Clinical Assessment Unit
CAU - Clinical Assessment Unit
This unit is part of the emergency medicine department. It is a location where patients are harboured who are are waiting on acquisition of resources (diagnostics and consults) for 24 hrs or more before they are safely returned to community.
This is not considered to be an inpatient location.
Collection instructions
If a patient is admitted from a CAU, code Previous Location as one of
- HSC - ER (CAU)
- GRA - ER (CAU)
- STB - ER (CAU)
and code Previous Service as the service that accepted them.
EMIP
Template:Discussion need to also resolve EMIP#CAU and figure out where that info will live. Ttenbergen 11:30, 2016 December 29 (CST)
Previous Service
code as: Emergency Medicine
- CCDU CAU patients ARE overseen/followed by emergency service physicians
Note: Con and Louise: followed up Sept 2017 connected with MD on H7 .we admit from ER in our Previous Service Field and follow usual protocols re: accept Date/time fields.
CAU Details
HSC
see HSC Community and Clinical Decision Unit (CCDU)
Grace
- GGH CAU due to open Monday, October 16/17
- will have 10 beds
- Manager is Kathy Kwiatkowski (see Grace N3 contact information)
STB
start date: Template:Discussion