Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2022
Effects of staff grade, overcrowding and presentations on emergency department performance: A regression model.
To examine the effect of staffing levels by experience of medical officers and overcrowding on ED key performance indicators (KPIs). ⋯ Increasing numbers of FACEM and non-FACEM SDM, but not junior staff, and a reduction in overcrowding as measured by the number of admitted patients boarded in the ED at 8 am, were associated with improvements in the ED performance.
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2022
Unplanned blood use within 24 hours of emergency department presentation: A cohort study in an ageing population.
This research aims to elucidate drivers of blood use in an older population, with a focus on unplanned transfusions following ED presentation. ⋯ Unplanned blood use accounted for 28% of annual hospital blood consumption. Blood component use increased with age and was greatest in older men. A significant burden of anaemia treatment was identified by the ED.