We're at the entry of the new build.
This is the entrance where you come in
if you had to go to the emergency
department.
There's a sidewalk that leads you right
back to the parking lot.
If you have to go to the main build
you'd go straight right through onto the
sidewalk to the main doors of the
hospital. That is unchanged.
We're very excited to open this new
department . We've been waiting a long
time. I'd like to
thank the Ministry of Health, Interior
Health,
the Foundation and the Regional District
for all the work that everybody's put
into it and contributed. Thank you.
Welcome to the new KBRH emergency
department.
I'm standing here at the triage room
where you're going to be received
directly
by a triage registered nurse
and this is where we're going to assess
you and see which care area is most
appropriate for you
in our new emergency department. This
here is the streaming area which you may
be seen for minor treatments and lower
acuity
symptoms. We have our private wait room
and our exam
rooms to your left. This here is one of
our several acute care bays that you'll
be seen
for more of our complex acute cases.
Notice the size of the room is quite a
lovely space.
We have glass doors for privacy
we have enhanced technology within the
bays.
Exam lights, ceiling lift, and all the
technology that we would need to care
for you.
Here we have two rooms available to care
for our most critical
of patients. We have these amazing booms
that keep
the equipment up off the floor
and easy usability for our physicians
and our nursing
staff. Here I'm standing in front of our
isolation or negative pressure room. This
is where we will have
all of our infectious-like illness
patients
or COVID in this day and time. Here you
see we have a room
specific to donning and doffing our
personal
protective equipment. We have plenty of
space for the physicians and the nursing
staff to work,
as well as monitoring systems for our
critical care rooms.
So this concludes our tour of our new
emergency department here at Kootenay
Boundary. We're really excited.
I would like to thank everyone for all
the hard work: The community, the
Foundation.
On behalf of the physician and the
nursing staff group
we thank you for your patience and
cooperation during this construction
time.
