Does anyone work in an environment where the ED is the 'front
door' to the hospital and patients get triaged to
specialities directly (possibly by ED consultants)?
So as the patient arrives, if they are critically ill they
get moved to resus, if stable and either have no formal
diagnosis or are potentially dischargeable following a period
of observation then they are moved to to majors / trollies
for ED further work up. But if they are stable with an
obvious medical or surgical problem, then they get
transferred to the speciality ward (MAU / SAU / TAU)directly,
bypassing the ED, rather than being worked up and
then 'referred'.
Does anyone have the MAU / SAU under the 'umbrella' of the ED?
We are looking at various versions of altering the way we
stream patients and would be grateful if anyone has any
experiences we could use.
Please contact me off list if you feel it's appropriate.
Paul Redman
Frimley Park
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