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Emergency, specialist medicine and elderly care

Jeff Neilson

Dr H Paraiso, Lead Consultant

Wilma Hosany

The Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU) has been refurbished and includes a dedicated GP assessment and triage facility.

Patients are either admitted into EAU from the Emergency Department (ED) or directly by their General Practitioner (GP).

The EAU comprises of 36 assessment spaces, 13 of which are in the GP area, three rapid assessment cubicles, two triage rooms and a procedures room. A patient monitoring system can be accessed in every cubicle and they are linked to a central console on the staff base so patients can be monitored at all times.

Blood test and X-ray results can also be accessed at the patient’s beside thanks to wireless laptops. The GP area has a 4-bedded acute assessment bay with a glass observation window for patients who need more intensive assessment or treatment.

In one of the bays the curtains have been replaced by partitions to improve patient privacy and dignity, and confidentiality.

The EAU is the first area in the Trust to install a Medi365 electronic drug administration system for staff using finger tip recognition. The clinicians punch in a security code, select the drugs they need and the drugs are dispensed. The machine automatically sends a message to pharmacy detailing the drugs dispensed so they can top up the system.

24 hours a day, seven days a week

4pm - 8pm

Ground floor, west wing, Russells Hall Hospital