The time to transfer of care from ambulance stretcher to your ED, or off-stretcher time, has recently deteriorated.
To address this, increasing numbers of patients have been sent directly from the ambulance bay to the Emergency Medicine Unit. There have since been incidents where patients unexpectedly deteriorated during their EMU stay.
What are the adverse effects of prolonged transfer-of-care times?
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What is the role of an EMU or ED short stay unit?
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How would you develop a solution to the increased number of patients deteriorating in EMU?
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List exclusion criteria you would use for a short stay unit.
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