Project Grant CE147368

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - UC MEDICAL CENTER, LLC 234 GOODMAN STREET CINCINNATI, OHIO 45219-2364 PROJECT DIRECTOR: BOB FELDBAUER PHONE: 513-584-8315 ROBERT.FELDBAUER@UCHEALTH.COM HTTPS://WWW.UCHEALTH.COM/ IN 2019, UC HEALTH EMBARKED ON A HISTORIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER (UCMC) EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED). THE UCMC ED SERVES THE ENTIRE REGION WITH ADVANCED CAPABILITIES AND IS THE REGION'S ONLY LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER. IT IS A WELL-KNOWN CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS. AS PART OF OUR ED EXPANSION, WE ARE INCORPORATING LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES FROM RECENT INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS, MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS, AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE EMERGENCIES TO DESIGN A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY FORESEEABLE COMMUNITY CRISIS. THE RECENT COVID-19 PANDEMIC TAUGHT US A LOT AND, IN RESPONSE, WE'RE ADDING THREE CAPABILITIES TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THAT WILL ENHANCE OUR RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT, LINGERING PANDEMIC AND ALL FUTURE EVENTS WE MIGHT FACE: EMS CANOPY AND DECONTAMINATION BAY, DEDICATED NEGATIVE AIR FLOW ROOMS, AND AN ENCLOSED CRITICAL CARE PAVILION BUILD OUT FOR MASS CASUALTIES. THE $4M CDS AWARDED IN THE FY 2022 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT (P.L. 117-103) WILL SUPPORT THE BUILD OUT OF THE CRITICAL CARE PAVILION BUILD/MASS CASUALTY TRIAGE SPACE.