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Photos: New respiratory screening area at St. Luke’s

Apr. 7, 2020 8:39 pm
The trailer will be used to screen patients with mild to moderate respiratory symptoms
A screening shed has replaced temporary tents outside the emergency room entrance at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The trailer will be used to screen patients with mild to moderate respiratory symptoms. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital employees gather Tuesday for a walk-through of the emergency department, which includes a new screening shed, outside the emergency entrance at the hospital in Cedar Rapids. The shed will be used to screen patients with mild to moderate respiratory symptoms as part of the ER triage process. Health care workers walked through the new patient flow as they prepared for anticipated high patient volumes because of the coronavirus. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Brandy Hennessy, a registered nurse and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital ER trauma coordinator, opens the door for a walk-through of the new screening shed, which has replaced temporary tents outside the emergency room entrance. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital employees gather for a walk-through of the emergency department, which includes a new screening shed, outside the emergency entrance at the hospital in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The shed will be used to screen patients with mild to moderate respiratory symptoms as part of the ER triage process. Health care workers walked through the new patient flow as they prepared for anticipated high patient volumes because of coronavirus.. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital employees gather Tuesday for a walk-through of the emergency department, which includes a new screening shed, outside the emergency entrance at the hospital in Cedar Rapids. The shed will be used to screen patients with mild to moderate respiratory symptoms as part of the ER triage process. Health care workers on Tuesday walked through the new patient flow as they prepared for anticipated high patient volumes because of the coronavirus (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Brandy Hennessy, UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's ER trauma coordinator, leads a walk-through of the updated emergency department procedure, which includes new screening shed outside the emergency room entrance at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)