Brackenridge, Hospital CCU
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Brackenridge
Hospital CCU
Austin, Texas
Brackenridge Hospital, the major trauma hospital in Travis County, needed to renovate an existing patient wing into a 14-bed Critical Care Unit in order to accommodate the increasing demand on their current CCU department and staff. Aware of the immediate need for these services, the project team identified the inherent budget and schedule benefits of approaching this as a design build project.
The project approach resulted in a streamlined process of design implementation and innovative staffing solutions. The overall concept was to integrate technology and innovation into the healing environment for the patient, staff and family. The typical nurse station was decentralized and brought to the room as a 'nurse bay.' Each bay is equipped to handle the charting and communication requirements usually found in a crowded nurse station while remaining only steps away from the patient. The nurse station, now more compact, is a hub for procedure carts, nursing management, physicians and residents.
The patient rooms not only accommodate all of the sophisticated, life-supporting equipment, but a family area complete with a television, computer, desk and a sleep chair. This area allows a family member to stay in the room while staff checks in on the patient. The overall design of the space incorporates both warm and cool tones, as well as organic elements to provide a balanced, healing environment.
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