DR. SIMBRA DID HAVE
TARGETED CHANGES THAT SEEM TO
TRIGGER A LOSS OF MUSCLE MASS
AS PEOPLE AGE.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT WHETHER
REGULAR EXERCISE COULD SLOW
THIS DECLINE.
NEW AT 5. A MAJOR EXPANSION
FOR A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
THIS TIME ONE OF THE MOST BUSY
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS.
JEFFERSON HOSPITAL WILL SOON
OFFER SOME OF THE LATEST
HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY
AVAILABLE.>
IT IS A $21 MILLION
EXPANSION.
JEFFERSON HOSPITAL IS GIVING
THE EMERGENCY ROOM EIGHT
MAKEOVER AND CHANGING THE WAY
DOCTORS AND NURSES APPROACH
EMERGENCY CARE. WE WILL
BECOME A MORE PATIENT-CENTERED
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OFFERING A
GREATER EXPANSION OF CARE TO
NEONATAL AND PEDIATRICS AS WELL
AS BECOMING TRAUMA READY.
Reporter: THE FIRST PHASE OF
CONSTRUCTION INCLUDES CREATING
A NEW EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
ENTRANCE AND RELOCATING THE
HELIPAD TO THE ROOF.
EVENTUALLY 12 MORE BEDS WILL BE
ADDED TO THE ER ALONG WITH A
NEW COMFORTABLE WAITING AREA.
THE LAYOUT WILL ALSO BE
DIFFERENT. MOST EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENTS ARE SPREAD AROUND
THE CENTRAL NURSING STATION.
WE WILL BREAK INTO EIGHT
DIFFERENT TEAMS.
PATIENT CARE TEAMS WILL BE
CLOSER TO THE PATIENTS AND
THEIR VISITORS.
THEY WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO
EXPLAIN THINGS AND GET THE
TREATMENT TO THEM MORE PROMPTLY.
Reporter: THE TREATMENT
ROOMS WILL BE FLEXIBLE AND THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE
PATIENTS OF ALL AGES WITH ALL
LEVELS OF TRAUMA AND ILLNESS.
WE WILL HAVE SEPARATE ROOMS
FOR PEDIATRICS AND PATIENTS
REQUIRING BEHAVIORAL HELP.
IT WILL BE SEPARATE AND NICE
AND UPDATED.
IT WILL BE GREAT NOT ONLY FOR
