Emergency Assessment Unit and the Short Stay Ward

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Emergency Assessment Unit and the Short Stay Ward

• Hilary ODell Clinical Nurse Manager
• Frances Hanrahan Senior Sister

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Rapid Assessment

• 12 acute beds
• 8 Telemetry beds
• Staffing
• Admission criteria
• Admission process
• Traffic lights

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Rapid Assessment Traffic Lights

• To filter new admissions / to streamline the
  patients journey
• Green 0-11 hrs arrival and initial assessment
• Amber 12-20 hrs treatment and decision to
  transfer to specialist bed, transfer to Short
  Stay Ward, Discharge
• Red 20-24 hrs to troubleshoot delays, discharge
  or transfer

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Site Practitioners and Bed Management

• Operations Centre
• Patient Flow - Bed Management
• Ward Zoning transfer process
• Length of Stay (LOS)
• Discharge Lounge

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Short Stay Ward

• 16 beds
• Staffing
• Admission Criteria
• Discharge Planning (Traffic Lights)

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Team Nursing

• Continuity of care
• Quality
• Staff development
• Clinical Governance

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The Multidisciplinary Team

• 2 x Consultants
• 1 x Registrar
• 3 x Trust SHOs (medical rotation)
• Pharmacist and Technician
• OT
• Physio
• Care Management
• Ward Clerks

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Activity - EAU
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Activity - Short Stay Ward
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Performance
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Escalation

• Bed Pressures
• Traffic Light Status
• Action / Response
• Additional beds
• De-Escalation

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Service Improvement

• Changes in practice
• Working together
• Looking to the future

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Any Questions

• EAU 020 8401 3066
• hilary.odell_at_mayday.nhs.uk