Level of care hierarchy: Difference between revisions

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**Ward outside WRHA
**Ward outside WRHA
**PCH or home
**PCH or home
*Regarding the level of care of the ED
=== level of care of the ED ===
**The ED is unique in this regard as it can take on various different levels of care
**The ED is unique in this regard as it can take on various different levels of care
**When the patient’s care is taken over in ED (either Medicine or ICU) and then the patient goes to Medicine or ICU --> consider the time in ED as being the SAME level of care as where the person goes to (i.e. Medicine or ICU).
**When the patient’s care is taken over in ED (either Medicine or ICU) and then the patient goes to Medicine or ICU --> consider the time in ED as being the SAME level of care as where the person goes to (i.e. Medicine or ICU).