Have the ORs right at the entrances of hospitals so emergency patients don't have to get rolled down long hallways.

Posted by Clevertown@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 23 comments

I just watched a movie where a cop who was shot is being wheeled through several long hallways. All that time wasted rolling down the hallways!

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rasputin6543@reddit

And put the emergency room in the basement!

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Not sure if this is a common setup. But at the hospital where my wife gave birth, maternity is on the top floor because the helipad is right there for getting emergency NICU patients as quickly as possible.

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unfinishedtoast3@reddit

Doctor here.

Sadly, this is more to prevent stolen babies by creating a floor below maternity, a buffer security zone basically.

My hospital has special elevators that go directly to maternity, and the soon to be parents get a wristband that unlocks the elevator

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TheSkiGeek@reddit

That definitely makes sense for it to not be on the ground floor. And they were pretty tight on security going in and out of the unit. This one was on, like, the 15th floor of a 16-story building in a big city.

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Euphoric_Loquat_8651@reddit

Maternity is usually up some floors if not at the top. At least in part, it allows an extra layer of access restriction at the elevator and makes kidnappings a little easier to stop. At least that was the setup in the several hospitals my wife has worked in.

Not sure about the NICU proximity reasoning. It might be legit, but maternity is usually up in hospitals that don't have rooftop helipads as well.

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Fastfaxr@reddit

Put a propellor on top of the emergency room so instead of needing a helicopter to pick up critical patients, the emergency room can fly right to them!

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MissyJ74@reddit

Some dumbass would still walk into the tail rotor.

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fender8421@reddit

Can you imagine the money that pilot would make. Like, the job would never be open once somebody gets it

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BigWhiteDog@reddit

TVs and Movies aren't reality.

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skylinesora@reddit

No shit, but OPs opinion still applies

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BigWhiteDog@reddit

Only for tv and movie producers, not real life.

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skylinesora@reddit

And real life, I’ve you’ve been into a hospital you’ll know

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BigWhiteDog@reddit

And I spent my life in emergency services and likely have been in more hospitals, including major trauma centers than you. There's a lot more to it than in fake life.

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skylinesora@reddit

I've probably been in more. I used to do physical security and consulting so i've been in a pretty good amount of hospitals across the US

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RainbowCrane@reddit

Unfortunately I’ve been in lots of emergency rooms and lots of hospitals due to long term chronic conditions. Only two of those hospitals had miles/acres of corridors between ORs and other areas, The Cleveland Clinic and the various buildings at The Ohio State University. You only get situations like that on huge healthcare campuses, and even then in an emergency situation such as emergency thoracic surgery or emergency brain surgery the surgeon who normally works in the dedicated cardiac care building is probably going to run to an emergency OR closer to the ER unless there’s a need for a heart lung machine or something that’s only available in the dedicated heart OR.

Also, you seriously underestimate how fast orderlies are at transporting patients when speed is necessary. Both of those campuses have non-public tunnels where I was moved by orderlies literally jogging with my gurney through the corridors. It’s not a 20 minute delay.

I spent more time waiting in corridors for rooms to be available between treatments than I ever did being transported.

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Clevertown@reddit (OP)

But the cop in the movie died right before the doctor was able to work on him! (I'm impressed at how seriously you took my crazy idea!)

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