Emergency Departments

Efficiently designed critical care spaces provide privacy, help patients cope with stress, and allow staff to rapidly respond when every second counts.

Improved Patient Outcomes

Research-based planning and knowledge-driven architecture help Improve patient care and outcomes. Clinicians can concentrate on compassion and quality of care when emergency departments are designed to maximize capacity and throughput; incorporate lean concepts to optimize operational efficiencies; integrate and plan for future technology; and offer flexibility and support during catastrophic events.

Ocean Medical Center, Hovnanian Emergency Care Center
Stamford Health, New Hospital, Emergency Department
Houston Methodist ED
Houston Methodist ED
Medical University of South Carolina Pediatrics Emergency Department
Nemours Children's Hospital, ED Waiting Area
CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Emergency Department
Nemours Children's Hospital
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New Stamford Hospital

Stamford Health

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The Children's Hospital of San Antonio

CHRISTUS Health

With EYP as our strategic partner, we were able to prioritize a variety of planned projects and map a strategy for the phasing of our major campus renovation (starting with a brand-new ED). We worked together to leverage resources fully maximizing the outcome of our effort.

Stamford Hospital Kathy Sillard, COO
Trauma - Memorial Hermann Life Flight

Trauma: Extreme Emergency Care

When discussing Trauma care, the medical community characterizes our national shortage as, "where you live determines if you live." No where is that more true than in Houston's metropolitan area. With a Metro population of 6.5 million over roughly 10,000 square miles, access to emergency care for the most life threatening injuries is limited to only two Level One Trauma Centers, both located in the Texas Medical Center.

Over the past 3 decades, EYP has been Memorial Hermann's design partner in systematically expanding and improving the hospital's nationally recognized trauma capabilities. The latest step in this process has been the creation of the Red Duke Trauma Institute, which "brings together a world-class team of clinicians, researchers and educators armed with the latest in research and technology to deliver comprehensive, life-saving services to the residents of the Gulf Coast region." As part of this initiative, EYP designed a greatly expanded Trauma Center, significantly increasing surgical and diagnostic capabilities as well as a new 1,340,000 SF Patient Tower to serve as the backbone of the New Institute.

Dedicated Treatment Areas

Community demographics help shape emergency departments. Supporting 65,000 annual visits, Stamford Hospital’s ED is the first in its area to dedicate spaces for cardiac, behavioral health, trauma, and pediatric treatment. The Pediatric ED, for example, is specifically designed to address the unique medical and emotional needs of children, from newborns to teenagers, to help make distressing situations less traumatic.

Emergency Department Model

Optimizing Your Plan

To ensure we understand critical day-to-day behaviors and the necessary components of varying user spaces, our working sessions with you include healthcare role-playing scenarios. 3-D models enable you to easily demonstrate how you work and allow you to quickly test (and discard) various options. This active discovery process facilitates decision-making about critical equipment adjacencies and clarifies details of efficiency, ease, and protocol, ultimately helping build consensus across multidisciplinary care teams. Early identification of optimal ICU room layouts efficiently advances your design project and avoids costly changes in later phases of the work.

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