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'''GRA''' CAU - '''Clinical Assessment Unit'''
GRA CAU is the [[Clinical Assessment Unit]] at the Grace ([[Clinical Assessment Unit|further info on CAUs]]).


The emergency department decants patients into the CAU who are are waiting on acquisition of resources (diagnostics and consults) for 24 hrs or more before they are safely returned to community.  
== GRA Specific CAU Information ==
At the Grace, the CAU is considered to be an '''inpatient location'''.  


At the Grace, the CAU is considered to be an ''inpatient location''  
CAU patients are being treated as '''admitted patients''' rather than ER patients. They are being admitted '''under Family Medicine'''.  The thinking was that they have been dealt with by ER but not deemed ready for discharge but they do not want them being seen as ER patients. 


== Collection instructions ==
== Collection instructions ==
If a patient is admitted from a GRA-CAU:  
If a patient is '''admitted from''' a GRA CAU:  
*[[Previous Location]]: GRA-CAU
*[[Previous Location]]: GRA CAU
*[[Previous Service]]:  Family Medicine
*[[Previous Service]]:  Family Medicine
*[[Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field | Pre-admit Inpatient]]:  GRA-CAU
*[[Pre-admit Inpatient Institution]]:  GRA CAU


== GRA CAU Details ==
== GRA CAU Details ==
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*Number of beds: 10  
*Number of beds: 10  
*Manager: Kathy Kwiatkowski (see Grace N3 contact information)
*Manager: Kathy Kwiatkowski (see Grace N3 contact information)
==Other CAU's==
*[[HSC_CAU]]
*[[STB_CAU]]
I was just speaking with Marusia and she told me that the CAU patients here at the Grace are being treated as admitted patients rather than ER patients.  They are being admitted currently to 4 East under Family Medicine.  The thinking was that they have been dealt with by ER but not deemed ready for discharge but they do not want them being seen as ER patients. 
=== [[EMIP#CAU]] ===


==WRHA ER models of care plan article==
==WRHA ER models of care plan article==
[http://home.wrha.mb.ca/improvement/files/models-of-care-emergency-department.pdf WRHA Models of ER Care] article
[http://home.wrha.mb.ca/improvement/files/models-of-care-emergency-department.pdf WRHA Models of ER Care] article


 
== Related articles ==
{{Related Articles}}


[[Category:Site Specific Collection Guide]]
[[Category:Site Specific Collection Guide]]

Revision as of 20:25, 2 November 2017

GRA CAU is the Clinical Assessment Unit at the Grace (further info on CAUs).

GRA Specific CAU Information

At the Grace, the CAU is considered to be an inpatient location.

CAU patients are being treated as admitted patients rather than ER patients. They are being admitted under Family Medicine. The thinking was that they have been dealt with by ER but not deemed ready for discharge but they do not want them being seen as ER patients.

Collection instructions

If a patient is admitted from a GRA CAU:

GRA CAU Details

  • Start date: 2017-Oct-16
  • Location: 4E (E4)
  • Number of beds: 10
  • Manager: Kathy Kwiatkowski (see Grace N3 contact information)

WRHA ER models of care plan article

WRHA Models of ER Care article

Related articles: