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New Parkland burn unit construction finished

  • Published: 11/25/2013
Construction of patient rooms for the Burn Intensive Care Unit (BICU) is now finished in the acute care tower on the new Parkland campus.

The new Parkland Burn Center will include 12 intensive care and 18 acute care beds, an increase from the current nine intensive care and 17 acute care beds. Established in 1962, it is the second largest civilian burn center in the nation, providing care to more than 1,600 patients each year.

Christine Owens Lane, Unit Manager III, BICU, said one of the biggest challenges she faces in the current hospital is trying to find separate rooms for adult male, female and child patients. Patients often have to share rooms, but they still must be separated by gender and children can’t be placed with adults.

“Currently, if we’re full, we have to overflow to 6 West,” Christine said. “From what I’ve seen, all the rooms in the new hospital will be private. That will help.”

Though construction is complete, equipment and furniture still need to be installed. The burn unit is equipped with special isolation rooms that allow use of negative air pressure to keep contaminants and pathogens from reaching other patients, staff and visitors. Each isolation room includes an anteroom to provide a space for the caregivers and family members to wash up before and after entering the patient room. Including these rooms in the design of the new hospital is further proof of Parkland’s commitment to safe, quality care for all patients.

The new Parkland hospital is scheduled to be completed in August 2014 and open to the public in 2015. For more information on new Parkland construction, please visit: www.parklandhospital.com/newparkland.

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