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CAMPUS TRANSFORMATION: Emergency Department

ED 1st AveAs part of the strategy for providing a state-of-the-art acute care center at the North Clinical Campus, NYU Langone is upgrading and expanding its Emergency Department. As with planning for the Kimmel Pavilion, this project spurred the clinicians involved to totally rethink the Emergency Department's layout, maximize efficiencies and incorporate new technologies.

The multi-phased project will expand the department well beyond its current cramped 6,900 square feet to 19,600 square feet, and add another 2,400 square feet devoted to radiology. The addition will boost the number of patient treatment positions from the current 18 to a total of 40.

Among the crucial improvements to the Emergency Department are separations between adult walk-in and ambulance patients, and between adult and pediatric patients, which are essential to providing better care for all as the anticipated number of visitors to the facility overall continues to grow as expected. This segregation of patients will allow for a dedicated pediatric emergency care center, with its own pediatric waiting/play area, enhancing the safety and comfort of patients and families. Meanwhile a separate fast-track service will move non-acute patients more quickly through treatment and discharge.

The expansion further enables the addition of a state-of-the-art imaging suite, as well as a family consultation room and room for family members to remain at the bedside of patients in treatment areas.

To complete the patient-centered renovation, revamped signage will give the Emergency Department a more prominent presence on 1st Ave. The new ED is expected to be fully operational by mid-2014.

For more, including the latest Construction Updates, please visit the ED Expansion & Renovation Project Overview.

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