Alternate ER page

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 Overview
• Emergency Room Providers Job Description
• Pediatric Provider Job Description in the ER
• ER Documentation and Depart

ER SPECIFIC INFORMATION

• Common ER Encounters
• Common ED Procedures
• Special ED Situations/Protocols
• Emergency Guidelines/Protocols
• Transfers to/from the ER
• Medevacs for the ER Provider

Referrals

1. Occasionally you will need to place a referral on a patient that you see in the ED. For example, a non-emergency hernia repair will need an order placed in the chart for the referral to surg.
2. Type in the search order window the word “refer” and hit enter or the binoculars. The list of services that you can refer to come up and you will need to choose the correct service and complete the order (yellow parts are required.)
3. Once you sign the order, it goes to a queue for the case managers to review and forward the appropriate documentation.