Bridgton Hospital

BRIDGTON HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT RENOVATION AND EXPANSION - PROJECT ABSTRACT: BRIDGTON HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION THE PROJECT WILL RENOVATE 4,977 SQUARE FEET WITHIN THE EXISTING HEALTH CENTER. IT WILL INCLUDE AN 1,800-SQUARE-FOOT ADDITION. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL CREATE A NEW "FRONT" ENTRY FROM THE MAIN ROAD TO THE NEW ED LOCATION, CREATE DEDICATED ED PARKING IN THE EXISTING PARKING LOT, CREATE A NEW AMBULANCE ENTRY AND CANOPY WITH ONE-WAY TRAFFIC FLOW. WE WILL INFILL THE CURRENT SPECIALTY CARE SUITE AND THE LARGE UNUSED WAITING SPACE. WE WILL SEPARATE AMBULANCE AND WALK-IN PATIENT TRAFFIC BY CREATING A NEW AMBULANCE ENTRANCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOSPITAL. INTERNAL EXPANSION AND A SMALL ADDITION WILL BE NEEDED. SMALL ADDITION FOR NURSE STATION AND TREATMENT ROOMS. WE WILL CREATE EIGHT TREATMENT ROOMS AND THREE RECLINER BAYS FOR A TOTAL OF ELEVEN TREATMENT ROOMS. WE WILL CREATE A CENTRAL NURSE STATION WITH TREATMENT ROOMS/BAYS ALONG THE PERIMETER TO IMPROVE PATIENT VISIBILITY. THE EXISTING ED CAN REMAIN OPERATIONAL AND THEN BE BACKFILLED WITH OTHER CLINICAL NEEDS. INSTALL A NEW EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SIGN AT THE FACILITY ENTRANCE. PURCHASE MOVABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A LARGER, BETTER-ORGANIZED FACILITY, WELL-SUITED TO DELIVERING EMERGENCY SERVICES TO OUR PATIENTS.