Maryland's Health Matters - Midtown - Winter 2013 - (Page 5)

A First Look Emergency Department renovations complete! The University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus To minimize the time you have to wait to be seen in our Emergency Department (ED), staffed by University of Mary- ED, each patient receives quick registration and triage. land School of Medicine physicians, is designed to ensure Shortly after triage, you are visited by members of our ED that patients are seen as quickly as possible and receive the team. Below are some of the recent improvements to the ED, highest quality care. enabling staff to have quick access to patients at all times. ADDITIONAL CABINETRY in FLAT-SCREEN all rooms, so ED staff have LARGER TVS in all rooms. to leave for equipment or ROOMS supplies less often. NEW COMPUTERS in all rooms, so physicians and nurses have the ability to review test results and radiology results at the patient's bedside. TELEPHONES in all patient rooms, so patients don't have to leave the room to call their families. This also allows staff to call to report on a patient's status, or to call the lab, the pharmacy or Radiology from the patient's bedside. CARDIAC MONITORS enable NEW NEW ROOM SETUP staff to monitor cardiac patients STRETCHERS offers the right side at all times on centrally are larger of the room for family located computer screens. and more and includes a chair, a comfortable. coat rack and a ﬂip-up Most rooms are table; the left side of private with SLIDING Some rooms have PATIENT GLASS DOORS AND LIFT EQUIPMENT built into the CURTAINS that close ceilings so patients can be lifted for privacy and safety. without straining the staff. the room is for staff. umm.edu/midtown | Winter 2013 5 http://www.umm.edu/midtown

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Maryland's Health Matters - Midtown - Winter 2013

Maryland's Health Matters - Midtown - Winter 2013
Contents
A Healthy Start
Seeing Is Believing
A Lifesaving Gift
At a Glance
Make Heart Health a Family Affair

Maryland's Health Matters - Midtown - Winter 2013