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Emergency Wayfinding to convert a hotel to a hospital
Fast track wayfinding for converting hotels to emergency hospitals and use in Field Hospitals.
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, Chief of Engineers and commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, talks with Rachel Maddow about medical conversions.
“This is an unbelievably complicated problem and there is no way we are going to be able to do this with a complicated solution. We need something super simple.”
General Todd Semonite
Converting Detroit’s TCF Center, the 17th largest convention centre in the United States to a 970 Bed Field Hospital.
A sign program in kit form for immediate deployment
While following current events we were struck by the idea of what happens if we desperately need more hospital accommodation in a very short timeframe.
After working on hospitals, hotels and stadiums we developed this emergency wayfinding kit for fast implementation and easy, no damage removal.
Tick off items, work sheets, sign specification and ordering
It is designed with components and most commonly used hospital items pre-loaded in a catalogue order sheet.
We imagined someone doing a walk through with General Todd Semonite. What would they need to capture what was said in a format that could get the order out that day.
This is a scheme in a catalogue ordering format. Sign art is provided in left and right variations for large one off instances and in modular format for directional signs.
It uses existing best practice and typical hospital wayfinding content to streamline the procurement and deployment process.
It has been designed so it can be printed at A3 and used to capture the requirements during an on site assessment for ordering and assembly.
There is a working sheet for recording directory and directional signs
And an overview of suggested materials and products for the different sign types and applications.
While we can hope that we do not need this, we are happy to help if you do require it. Please simply request the file using the form below.