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Winter 2008

Volume 1, Number 1

Emergency Department Capacity and Space Need

 

Component

Capacity

Department

Gross Square

Feet (DGSF)

Comments

       

Emergency/
Urgent Care Area:

     

Poor Performance

1,100 to 1,200 annual visits
per treatment bay

550 to 650
DGSF per
treatment bay

Assumes average treatment room/bay turnaround time of 180 minutes and that 50% of peak daily visits occur during busiest 8-hour shift.

Average Performance

1,300 to 1,600 annual visits
per treatment bay

550 to 650
DGSF per
treatment bay

Assumes average treatment room/bay  turnaround time of 150 minutes and that 50% of peak daily visits occur during busiest 8-hour shift.

Peak Performance

1,700 to 1,900 annual visits
per treatment bay
550 to 650
DGSF per
treatment bay

Assumes average treatment room/bay turnaround time of 120 minutes and that 50% of peak daily visits occur during busiest 8-hour shift.

Nonurgent Care/Fast Track Area:

1,700 to 2,400 annual visits
per treatment bay

400 to 500
DGSF per
treatment bay

Assumes average treatment room/bay turnaround time of 60 to 90 minutes and that 75% of peak daily visits occur during busiest 8-hour shift.

       

Note: DGSF represents the "footprint" of a department or functional area and includes the net square feet of the individual rooms as well as the space occupied by internal circulation corridors, walls/partition, and minor utility shafts; DGSF excludes common areas such as shared public corridors and lobbies, elevator banks, stairwells, major mechanical spaces, and the space occupied by the building's exterior wall.

Source: SpaceMed Guide (Second Edition).

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