The Melanie and Richard Lundquist Tower
Torrance Memorial Medical Center, 3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505 www.TorranceMemorial.org/LundquistTower • 310-325-9110
One of 256 private patient rooms in the Lundquist Tower.
The Lundquist Tower serves as the centerpiece of the
Torrance Memorial Medical Center Campus.
PATIENT ROOM KEY FACTS:
• Patient rooms are 30 percent larger than in the
existing hospital.
• All rooms feature a comfortable visitor chair with a tablet arm for use with electronic devices.
• The patient rooms in Med/Surg and PCU feature a sleeper chair for family members.
• 112 rooms offer in-room dialysis.
• Artwork of California scenes appears on patient
headwalls.
• Footwalls feature 40-inch, high-definition TV monitors
that also serve as computers.
A water feature greets visitors at the tower’s south entrance.
LUNDQUIST TOWER KEY FACTS:
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The Lundquist Tower comprises 390,000- square-feet, which includes seven floors and a
basement level.
It offers 256 private patient rooms, which increases the total number of beds to 446 active licensed beds.
There are 12 high-speed elevators: four public, five for staff (including one for soiled linens and
food trays), one in the OR, one for the cafeteria and one designated for ED trauma patients that can fit
an entire team.
The Lundquist Tower connects to the existing tower through five corridors: one at the basement level;
two on the first level; and two on the second level.
Eighty-eight
patient rooms
offer built-in
patient lifts.
Distributed caregiver stations offer a windowed view of each
patient room. They feature task chairs, a computer and phones,
along with a built-in infection control supply closet.
Media Contacts: Ann O’Brien, [email protected] • Colleen Farrell, [email protected] • 310-517-4706
NURSE STATION KEY FACTS:
First Floor:
• The nurse stations are designed with a balance of
privacy for the caregivers, while at the same time
providing a welcoming feeling for the public.
• There is a “meeting table” built into the design of
the station to make impromptu collaboration
convenient.
• Each nursing unit offers two nutrition rooms (four per floor), which offer ice-makers and refrigerators in close proximity to patient care areas. They are locked for use by hospital staff only to provide snack foods, juices, etc. to patients.
The Information Desk
in the Grand Lobby
greets visitors upon
arrival to the Lundquist
Tower.
A close-up view of the wave textured
wall behind the Information Desk.
One of the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) nurses stations.
FLOOR-BY-FLOOR HIGHLIGHTS:
The Basement:
• Primary Features – Central Supply, Inpatient Pharmacy, Sterile Processing and the Central Utility Plant.
Admitting/Pre-Testing offers enclosed areas for patient
and visitor privacy.
The First Floor:
• Main Lobby, Imaging/Radiology, Admitting/Pre-Testing, the Café, Dietary Services, Chapel, Gift Shop, Healing Garden, public and staff elevators.
The Imaging Department includes seven pre-testing examination rooms, along with a new MRI machine, one
CT scanning unit (with room for a second unit) and three ultrasound rooms. The MRI machine was installed a few months ago. Click here to watch a video of the entire
process: www.torrancememorial.org/MRIInstallation
The CT scanning unit on the first floor.
First Floor (Continued):
The Gift Shop features a welcoming glass-walled entrance
designed in the spirit of Hudson News, a chain of newsstands
located primarily in major transportation hubs, such as airport
and train terminals.
The Lundquist Tower Café
offers indoor seating for 150
and outdoor seating for 50 in
a covered patio area.
The Healing Garden, located between the Lundquist Tower and
North Wing, features seating, water-efficient landscaping and
fountains, to help patients, visitors and staff relieve stress and
connect with nature.
A hard-scaped patio was installed for TCU patients located
between the Lundquist Tower and the existing tower, which
can accommodate wheel chairs and emergency vehicles.
Second Floor:
• Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Cath Lab, Pre-op/
Post-op, Satellite In-Patient Pharmacy, Visitor Waiting Room.
A Coffee Kiosk offers salads, sandwiches and other
“grab and go” dining options.
The second floor features a large Waiting Room, where visitors can gather to wait for loved ones to finish surgery. Other floors feature smaller Visitor Lounges. Inside the
Waiting Room a Patient Status Board will provide updates
to families using a private patient code system, while their
loved ones are in Pre-Op, Surgery and Post-Op recovery.
Additional boards are located in the first floor Grand Lobby
and in the Café.
Second Floor (Continued):
One of the many Visitor Lounge areas where friends and
family members can relax during a loved one’s care.
The Pre-Op Care Unit features 18 private and semi-private
bays located on the exterior, “windowed” side of the hospital
to allow for natural light and a less institutional environment.
One of many commissioned pieces of art
created for the Lundquist Tower.
Fifth Floor:
• PCU (26 beds), Visitor Lounge, Dialysis Workroom,
Medical/Surgical (Med/Surg) (26 beds).
Twelve new Operating Room suites are 35 percent larger
than the older Operating Rooms in the existing hospital.
Third Floor:
• Progressive Care Unit (PCU) (26 beds), PCU Visitor
Lounge, Satellite Pharmacy, Respiratory Workroom,
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)(24 beds), ICU Visitor Lounge.
Fourth Floor:
• PCU (26 beds), PCU Visitor Lounge, Radiology,
Respiratory Workroom, Satellite Pharmacy, Cardiovascular ICU (12 beds), Burn ICU (12 beds), ICU Visitor Lounges.
The windowed view from one of five Visitor Lounges.
Sixth Floor:
• Med/Surg (52 beds), Visitor Lounge, Physical Therapy Workroom.
Seventh Floor:
• Med/Surg (52 beds), Visitor Lounge, Inpatient
Endoscopy Suite.
Torrance Memorial Medical Center, 3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505 www.TorranceMemorial.org/LundquistTower • 310-325-9110