How to restrict door access to emergency personnel only?

[Quantum Projects]

I've built my Trauma Unit just in front of the ambulance parking slot, but my hospital's proper reception area is farther from the entry point of the map for patients. They are now entering my hospital through the Trauma Unit access, which was not intended. I tried to restrict the very first area of the corridor in front of the door (code blue), but the patients walk to it anyway and turn around when they arrive there, leaving through the proper exit, which is a hassle.

How can I force them to use the proper exit without blocking access for patients that arrive through ambulances?

[Brittimus]

Maybe share a screenshot? Based on what you've written here that sounds like exactly what I do, and it works properly for me.

[vonMoo]

You should be able to mark all corridors that lead to the trauma unit that you don’t want regular patients to access in red. Staff will still wheel patients through red zones on stretchers.

[Quantum Projects]

Originally posted by vonMoo:

You should be able to mark all corridors that lead to the trauma unit that you don’t want regular patients to access in red. Staff will still wheel patients through red zones on stretchers.

The problem is, they still need to use the bathroom, and they wouldn't be able to reach them if the corridor is marked as red, I suppose.

[Quantum Projects]

Originally posted by bratliff121:

Maybe share a screenshot? Based on what you've written here that sounds like exactly what I do, and it works properly for me.

I'll try to snatch one later and post here.

[jasonharris2]

make an air lock with blue inbeween

[vonMoo]

Originally posted by Quantum Projects:

Originally posted by vonMoo:

You should be able to mark all corridors that lead to the trauma unit that you don’t want regular patients to access in red. Staff will still wheel patients through red zones on stretchers.

The problem is, they still need to use the bathroom, and they wouldn't be able to reach them if the corridor is marked as red, I suppose.

Patients in trauma beds don't actually deplete their needs, so they won't need to go to the toilet or get stuff from vending machines. This also applies in ICU.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1976579692

I made Gregor lay around in trauma for more than nine hours to show this, he has completely full needs and isn't even bored. His hospitalisation period had even finished, so I was able to send him directly home. The only time he left his bed was on a stretcher to X-ray.


Here's how I usually set up emergency/observation/trauma. This is pretty late game, but it's a modular plan and the corridor layout is the same even when there are less beds.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1976579852

The trauma bays are in on the northeast face, observation is on the south of the southeast face and the entrance for trauma patients is next to the ambulance drop off. The main entrance is on the southwest face, and leads to reception and the emergency clinic area. The next shot shows the zoning.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1976579909

So patients aren't allowed anywhere near trauma or the corridors by the ambulance drop off, regular patients all use the main entrance to go in and out. The trauma patients get wheeled in, through the red corridors and the northwest edge of the nurses station directly to the trauma bays. There's also a short, direct route to the elevator. The corridors are also set up so that staff don't take a shortcut through the trauma area, they only go there if they need to.

There's green access for observation by reception, as they need to walk in, and often will walk out too. I let them have adjacent toilets and vending machines, but they'd have no problem going elsewhere.

[Quantum Projects]

Originally posted by vonMoo:

Originally posted by Quantum Projects:

The problem is, they still need to use the bathroom, and they wouldn't be able to reach them if the corridor is marked as red, I suppose.

Patients in trauma beds don't actually deplete their needs, so they won't need to go to the toilet or get stuff from vending machines. This also applies in ICU.

Well, at least for my patients on the Regular Orthopaedy Ward, they get up in the morning (around 8 a.m.) and storm the bathrooms all at once. That's why I thought that they still needed access to the bathrooms, at least.

Interesting layout you have there.

I changed the blue strip in front of the ambulance access for the red strip and it did the trick, the patients no longer walk to the border of the "red zone" and turn around.

Thanks for your tips! I'll surely use some of the things you've mentioned there.