly recommend it for people who are interested in caring for people.,” Gonzalez said.
Salute to Iowa Nurses: Critical care leader reflects on astonishing year
Laura Rowley
As Market Director of Critical Care Services at MercyOne Des Moines and West Des Moines, Julie Tuel leads the professionals who care for the most vulnerable patients.
When COVID-19 hit, she managed an initiative to combine three critical care units into a single team and converted a surgery recovery unit into a functioning intensive care in just 24 hours.
“I have been a nurse 17 years and I had never seen or done what we went through last year,” said Tuel.
Teams worked 60-hour weeks in full personal protective equipment and adapted to treatment protocols that could change every few hours, based on directives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Public Health.