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Previously collaborating with Poltronieri Tang, Davis Brody Bond Aedas completed a feasibility study and program development for the new Pediatric Emergency Department. The firm has since completed the design for this facility to meet the increasing demand for pediatric emergency department services in an expanding Washington Heights pediatric community. The new emergency department is planned to accommodate a projected census of 60,000 annual visits. The existing Pediatric Emergency Department occupies approximately 5,800 sf of space on the first floor of Children’s North Building, with 17 treatment bays and clinical support spaces.

Upon completion, scheduled for January 2011, the new Pediatric Emergency Department will occupy 30,070 gsf of space and increase the total number of treatment bays to 29. The primary clinical level will be located on the Cellar Level (approximately 8’ below grade) of the existing twelve-story Children’s Central Building and adjacent to the existing twelve-story Children’s Bed Tower with a dedicated ambulatory street entrance on Broadway. The Emergency Department will locate all diagnostic and treatment services in immediate proximity, maximizing efficiency and eliminating the need for patient transport to other hospital departments. Included in the project scope are two trauma rooms, both Radiology and CT-Ready suites, a fully- functional pharmacy, orthopedic and cast procedure rooms, both negatively and positively-pressured isolation rooms, and a mechanical system which affords department–wide isolation and purge capabilities in the event of air-borne catastrophic or infectious event.

Specific design attention has been paid to the scale of the new emergency department, ensuring an environment that is intimate and nurturing to the young patients it will be serving. The department will be accented in both clinical and public spaces by full height images taken from children’s literature, continuing a theme that was central to the successful design of the inpatient building. The welcome, primary waiting and sub-acute waiting areas have been designed specifically with children and their extended family in mind, integrating intimate family reading areas, a multi-media/interactive wall and game kiosks.