Future of Engineering
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Emergency Room of the Future
Next door to the old and crowded emergency department of Washington Hospital Center is a bright oasis of calm. Backed by a $2.2 million federal grant and drawing on 600 different ideas from a task force of experts, the hospital is putting in what emergency department chairman Dr. Mark Smith hopes will be a first draft of the emergency department of the future.
It is designed to handle a sudden influx of mass casualties from a natural disaster, biological attack or a pandemic, and at the same time prevent the ongoing disaster of hospital-acquired infections.
Full story here
It is designed to handle a sudden influx of mass casualties from a natural disaster, biological attack or a pandemic, and at the same time prevent the ongoing disaster of hospital-acquired infections.
Full story here
Labels: Bio-engineering
PermaLink - Emergency Room of the Future posted by Ecacofonix : 11:49 PM
