VIC N5C
| Location | |
| Location | VIC N5C |
| First Admission | October 3, 2017 |
| Program | Family Medicine |
| Hospital | VIC |
| Nr of Beds | 29 beds: Rooms 501-518-2 |
| Collection Unit Phone: | +(204) 477-3435 |
| Collection Unit Fax : | +(204) 275-8914 |
| Collection Unit Manager : | Gillian Crymbal |
| Collection Unit Manager Phone : | (204) 477-3435 |
| Collection Unit Clerk : | TBD |
This unit is currently located at the Victoria Hospital
- Concordia and Seven Oaks Hospitals will also have such units starting sometime in 2018.
Unit Location is VGH NU5N in EPR; use VIC_N5C when you see this.
Service is VGH Medicine-SbAcut/General in EPR use Family Medicine
Patient Profile
This unit is suited to patients who are ready to be discharged but can’t return home to their current living situation this includes patients who are not severely ill or are in recovery phase, exacerbation of a chronic illness, mobility issues including those with non-operative fractures, and end of Life care.
- While in transitional care the care team monitors health needs and works with the patient to find a safe, long-term living option
in a setting that has the services required to meet their situational needs.
- patients admitted to this unit do not have a Family Physician or whose Primary Care Provider does not admit to a Sub-Acute Unit.
Where these patients are admitted from
- Patients are admitted from other facilities including HSC CAU, inpatient units, direct from Attending FM physician's offices, and VIC Urgent Care (UC) Department
Transitions
- Priority discharge is to patient's home environment followed by
- Transfer to a Transitional Care Unit (TCU)
- Transfer to Long Term Care Facility (LTC); it is understood this will only occur in exceptional circumstances as transfers to LTC ideally occur from a TCU
Physician Service
Looked after by General Attending Physician (GAP)- under Family Medicine Service
Legacy
see Oct 2017 Vic Med bed change over
- start at serial number 150
- VIC_N5C will include all NEW patients admitted to this unit starting: Oct 3, 2017 0001 hrs
See VIC_N5 in regards to patients who were admitted prior to Oct 3.17 but still in unit after Oct 3.17 0001 hrs.