HSC CAU
HSC 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.
At the HSC, this is currently not considered to be an inpatient location.
- HSC is treating it as an extension of the ER.
- plans to change model of care sometimes in 2018.
Collection instructions
Collection instructions
If a patient is admitted from a HSC-CAU: (further changes in progress)
- Previous Location HSC-CAU
- Previous Service Emergency Medicine --(as confirmed by Con and Lou)Sept 2017.
- Pre-admit Inpatient: not applicable
HSC CAU Details
- Start date: 2014-Nov-17
- Name change to CAU: 2017-Oct-03
- Location: GH7
- plans to move to GB2 DATE"?- (when current GB2 (Addictions, moves to RR2) coming spring 2018. No specific date yet, please fill in when available.
- Number of beds: 10
- 2 flex beds (over census)in spring 2018.
- Manager: Template:Discussion
Other CAU's
EMIP#CAU
WRHA ER models of care plan article
WRHA Models of ER Care article
Legacy
Used to be called HSC Community and Clinical Decision Unit (CCDU) / Clinical Assessment Unit (CDU)