Question: Q 1 1 . Suppose on average 5 0 patients come to the emergency department every hour. What is the implied utilization ( in %

Q11. Suppose on average 50 patients come to the emergency department every hour. What is the
implied utilization (in %) at the trauma bays? Recall there are 3 trauma bays. Round your answer
to the nearest whole number.
Q12. Suppose on average 50 patients come to the emergency department every hour. What is the
implied utilization at the examination rooms (in %)? Recall there are 10 examination rooms.
Q13. Which resource is the bottleneck?
a) Examination Rooms
b) Nurses
c) Physicians
d) X-Ray Technicians
e) Trauma Bays
Q14. Suppose we hired one more physician so that the total number of physicians becomes 6.
What will be the capacity of the process, as in the maximum number of patients the Emergency
Department can treat in one hour? Round your answer to one decimal place.

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