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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 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. | ||
Revision as of 14:24, 2017 October 12
CAU - Clinical Assessment Unit (alias: CDU - clinical decision 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 Emergency Medicine (as confirmed by Con and Lou)
EMIP
In Sept 2017 Con investigated whether any patients in the CAU are ever EMIPs; she found that there should not be. If any collector comes across an EMIP from one of these locations, please update this.
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