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Overview
'''Overview'''


Unit Description (facility)
This department is open 24 hours a day/7 days a week and is responsible for the management of all emergent and urgent patients in our region. The primary ER doc serves as medical control for all medevacs in and out of our region. The Emergency Department is designated a Level IV Trauma Center.


Job Description/Duties
'''Unit Description (facility)'''
*ER Physican
*Noon to Midnight Provider
*Pediatric Provider
*Urgent Care Provider


Types of Encounters (list and description of common ER and urgent care encounters to follow)
The Emergency Department contains 9 beds and 2 trauma bays. We have approximately 25,000 patient encounters per year, about 50 percent of them are for pediatric patients. The coverage of the ED is physicians 8 a.m.– 8 p.m. and 8 p.m.– 8 a.m., a second provider 10 a.m.– 10 p.m. (sometimes this is a pediatrician), and a PA/NP from noon to midnight.


Admissions to Inpatient Unit
==GENERAL INFORMATION==
*[[ER Overview]]
*[[Emergency Room Job Description|Emergency Room Providers Job Description]]
*[[Pediatric Hospitalist Job Description|Pediatric Provider Job Description in the ER]]
*[[ER Documentation and Depart]]
*[[Death Protocol]]


Consults
==ER SPECIFIC INFORMATION==
 
*[[Common ER Encounters]]
Transfers
*[[Common ED Procedures]]
 
*[[:Category:YKHC Guidelines#Emergency Department Guidelines|Emergency Department Guidelines]]
Medevacs
*[[Trauma]]
 
*[[INTRA and INTERhospital Transfers|Admissions and Transfers]]
[[Case Management-ER|Case Management]]
*[[:Category:Medevacs and Transport#Medevacs for the ER Provider| Medevacs for the ER Provider]]
 
*[[Specialty Referrals#Referrals from the ER|Referrals from the ER]]
[[ER Documentation (RAVEN)]]
*[[Emergency Provider RMT|RMT for the Emergency Provider]]
 
RMT
*Emergency
*Urgent
 
How to Refer for Specialty Clinic and Services
*RAVEN
*e-Referrals
 
[[Telemedicine-ER|Telemedicine]]
 
[[Ancillary_Services-ER|Ancillary Services]]
*Lab
*Radiology
*Pharmacy
*Respiratory Therapy
*Physical Therapy
*Wound Care
*Diabetes
*Social Services
*Tobacco Cessation
*Dietary
*WIC
*Community Relations/Translation

Latest revision as of 18:08, 5 July 2022

Overview

This department is open 24 hours a day/7 days a week and is responsible for the management of all emergent and urgent patients in our region. The primary ER doc serves as medical control for all medevacs in and out of our region. The Emergency Department is designated a Level IV Trauma Center.

Unit Description (facility)

The Emergency Department contains 9 beds and 2 trauma bays. We have approximately 25,000 patient encounters per year, about 50 percent of them are for pediatric patients. The coverage of the ED is physicians 8 a.m.– 8 p.m. and 8 p.m.– 8 a.m., a second provider 10 a.m.– 10 p.m. (sometimes this is a pediatrician), and a PA/NP from noon to midnight.

GENERAL INFORMATION

ER SPECIFIC INFORMATION

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