Hallway Patients

[Robert F. Smith]

As Dr. Mattox says, a large amount of literature. Search on ED Overcrowding
and post to an ED list. As Bif notes, delivering the patients to the
ultimate receiving floors seems to dramatically increase motivation of the
receiving unit to move the process of clearing bed space. They can monitor
them or not as they choose but it clears up the issue of whose patient it is
and who is responsible for the patient.

Rob Smith, MD

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From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org]
On Behalf Of Bobby Smith
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:48 PM
To: trauma-list at trauma.org; Nurses List; Paramedicine listserve
Subject: Hallway Patients

Can anyone point me to sources concerning placing non-monitored admitted
patients in the hallway on the floors being safer than holding in the
hallway in the ED.  There was a lot of talk about this a year or so ago as I
remember.
Thanks for any help and I am sorry for cross posting, I realize some of you
may get this more than once.
 
Bobby 
 
Bobby Smith, RN, BSN, CEN, EMT-P
Director, Emergency Services
Caldwell Memorial Hospital


 
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