Improving emergency department transfer for patients arriving by ambulance: A retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Extended delays in the transfer of patients from ambulance to ED can compromise patient flow. The present study aimed to describe the relationship between the use of an Emergency Department Ambulance Off-Load Nurse (EDAOLN) role, ED processes of care and cost effectiveness.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study over three periods of before (T1), during (T2) and after (T3) the introduction of the EDAOLN role in 2012. Ambulance, ED and cost data were linked and used for analysis. Processes of care measures analysed included: time to be seen by a doctor from ED arrival (primary outcome), ambulance-ED offload compliance, proportion of patients seen within recommended triage timeframe, ED length of stay (LoS), proportion of patients transferred, admitted

SUBMITTER: Crilly J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7155107 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature