Kaiser Permanente Emergency Department
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

As an overflow area the, Observation area or Clinical Decision Unit Patient Care Area (CDU), provides additional space for the staff to assess patient needs. The 24 bed Observation room provides capacity to allow patients to be under the medical care and determine if they should be released or transferred to a local hospital.

Both the Emergency Department and CDU have core area of a nurses station surrounded by patient rooms. The support areas for each unit include clean and soiled utility, doctor’s offices and nourishment stations located adjacent to the core.

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