The 'Smart Bay' Optimizing Trauma Care of the Future

摘要

Renowned as one of the most variable frontline environments in all of healthcare the Resuscitation bay is aripe arena to be conceptualized for the future through a human-centered design lens. Resuscitation bays inhospital emergency departments today are poorly suited for work that requires speed, accuracy, and accessto both patient and equipment. Necessary supplies are stored beyond the average reach range, and with nospecific organization, cords prevent 360 degree access to the patient and critical equipment goes missing.Over the course of 5 weeks researchers conducted more than 150 hours of contextual observation todetermine usability barriers looking not only at physical ergonomics but also cognitive and organizationergonomics with a goal to provide solutions to better optimize this environment for work. The result is the'Smart Bay' of the future, a fully re-imagined and ergonomic (human factors compliant) environmentallowing for expedient care in this critical environment.